Pubdate: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 Source: Peterborough Examiner, The (CN ON) Copyright: 2008 Osprey Media Group Inc. Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/4VLGnvUl Website: http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2616 Author: Russell Barth FEARS FOR EPILEPTIC WIFE If Stephen Harper's Conservatives get a majority, I fear for the life of my epileptic wife. She uses medical marijuana, for which she has a license from Health Canada. In the past six years, her health has improved dramatically through the use of this herb, and her seizures have dropped in both numbers and ferocity. She cannot tolerate any other medications, so this is not choice but necessity. The Cons raged against this program when they sat in opposition, and cut medical marijuana research funding when they got into power. They have reaffirmed their commitment to a U. S.-style War On Drugs, even though all evidence suggests that this policy actually increases the problems it purports to fight, while subsidizing gangsters at home and terrorism abroad. They have promised to jail more people, including teenagers, for drug offenses, even offering mandatory minimum prison sentences for growing a single marijuana plant! If they get a majority, they will undoubtedly shut down the Health Canada medical marijuana program, tossing thousands of sick and dying Canadians back to the mercy of street dealers who sell a contaminated and hyper-priced product. Furthermore, the government has all of our home addresses on file, so the day after the program is shut down, the Mounties will likely begin arresting sick people in droves, destroying medicine and plants. If you think I am being an alarmist, then ask them. Ask any Conservative MP or candidate what they plan to do with the lives of sick and dying people who need medical marijuana to survive. Russell Barth Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis (PAIDOC) http://www.paidoc.org/ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake