POT LAWS MAKE SICK SUFFER

enzo di matteo's article detailing the travails of medical cannabis users
(NOW, June 14-20) saddened me. It was precisely this type of bureaucratic
mess that the Ontario Court of Appeal criticized in handing down its ruling
in R. v. Parker last July 31.

The Court gave the federal government one year to fix the situation or face
legalization of marijuana -- for medical and recreational users alike -- in
Ontario. Since the feds did not appeal this decision, nor did they change
the law in any meaningful way, I fully expect that any possession charges
brought after August 1 will be easily quashed by citing this ruling.

Just something for your readers to keep in mind in case they are nabbed
with a little bud this summer.

Timothy J. Meehan, Toronto