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Medical
Marijuana
Patient#Activist
Meets
with
Canadian
Health
Minister
3/20/98
At a news conference in Tillsonburg last Friday (3/13), Canadian Federal
Health Minister Allan Rock answered reporters' questions about medical
marijuana, saying he is taking the issue "very seriously," according
to the London Free Press. The Minister was in town to announce the renewal
of the legal planting of hemp in Canada. Tillsonburg is also the home of
medical marijuana activist/patient Lynn Harichy, who suffers from multiple
sclerosis.
Harichy, who is in the process of setting up a temporary cannabis buyers
club in her home town, until it is "available through doctors and
pharmaceutical companies," spoke with The Week Online about the meeting.
"When I got there they said this meeting was by invitation only. I
said I need to get in to talk with him. A reporter recognized me and took
my picture. Other reporters started asking questions. Soon a girl came
up and grabbed my arm and said come this way. When we were away from the
reporters she said, 'he's expecting you.' I said 'who.' 'Allan Rock' was
the reply.
Harichy said the meeting went well and that she was impressed by Rock's
character. "He was very compassionate, I told him I am opening up
a cannabis buyers club for people to get affordable marijuana through us
and not off the street. I don't want any of them to be harmed. Rock said
'Yes' and that he is, 'very, very close to a resolution.'"
If the laws are not changed, Harichy will face a trial in June or July
for a possession charge. Alan Young, the Osgoode Hall law professor who
took Chris Clay's constitutional challenge of marijuana prohibition to
court has agreed to represent her.
Harichy urged people to "write to their representatives and don't
give up. Stop the propaganda. Pressure our lawmakers to change this ridiculous
law."
Donations to Lynn Harichy's defense fund can be made to:
Prof. Alan Young York University Osgoode Hall Law 4700 Keele St. Toronto,
Ontario M3J 1P3
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Issue #34, 3/20/98
Global Days Against the Drug War -- Demonstrations Planned to Protest U.N. Special Session on Narcotics -- Please Join the Coalition | President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Votes "No Confidence" in Administration -- Demands Immediate Action on Syringe Exchange | Major New Study Calls for Treatment Instead of Prisons | The Makings of a Constitutional Crisis? California City Officials Back Medical Marijuana Outlets vs. Feds | Medical Marijuana Ballot Proposal Filed in Nevada | Heicklen Update: Penn State Professor Still Challenging System | California Cops Teach Parenting Classes -- "Lie to your kids," They Say | Illinois Study Finds D.A.R.E. Graduates Using More Drugs than Their Peers | Federal Agency Finds International Drug War a Total Failure | Medical Marijuana Patient/Activist Meets with Canadian Health Minister | UK Cannabis Campaign -- 2 out of 3 New MP's Favor Royal Commission Review of Drug Laws | American Choice for President of Colombia Quits Campaign | Malaysia to Drug Test Students | Editorial: A Call Goes Up for Public Health, but Our Government is at War
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