Pubdate: Thu, 20 Mar 2014
Source: Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC)
Copyright: 2014, BC Newspaper Group
Contact:  http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/948
Author: Ryan Chypyha
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n168/a02.html

POT PROGRAM CHANGE WILL LACK ACCESS

To the Editor,

Re: Prescription Pot Pretense About To End, Opinion, Feb. 13

I am strongly against removing our Marijuana Medical Access Program. I
am concerned that the cannabis that will be offered to personal-use
patients from Health Canada will lack quality, and will be harder for
them to access this medicine.

I am strongly in favour of medical marijuana in Canada, as more and
more medical studies are proving it to be effective treatment for many
different things.

If the cannabis is harder to access, costs more, or lacks quality or
strain selection, I believe this will enable many more criminal
organizations. I think also patients may have to rely more on harmful
treatments, like opiates and other pain medications.

Ryan Chypyha

Merritt, BC
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