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Canada: BC Marijuana Party Hopes To Distribute Medicinal Pot
Prince George Citizen (CN BC)
Thursday 31 May 2001 Website: http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/ Author: Karen Kwan B.C. MARIJUANA PARTY HOPES TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICINAL POT The B.C. Marijuana Party says it will provide marijuana at low cost to medicinal users in Prince George through a "compassion network" to be set up by October. The city is one of nine communities that will be linked to the distribution network by the end of the year, said party president Marc Emery. Prince George, Nanaimo, Kamloops, Kelowna and the west end of Vancouver will be hooked up in September, with the second phase scheduled for December. Organizers hope to amalgamate the local chapter with a compassion club already operating in Prince George, said Will DeWolf, who ran for the Marijuana party in Prince George-Omineca in this month's provincial election. DeWolf, whose party advocates legalizing marijuana, said compassion clubs help people who are suffering to find relief for their pain. "People who need marijuana medicinally sometimes find it really hard to get. They don't want to risk growing it themselves or buying it on the street," he said. Others who are ill can't easily get out of their homes or can't afford to pay street prices, he said. "(The compassion network) supplies users with high-quality marijuana at low prices," DeWolf said, adding the party will arrange for people to grow the plants for the project and implement quality standards. Patients will be able to buy pot for as little as $7.50 per gram - marijuana sells for about $12 to $15 per gram on the street, said Emery. The network is also intended to help those who are charged and face legal costs because of their marijuana use, or those whose supplies have been seized by police, DeWolf said. He said he doesn't know how many people in Prince George are expected to join the compassion network, but guesses there will be a fair number since there's already an active club in the city. "I'm sure there are people from around the region - places like Vanderhoof, Fort St. James - who might get involved." To be eligible for pot through the network, patients require only a letter from a doctor, saying the physician is aware the person uses marijuana and that it's helpful. Compassion clubs already exist on the Lower Mainland as well as in other major metropolitan areas across the country, but this is the first time the Marijuana Party has initiated a concerted effort, DeWolf said.
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