Pubdate: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 Source: Standard, The (St. Catharines, CN ON) Copyright: 2006 The Standard Contact: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/676 LEGION BRANCH SHUT DOWN OVER MEDICINAL POT ROW MACCAN, N.S. - Officials with the Royal Canadian Legion have shut down a Nova Scotia branch after members used the local hall to promote the use of locally produced marijuana oil for cancer patients. The legion's Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command temporarily suspended the charter of the Maccan branch and ousted its executive. Provincial command chairman Steve Wessel said the legion name, insignia and buildings cannot be used to promote the use of illegal substances. But one executive member said he's not backing down. "This medicine is so phenomenal," Rick Dwyer of Maccan said Thursday. "I'm so proud of the members for standing up and defending this." Dwyer, the 51-year-old past president of the Maccan branch, said the homemade marijuana oil is a safe, natural, cancer-curing substance. - --- MAP posted-by: Elaine