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Canada's
House
of
Commons
Debates
Medical
Marijuana
3/5/99
The Canadian Foundation for
Drug Policy reported on March 3, 1999, that Canada's House of Commons would
begin a debate on legalization of medical marijuana on Thursday, March
4, at 5:30pm, focusing on a motion by MP Bernard Bigras. The motion
reads as follows:
M-381 - March 25, 1998 -
Mr. Bigras (Rosemont) - "That, in the opinion of this House, the government
should undertake all necessary steps to legalize the use of marijuana
for health and medical purposes."
The debate on the motion
is limited to three hours. The first hour of debate will occur on
March 4, with the remainder on two separate days to be announced later.
Since this is a "votable" motion, there will be a vote after the debate.
If the majority of MPs support the motion, it will create pressure on the
federal government to take legislative steps to legalize the use of marijuana
for health and medical purposes.
House of Commons transcripts
and media reports about the announcement by the federal Minister of Health
that he has asked his officials to develop a plan that will include clinical
trials for medical marijuana, appropriate guidelines for its medical use
and access to a safe supply of this drug can be found on CFDP's web site
at http://fox.nstn.ca/~eoscapel/cfdp/mar399hc.htm.
The site also contains links to research and other reports on medicinal
marijuana.
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Issue #81, 3/5/99
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