Pubdate: Thu, 01 Mar 2012
Source: Kamloops Daily News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Kamloops Daily News
Contact:  http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/679
Author: S. Wolansky

CARL ANDERSON DOING NOTHING WRONG

I am a medicinal marijuana user. I know I am not the only person in
Kamloops. I have met many other very sick people who regularly use
cannabis for a variety of ailments, from cancer patients to people
with MS, and everything in between.

Our only source for safe medication has been taken from us and forces
some out to the nearest street corner drug dealer; the people that are
unable to leave the safety of their homes do not even have that
option, so they stay home and suffer, unless they can find an "honest
" drug dealer to deliver, that puts the most vulnerable at obviously
greater risk.

So, what happens now? The police have raided and closed down Kamloops'
only safe source for medications. I don't want to be forced out to the
streets and risk any number of things, the obvious being arrested, or
beat up and robbed or buying cannabis that's not clean and safe.

Google "compassion clubs" and you will find at least a dozen in B.C.
and over 100 for all of Canada. Was Mr. Anderson really doing anything
wrong? As far as his customers are concerned, no, he was not. I am
having a hard time with this. Why do the police seem to overlook the
obvious drug dealers and persecute a man who is doing nothing more
than trying to provide a safe environment and product to those in
need? Some may call it selective enforcement.

Perhaps RCMP can suggest a reliable street corner drug dealer where
these people can go. Seems to me this whole thing has done nothing
more than put the power right back into the hands of organized crime
and left the sick people feeling sicker and the dying suffering needlessly.

Please, help end the prohibition.

S. WOLANSKY

Kamloops
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