POT CLUB RECRUITS

A Winnipeg "compassion club" which promises to supply its members with
marijuana for medical purposes is recruiting new members in perhaps the
most obvious of places -- drug court.

Two representatives of the newly formed Manitoba Compassion Club stood in
front of the downtown Law Courts complex for three hours yesterday morning
and signed up three new members. Wednesday is the day provincial court drug
cases are heard.

The new additions bring the club's membership to 11, said the group's
president, Chris Buors.

"Which isn't so bad considering the size of Winnipeg. I think it's a good
start," said the long-time activist.