Pubdate: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN) Copyright: 2015 The StarPhoenix Contact: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/400 Author: Darien Moore Page: A13 UNCHECKED CRIME Stephen Harper claims to be tough on crime and is attacking other parties for their relaxed views about marijuana. Yet, illegal pot dispensaries have been flourishing in Canada for a couple of years now, with no move by Health Canada to shut them down. These dispensaries are supposed to be selling medical marijuana to people with a prescription. However, if you go into one with no prescription, you can talk to an out-of-province doctor (name and number supplied by the dispensary) on the phone with your made-up medical complaint and he will fax you a prescription then and there. The marijuana being supplied by these dispensaries is also being grown illegally, yet there is, again, little effort made to stop these industrial sized grow ops. Why is Health Canada doing nothing to shut down this illegal business? Why is the RCMP doing nothing? How can Harper continue to insist he's the one who is tough on crime? Darien Moore Clavet - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom