Pubdate: Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Source: Toronto Star (CN ON)
Copyright: 2015 The Toronto Star
Contact:  http://www.thestar.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/456
Author: Steven Gaber
Page: IN 7
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v15/n324/a07.html

MORE REEFER MADNESS FROM TORIES

Re: Chill out, minister, Editorial June 14

Perhaps Health Minister Rona Ambrose's sense of outrage about the 
Supreme Court decision regarding medical marijuana could have been 
better directed at her boss. If she had done her homework she would 
have discovered that the Harper government itself cancelled the 
research component of the medical marijuana program shortly after he 
took office.

Since he wasn't able to obliterate the program entirely he quickly 
began the process of enacting barriers and demonizing users. 
Ironically if he had known then that he would later learn to muzzle 
scientific communications at will, he could have let the research go 
on, comfortable that any unwanted positive findings would never be heard.

It is so like this government to be so easily outraged when 
frustrated, much like a toddler.

Steven Gaber, Toronto
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