MEDICINAL POT DISPUTE CLOSES LEGION BRANCH

MACCAN, N.S. - Officials with the Royal Canadian Legion have shut
down a Nova Scotia branch after members used the local hall to
promote the use of locally produced marijuana oil for cancer patients.

The legion's Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command temporarily suspended the
charter of the Maccan branch and ousted its executive.

Provincial command chairman Steve Wessel said the legion name,
insignia and buildings cannot be used to promote the use of illegal substances.

But Rick Dwyer, 51, past president of the branch, isn't backing down.

"This medicine is so phenomenal," Dwyer said. "I'm so proud of the
members for standing up and defending this."

He said the homemade marijuana oil is a safe, natural, cancer-curing
substance. He said his 82-year-old father has lung cancer and began
using the oil in June after he was given 48 hours to live. He's still alive.