PATIENTS DENIED MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Alan Rock and the Health Department continue to deny patients access to a
safe, clean supply of medical marijuana.

The Community Research Initiative of Toronto, which was chosen to conduct
the testing of medical marijuana was told by the department it would take a
few years to set anything up.

The Grand Forks Hemp Co. and the Vancouver Compassion Club have sent letters
to the department informing it of the availability of home-grown cannabis.
Brian Taylor, mayor of Grand Forks, B.C., submitted a detailed business plan
in early September 1999. He said a high-grade, laboratory-tested and
controlled cannabis would be ready for trials within six months.

Could it be because the Health Protection Branch, a division of the Health
Department, responsible for controls and restrictions on herbs, vitamins and
drugs, is 100 per cent funded by its "clients," the pharmaceutical companies
and their profits?

LILY FRIESEN