Pubdate: Tue, 17 Apr 2007
Source: Whitehorse Star (CN YK)
Copyright: 2007 Whitehorse Star
Contact:  http://www.whitehorsestar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1493
Author: Canadian Press

MARKUP ON GOV'T DOPE IS 1,500 PER CENT

OTTAWA - The federal government charges patients 15 times more for 
certified medical marijuana than it pays to buy the weed in bulk from 
its official supplier, newly released documents show.

Critics say it's unconscionable to charge that high a markup to some 
of the country's sickest citizens, who have little income and are 
often cut off from their medical marijuana supply when they can't pay 
their government dope bills.
- ---
MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman