Pubdate: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2001, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Mike Patriquen Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun Editor; headline by newshawk Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1399/a03.html REGARDING YOUR story "Legal paths to pot" (Aug. 1) which described legal access to cannabis for federal exemptees. The RCMP said exemptees attempting to buy street pot would have a problem. The federal supply in Flin Flon, Man., is not ready. It is illegal for exemptees or their designated growers to purchase or otherwise obtain seeds or cuttings. Where are these medically challenged, federally approved patients to obtain legal access to their medicine? Nowhere. All of the hullabaloo about the new regulations is only smoke and mirrors. At the end of the day, nothing has opened up. Pathetic. Mike Patriquen (You expected it to work?) - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake