POT PROGRAM DOESN'T WORK

I would like to voice my anger at Health Canada's Medical Marijuana
Access Program. I have been prescribed medical marijuana now for over
five years with a sixth renewal pending.

I followed their instructions about sending in six to eight weeks
prior to the expiry date. It is now more than three weeks late.

Essentially, this makes me illegal. However, since I have copies of
the application, signed by my AIDS doctor, and proof they received it
by signature in August, I am refusing to comply with their ridiculous
suggestion to destroy my plants.

I have worked two years to find a strain that works properly for my
appetite, and I will be damned if it will be destroyed by me. I have
been threatened by my house insurer, since it is now illegal.

They could cancel my insurance, thereby voiding my mortgage. Am I
supposed to go live in public housing after this happens?

I am also leery of being arrested since I have not had any
altercations with the law since I was in my mid-'20s.

I do not drink alcohol, which caused most of my stupidity then. I
would like to point out that my condition is not curable and
permanent. I cannot see why our cards shouldn't be also.

Every year, people in my position need to harass their doctor to
sign, spend $20 to send it in with a signature required and wait
until the last day if not usually a few days late.

This year, however, they claim to have an overflow of applications,
and are backlogged. What I suggest about permanent licences for
people with permanent, deadly health conditions would save them a ton
of redundant paperwork.

Matthew Janisse, Amherstburg