Pubdate: Fri, 24 Jul 2009
Source: Peace Arch News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2009 Peace Arch News
Contact:  http://www.peacearchnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1333
Author: Russell Barth
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n714/a02.html

DON'T BAN AID SOLUTIONS

Editor:

Re: White Rock tries to curb the bong show, July 15.

You report: "Under the Community Charter the city is not allowed to 
ban the sale of such goods outright."

Banning them would violate the human and charter rights of federally 
licensed medical marijuana users who need those devices to deliver 
their medicine.

It is legal to use marijuana for medical purposes in Canada. 
Therefore, it is legal to use medical-assistive devices for said medication.

Therefore, logically, we should be able to legally buy those devices 
someplace. That said, they should be out of the line of sight of 
anyone under the age of 18 or 19. No window displays and no cabinet 
displays, so kids can't even see them - let alone buy them.

Banning these devices will simply drive the industry underground, and 
encourage the use of unsafe things, like smoking through pop cans and 
tinfoil pipes.

Russell Barth, Nepean, Ont.
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