Pubdate: Tue, 10 Feb 2015
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2015 Postmedia Network Inc.
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Author: Scott Bailey
Page: A16
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n074/a04.html

CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGAL POT DISPENSARIES

Re: Dispensaries can't get product legally, Feb. 3

This article further perpetuates the myth that patients and others 
looking to medical marijuana are forced to use unregulated and 
illegal dispensaries because a lack of access or "government 
regulations." It is simply false.

Health Canada provides clear guidelines for obtaining medical 
marijuana through a licensed physician (LP). There are over 20 
licensed and strictly regulated producers of medical marijuana in 
Canada that provide the highest quality of marijuana.

Illegal dispensaries provide bogus prescription cards to patients 
that mislead them to believe they a have legal prescriptions to 
transport and possess marijuana. If they were stopped by the police 
outside of Vancouver they would be breaking the law.

In addition, these dispensaries have naturopaths and other "doctors" 
give phoney prescriptions to unsuspecting patients. They are illegal 
and buy from organized crime and the assertion that they are innocent 
on any level is preposterous.

Vancouver has allowed criminal organizations to blatantly run 
storefront outlets for drugs in the city. No other place in Canada 
allows such criminal activity. The suggestion that they do this for 
anything other than tax-free profit is naive.

Scott Bailey Vancouver
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom