Pubdate: Wed, 01 Mar 2006
Source: StarPhoenix, The (CN SN)
Copyright: 2006 The StarPhoenix
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/saskatoon/starphoenix/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/400
Author: Ethan Erkiletian
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mmjcn.htm (Cannabis - Medicinal - Canada)

SP SHOULD HAVE REPORTED MEDICAL POT USER'S PLIGHT

I was frustrated to see that The SP failed to print any articles 
concerning the recent troubles suffered by Regina medical marijuana 
patient Tom Shapiro.

He suffered a major miscarriage of justice at the hands of the Regina 
Police Service simply because Health Canada subjected this legitimate 
medical patient to reams of red tape, resulting in a delayed licence 
renewal and then a police raid.

Why not report the story of a man who had his medicine taken away 
while police saw fit to point a loaded firearm at his stepson before 
handcuffing Shapiro and his family for four hours? Does The SP have 
no regard for such an important story of a man who had the substance 
which enables him to live a productive life taken from him by force?

Ethan Erkiletian

Saskatoon
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