'STRONGER' GOVERNMENT MARIJUANA STILL STINKS

OTTAWA - Some patients are spurning a new batch of
government-certified marijuana, dismissing Health Canada claims that
it's a stronger, better quality smoke.

Prairie Plant Systems, which produces medical marijuana on contract
for Health Canada, began shipping a second batch on May 21, after
getting bad reviews about the initial harvest.

"It's no good," Marco Renda, 45, said Monday from his home in Dundalk,
Ont. "It didn't burn properly, (and) it had no effect."

Users complained the first batch was too dry and far less potent than
the package claimed.