Pubdate: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 Source: Daily Telegraph (UK) Copyright: 2003 Telegraph Group Limited Contact: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/114 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada) STATE MARIJUANA 'DISGUSTING' Some of the first patients to smoke Canada's government-approved marijuana described it as "disgusting" and want their money back. Health Canada, the federal health department, started selling marijuana in July to bring relief to patients with Aids, cancer and other diseases. The move followed a court order that patients should not be forced to get their marijuana from drug dealers. But some of the first to buy the government's marijuana are unhappy. "It's totally unsuitable for human consumption," said Jim Wakeford, 58, an Aids patient in Gibsons, British Columbia. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry Liittschwager