Pubdate: Wed, 13 May 2009 Source: North Bay Nugget (CN ON) Copyright: 2009 Sun Media Contact: http://www.nugget.ca/feedback1/LetterToEditor.aspx Website: http://www.nugget.ca/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2226 Author: Russell Barth Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n510/a03.html HEALTH CANADA NOT PLAYING BY THE RULES Re: Is U.S. high on pot legalization? (Nugget, May 12). It should be noted Health Canada (which manages the medical marijuana license department) has repeatedly, brazenly, violated court orders, and the whole program has been ruled unconstitutional by at least four judges. If the public knew what medical marijuana license holders already know about the Health Canada fiasco, the tide of public opinion would shift hard in favor of legalization. But public opinion should not even factor into this discussion, because the public is so miserably misinformed on this topic that their opinions are useless. Legalizing marijuana is simply the right thing to do, and all science and history supports this. Russell Barth Federally licensed medical marijuana user - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom