Pubdate: Tue, 05 Jan 2016
Source: Province, The (CN BC)
Copyright: 2016 Postmedia Network Inc.
Contact:  http://www.theprovince.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476
Author: Dana Gee
Page: 6

THESE BUDS ARE FOR YOU, LIBERAL MPS

MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Pot activist sending out special delivery

Liberal MPs will soon be getting some interesting and fragrant
mail.

Pot activist and former B.C. NDP leadership candidate Dana Larsen is 
sending a special package to the 184 politicians. It will contain 
Larsen's and illustrator Patrick Dowers' new book Cannabis in Canada: 
The Illustrated History - as well as a gram of medical-grade marijuana.

"It's not legal to mail people weed ... but most of Canada's marijuana
laws are made to be broken, so that's just another one," said Larsen,
who added he is not worried about legal backlash for the 6.5 ounces
that will be sent out.

"I don't think any Liberal MP is going to call the police and if they
do I don't think the police are going to come after me for a gram of
pot."

This isn't Larsen's first time sending pot to politicians. In 2014, he
sent B.C. Premier Christy Clark a half-ounce to point out the taxes
that could be generated by pot and to also suggest it could be used as
a way to bring together the government and the B.C. Teachers'
Federation, whose members had been on strike for months.

This time out, the pot is added to a 132-page book that takes readers
on a journey from our country's first cannabis crop back in 1606 to
the current fluid world of medical marijuana.

"I don't think the story has been told before," said Larsen a founding
member of the B.C.Marijuana party and co-founder of the Vancouver
Dispensary Society and Vancouver Seed Bank.

"We mostly get a lot of American information. So we know that George
Washington grew cannabis and stuff like that, but the Canadian story
has not really been told."

The book retails for $9.95. You can get your copy from
www.cannabishistory.ca or check out your favourite hemp or head shop.

As for the packages, Larsen says he has yet to hear back from any
MPs.

"No one has called me and said, 'Thanks for the book and the gram,' "
said Larsen.

"I'd be surprised if too many MPs smoke it themselves, but you never
know. Probably someone on their staff will get to enjoy it. It will
get them talking about the issue, which is important."
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