Caution – Rant Ahead
On April Fools’ Day new medical marijuana laws come into effect here in Canada. The 30,000 or so medical marijuana users who have registered with the government will no longer be able to grow their own medicine in their back yards. Instead, they will be required to purchase it, by mail, from a government-licensed grow op. Instead of spending $60 or so for a handful of seeds, probably good for growing a couple of years’ worth of personal product, these people will now have to pay that amount for a few grams of herb.
Earlier I spoke about the brilliant suggestions offered up by the Feds about how best to destroy existing weed before these backyard growers all become criminals at the stroke of midnight of the government’s new fiscal year. (See Super (Bong) Bowl). Well, it gets worse. It seems Health Canada has sent a notice to all those registered patients requiring them to provide written notice swearing to the fact that they have destroyed all dried marijuana, plants and seeds and will no longer grow. If they don’t, the government is threatening to pass along their names to the local police. Right. I’m sure those people using marijuana for medical reasons really could use a little more stress in their lives. Continue reading
