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Canada: Medicinal Pot Users Protest Delays, Raid
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Friday 23 Aug 2002 Toronto -- Medicinal marijuana users lit up on a downtown Toronto street today to protest against a delay in releasing government-grown cannabis to sick people. They were also voicing their opposition to a recent police raid on a Toronto cannabis supply centre. People in the crowd of about 100 repeated what they have been saying for years: they are not using pot for fun. One man with lung cancer explained how marijuana increases his appetite and also helps him sleep at night. Catherine Devries suffers spine and bowel conditions. She says pot quells her nausea. Devries is one of nine people represented who have launched a civil lawsuit in an effort to get access to high-quality pot. The lawsuit will be heard September 19th and 20th. It will demand that Devries and about 200 other Canadians be given access to marijuana grown by Health Canada in Manitoba. Devries says she was "devastated and stunned" to hear comments this week by Health Minister Anne McLellan. McLellan said she's uncomfortable about endorsing marijuana for medical use and wants to see further research done. Devries says McLellan's comments are another sign Ottawa is prepared to delay any action to provide medicinal marijuana.
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