MEDICAL POT USERS TREATED LIKE CROOKS

Why is it still okay to treat medical marijuana users in Canada like
"terrorists?" Imagine having some past-date prescriptions in your
medicine cabinet, and suddenly your house is full of cops sticking
guns in your face. Or maybe your driver's license is a month out of
date, and suddenly you are roughed up and handcuffed and searched at
the side of the road -- right in front of your kids.

Is that sensible? No. So why is it okay to do it to medical marijuana
users? Because a "license expired" doesn't mean they should be
deprived of their medicine and treated like a criminal.

I hope Mr. Shapiro sues the police and Health Canada for damages to
his plants, equipment and the personal suffering that his family has endured.

The onerous fiasco Health Canada calls its medical marijuana program
not only does very little to help sick and dying Canadians, it puts
some of them in even more danger of home invasion and harassment by police.

Russell Barth

Ottawa