78 Percent Of Canadians Favor
Medical Marijuana – What Is Rock Waiting On? DEAland?
(Marijuananews note: This is only 5% higher than
in DEAland itself.
See
Gallup Poll Shows 73% Favor
Medical Marijuana;
29% Favor Outright "Legalization"!
So What Are The Politicians Really Afraid Of?
This story appeared on the same day as
Edmonton
Fireman Fined And Given Probation For Growing His Own "Potent Pot"
In "Sophisticated Hydroponic Grow-Operation" -- With 15 Medical Marijuana
Plants! --
Bad Journalism and Bad Laws ,
which may explain to everyone, except the editors of the Edmonton
Sun, why Canadians overwhelming support medical marijuana.)
April 7, 1999
From the Edmonton Sun
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By Marty Yaskowich
CANADIANS HIGH ON MEDICINAL POT: POLL
Medicinal pot users say they weren’t blowing smoke when they claimed most
Canadians support their cause - now they have the numbers to prove it.
A recent Decima poll showed 78% of Canadians support the use of
marijuana for medical treatment. Just 18% of respondents opposed it. The study is
considered accurate within plus or minus 2.1%, 19 times out of 20.
"More than anything it says (the idea) is more popular than any of the political
parties. They’re lucky to get 40% support," said Amanda Stewart, director of the
Cannabis Re-legalization Society of Alberta.
"I think that with everyone pushing for it, it’s inevitable."
Decima Research Inc. asked 2,026 adults whether they strongly agree, agree, oppose or
strongly oppose the federal government’s consideration of legalizing pot as a medical
treatment.
The strongest support, 83%, came from households with at least
$60,000 annual incomes and individuals with a university education. Fewer older people
were enthusiastic about the plan, which is being studied by Health Minister Allan Rock,
but a vast majority - 72% - of those over 50 did support it.
See
The
Mounties Get Their Medical Marijuana;
Now The Sick And Dying Have To Go To The Streets
Until The Canadian Government Gets Its Act Together -- A Great Editorial and 2 Articles
Twenty years ago, a Decima poll showed 55% of Canadians opposed and 39% favoured a
federal initiative to reduce criminal implications associated with marijuana.
"I’m not surprised by the numbers," said Harland Calliou, who admits he
uses the drug as an appetite stimulant. "I guess people have stopped listening to the
devil-weed stories and are realizing it’s good for everything and bad for
nothing."
Stewart estimated about 10% of the population in Edmonton already
uses the drug to ease physical pain and-or mental anguish.
She says pot helped her through serious bouts of depression when she was in her early
20s and said the government could capitalize on it.
"Right now people are making huge amounts of money on the black market," she
said. "It’s not under control at all."
A march is planned for April 20 beginning at Emily Murphy Park,
and 5,000 pro-pot postcards are being mailed to Rock, Stewart said.
Copyright: 1999, Canoe Limited Partnership.
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