MUMM STILL WAITING

Dear Editor:

I attended this year's Cannabis Day celebration in order to find out more
about what was going on with the efforts to decriminalize/legalize
marijuana. Did you know that the people who have prescriptions for
medicinal use of marijuana are still waiting for their supplier (the
government) to provide them with their marijuana? They have formed a group
called Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana (MUMM).

These are people who are living in pain because the government is not
keeping its promise to supply them with medical marijuana, even though it
has been over one year since they have received their prescriptions.

Since we recognize marijuana's capacity to provide relief from terrible
pains and diseases, why are we wasting any more money on maintaining it as
an illegal substance? And why are we withholding it from those who have
earned a right to use it?

On an impulse, I decided to draw up a quick petition to see how many people
wanted marijuana legalized. In just 30 minutes of passing the petition
around, I collected 137 signatures, with more still coming in.

I urge each and every citizen to either write a letter, or start a petition
and once you have a full page, photocopy it and send it to your member of
Parliament, requesting the legalization/decriminalization of marijuana and,
most important, the immediate accessibility of marijuana for medicinal use.

Elizabeth van Dreunen, Lawrencetown