FEARS FOR EPILEPTIC WIFE

If Stephen Harper's Conservatives get a majority, I fear for the life
of my epileptic wife. She uses medical marijuana, for which she has a
license from Health Canada.

In the past six years, her health has improved dramatically through
the use of this herb, and her seizures have dropped in both numbers
and ferocity. She cannot tolerate any other medications, so this is
not choice but necessity.

The Cons raged against this program when they sat in opposition, and
cut medical marijuana research funding when they got into power. They
have reaffirmed their commitment to a U. S.-style War On Drugs, even
though all evidence suggests that this policy actually increases the
problems it purports to fight, while subsidizing gangsters at home
and terrorism abroad.

They have promised to jail more people, including teenagers, for drug
offenses, even offering mandatory minimum prison sentences for
growing a single marijuana plant!

If they get a majority, they will undoubtedly shut down the Health
Canada medical marijuana program, tossing thousands of sick and dying
Canadians back to the mercy of street dealers who sell a contaminated
and hyper-priced product.

Furthermore, the government has all of our home addresses on file, so
the day after the program is shut down, the Mounties will likely
begin arresting sick people in droves, destroying medicine and plants.

If you think I am being an alarmist, then ask them. Ask any
Conservative MP or candidate what they plan to do with the lives of
sick and dying people who need medical marijuana to survive.

Russell Barth

Federally Licensed Medical Marijuana User

Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis (PAIDOC)

http://www.paidoc.org/