Pubdate: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN) Copyright: 2009 The StarPhoenix Contact: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/400 DON'T STEW OVER POT Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said in the House of Commons this week that the government is concerned about the issue of smoking medical marijuana in public. "That's why I have instructed my officials to examine this issue and develop options," said the health minister. According to a Canwest News Service story by reporter Meagan Fitzpatrick, the feds have been under pressure regarding clarification of medical pot use in public. One source of this pressure is a bar owner in Burlington, Ont., who faced allegations of discrimination when he asked a legal medical marijuana user to not smoke outside his business. Of course, the pot user at that time should have just done the respectful thing, moved a few metres away from the guy's bar, then puffed himself into nirvana. But since he didn't do that, and since it became a great big stinky discrimination thing, zillions of taxpayers' dollars will now be spent so the government can clarify where we can smoke prescribed pot. What a waste of time and money. How about we follow these two rules as best we can, and all just try and get along: 1) All laws around cigarettes apply to medical pot smoking. In other words, no doobies at the diner. 2) All laws around where you can and cannot take more traditional medicine, like pills, apply to medical pot, unless doing so breaks rule No. 1. There you go. Solved. Now let's move on to matters that matter. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin