Hakeem if ya wanna be in canada so bad heres a good way to make your money!!! TORONTO (July 30) - Canadians suffering from terminal illnesses and chronic conditions such as arthritis can legally grow and smoke mar1juana, or designate someone else to grow it for them, under regulations that take effect Monday. The new rules are part of the first system in the world that includes a government-approved and paid-for supply of mar1juana, now being grown in a former mine in northern Manitoba. The rules will expand the number of people beyond the 292 in the country currently exempted from federal drug laws that make it a criminal offense to grow and use mar1juana. While some in Canada complain the new regulations create bureaucratic hurdles and put doctors in the unsettling role of prescribing something they know little about, the Canadian system looks wonderful to U.S. medical mar1juana advocates battling a zero-tolerance attitude. ``We're kind of envious of Canadians having the luxury of complaining about the minutiae of the program,'' said Chuck Thomas of the Washington-based mar1juana Policy Project. ``It seems like a reasonable system.'' Eight U.S. states have taken some kind of step toward permitting the medicinal use of mar1juana: California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada and Colorado. The U.S. Supreme Court, however, ruled earlier this year that there is no exception in federal law for people to use mar1juana, so even people with state medical-exemptions could face arrest if they do. North of the border in the country that is the biggest U.S. trade partner, attitudes are different. Justice Minister Anne McLellan said the issue of decriminalizing mar1juana should be studied, and the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to consider a challenge against the constitutionality of criminal mar1juana laws. The new health regulations were drawn up after a court ruling last year that gave the government until July 31 to create a way for people requiring mar1juana for medicinal purposes to legally obtain it. The new rules permit drug possession for the terminally ill with a prognosis of death within one year; those with symptoms associated with specific serious medical conditions; and those with other medical conditions who have statements from two doctors saying conventional treatments have not worked. Eligible patients include those with severe arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis. More than 500 new applications are pending, and more are expected, according to the federal health ministry. The Canadian Medical Association, which represents tens of thousands of doctors, opposes the new regulations because they make physicians responsible for prescribing a substance that lacks significant clinical research on its effects. Without the cooperation of doctors, patients cannot get medical mar1juana exemptions. Under the regulations, people can grow and possess mar1juana for medical needs, or name someone to grow it for them, including the government. In Flin Flon, Manitoba, a mining town hundreds of miles north of the U.S. border, Prairie Plant Systems is growing mar1juana in a former copper mine under a government contract worth more than $3.5 million. It expects the first harvest this fall of mar1juana that will be supplied by the government to eligible patients and used for research on therapeutic effects. Company head Brent Zettl uses the same techniques that were used to grow berries and roses in the tapped-out mine beneath Trout Lake. In town, a novelty store has sold 6,000 T-shirts bearing a new slogan for Flin Flon - mar1juana Growing Capital of Canada. ------------------ If you live in Houston and you badmouth your own hometeams then my suggestion would be to Move! Win or Lose Im a Rockets fan through and through.
I apologize for it being so long but hey figure everyone would get a chuckle out of it. ------------------ If you live in Houston and you badmouth your own hometeams then my suggestion would be to Move! Win or Lose Im a Rockets fan through and through.
There's another forum for this kind of article. If you knew that and were trying to be funny, well, you failed miserably. ------------------ This post contains no smilies, you must judge my seriousness on your own...
Man he got you good! ------------------ "The girls danced, started fondling me, I got aroused, they performed oral sex," Ewing said. "I hung around a little bit and talked to them, then I left."
Wow Pete Rose now their is something to bet on. considering in my basic opinion canada will never be an NBA market come on what makes sense here going across country to play a basketball game against 1 team or eliminating that awful song we have to sit through everytime a canadian team visits? So peter while your opinion is noted your comments are ignored. ------------------ If you live in Houston and you badmouth your own hometeams then my suggestion would be to Move! Win or Lose Im a Rockets fan through and through.
