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Canada Post Won’t Deliver Medicinal Pot.
By admin | August 2, 2004
by CBC News Online staff
June 4, 2004.
Canada Post is refusing to deliver marijuana to a man who is legally allowed to smoke it.
Michel Aub has a Health Canada licence that gives him the right to use marijuana for health reasons.
Canada Post is refusing to deliver marijuana to a man who is legally allowed to smoke it.
Michel Aub has a Health Canada licence that gives him the right to use marijuana for health reasons.
Even though Aub has the federal licence to receive medicinal marijuana, Canada Post is refusing to ship it from his B.C. supplier, on the grounds that it’s illegal to deliver a controlled substance.
“It’s hell, and I don’t think it’s right that they are holding my medication, which is what it is to me, it’s medication,” Aub says.
This story has received some front-page coverage, but Health Minister Pierre Pettigrew, during an election campaign stop, claimed to know nothing about it.
“Well, I’ll read the story and tell you after I’ve read the story. Funny, but I like to read the story first before commenting on them,” Pettigrew said.
However, Friday afternoon, Pettigrew’s department issued a brief statement saying Health Canada officials are working with Canada Post to resolve the problem.
The medical marijuana program was brought in by former health minister Allan Rock, but it’s been plagued with problems.
The Marijuana Party candidate in Ottawa Centre, Mike Foster, says this latest problem shows government support for medical marijuana is lukewarm.
“We’ve always questioned the government’s commitment to this, because they have not seemed to do anything properly. [They] don’t know what they are doing,” Foster says.
Michel Aub, meanwhile, is stuck taking morphine until he gets more pot. He says it’s not a good alternative because it takes away his appetite and leaves him exhausted.
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