GOVERNMENT'S MARIJUANA STILL A BUST

Some patients are spurning a new batch of government-certified
marijuana, dismissing Health Canada claims that it's a stronger,
better quality smoke.

"It's no good," Marco Renda, 45, said yesterday from his home in
Dundalk, Ont. "I took two puffs and I put it out.

Prairie Plant Systems, which produces medical marijuana on contract
for Health Canada, began shipping a second batch on May 21 after users
gave the first harvest bad reviews.

Health Canada says the new batch has more THC, the primary active
ingredient in marijuana, fewer leaves and twigs and more flowering
tops.

"I've been told ... that the feedback has been positive overall," said
Health Canada spokeswoman Catherine Saunders.