LEGION CLOSED FOR PROMOTING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA

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 one executive member said he's not backing down. "This medicine
is so phenomenal," Rick Dwyer. "I'm so proud of the members for
standing up and defending this."