Pubdate: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 Source: Goldstream Gazette (Victoria, CN BC) Copyright: 2012 Black Press Contact: http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/contact_us/ Website: http://www.goldstreamgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1291 Author: Stephen Nordquist PRESCRIPTION POT TOO EXPENSIVE AS IS My physician has filled out the forms to prescribe me medical marijuana - I need cannabis to help me eat because of the side effects from medication I take twice a day. There is no tax on prescriptions in Canada. I should not be paying HST, which is now being charged at Ted Smith's Cannabis buyers club. All my prescriptions are covered because I am on disability - except medical marijuana which is now $11.20 a gram. I already can not afford to buy it, not even close. Not everyone has a place to grow, or someone to grow for them. What good is medical marijuana if I can not afford to purchase it? Stephen Nordquist Victoria - --- MAP posted-by: Matt