Pubdate: Fri, 12 Jan 2007
Source: Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2007 Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Contact:  http://www.pqbnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1361
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n018/a09.html
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n016/a06.html
Author: Alison Myrden

WHO WAS RUSSELL HURTING HERE?

Mark Russell, another brave Canadian who owns and runs the local Mid
Island Compassion Club, has been charged for allegedly selling
cannabis to sick and dying people.

First and foremost whom may I ask was this man hurting?

Shame on our RCMP.

As a retired law enforcement officer, a legal cannabis patient in
Canada and a speaker for a well known drug reform agency, I feel that
what Russell was providing was a service which our government has
forgotten completely about.

His service involved compassion and no high street market costs. Help
me to legalize and regulate all drugs so that our children and the
streets are no longer in charge. Cannabis is only the beginning.

The harder and more addictive the drug, the more it needs regulation
and control.

Our future depends on this.

Alison Myrden

Toronto, Ontario
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