The Government Lets Me Legally Smoke Pot. So Why Can't I Legally Buy It?

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE of Eastern Ontario, as elsewhere, it's harvest time. Produce ranges from corn to . . . bundles of marijuana.

Despite the efforts of the Ontario Provincial Police -- who rent a helicopter to scour the region -- much of the illegal crop is now being dried and will soon flood the market.

That's great news for me because I suffer from epilepsy.

I am one of the 817 Canadians permitted to smoke marijuana for medical reasons. And I have to find the stuff somehow.

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