London Ontario Woman With
MS Plans to Open Buyers Club In Defiance of Prohibitionist Mayor
See
AIDS Patient Mortal
Threat to Canada’s Cannabis Laws. Doctor Says "I just find the marijuana laws
ludicrous."
and
Canadian Health Minister Says He Is
"Taking Seriously" Plea By MS Patient Harichy To Legalize Medical Marijuana(Ed. note: It would appear that Canada and the US may go in opposite
directions on medical marijuana. Perhaps this is because Canadian prohibitionists seem to
lack the nerve to actually jail the sick and dying, unlike their fearless counterparts in
the US who never saw a cripple they couldn’t beat up.)
March 9, 1998
Calgary Herald (Canada)
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Woman Waits For Support For Medicinal Pot
LONDON, Ont. (CP)
A place where medicinal users of marijuana can go get their drugs
should be open within a few weeks. Lynn Harichy, 36, who plans to open the buyers’
club for pot, says she’s just holding off a little while in order to line up some
more public support.
"I just want to make sure these patients, when they come in ‚ I don’t
want them to get busted."
Harichy, who smokes up to five marijuana joints a day to subdue the pain from her
multiple sclerosis, knows what that’s like. The mother of two is scheduled to appear
in court April 27 on a pot possession charge.
Harichy wrote to every MP last year looking for support and recently sent messages to
London Mayor Dianne Haskett and to all members of city council. Some MPs wrote back in
support, Harichy said, but she hasn’t heard from city council members.
The mayor said she’ll discuss the matter later this week
with the city’s police chief.
Marijuana possession and trafficking are against the law, but an Ontario court recently
ruled the government couldn’t deny medicinal marijuana to a Toronto epileptic. The
case is now under appeal.
"It’s a narcotic with a lot of deleterious health effects and I’d be
surprised if it were supported by the legal system," said Haskett.
The Toronto-based Medical Marijuana Resource Centre announced plans last month to open
a non-profit "marijuana club" there, affiliated with clubs to open in London and
other southern Ontario centres.
Members would have to provide a doctors’ letters confirming they have serious or
terminal diseases including AIDS and cancer in order to be allowed to buy marijuana in
small amounts from the club.
Calgary Herald New Media 1998 C
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