POT CLUB READY TO ROLL EVEN WITHOUT AN OUTLET

Lynn Harichy says her medicinal marijuana buyer's club in London could
start swinging into action as early as today.

"It could well be we'll be making our first pot delivery,'' she said Tuesday.

Harichy said plans to start the proposed club have been delayed and plans
to open an outlet put on hold but she and supporters are still proceeding.

"We've decided to scratch the planned outlet because we don't want buyers
scared by police,'' she said.

Harichy, who has multiple sclerosis, said she hopes the club will be "fully
operational'' by Friday without an official outlet.

Earlier, supporters said the likely location for the outlet would have been
in the same building as the Organic Traveller, a downtown hemp shop on
Richmond Street.

Harichy said part of the delay in getting the club off the ground is that
applications for membership won't start to be delivered until today. "It
was an organizational problem,'' she said.

DOCTORS' LETTERS

Club membership will be restricted to people with doctors' letters
confirming they have diseases alleviated by pot intake.

"If we get a correctly completed application returned tomorrow we can
deliver,'' Harichy said.

She said supporters are still organizing their supplies of marijuana.

"I just want to help people who have problems like mine,'' said the
pot-smoking Harichy.

She said supporters have gathered about 70 names of potential club members
since an announcement Feb. 13 that the club was planned.

Harichy said she's tired of waiting for federal authorities, including
Health Minister Allan Rock, to make medical marijuana available.

"We intend to supply the medical need,'' she said. "If the police want to
act they can come and bust me.'' Police have said they will keep an eye on
the club's activities.

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