Cannabis News Protecting Patients Access to Medical Marijuana
  Canada Behind Some European Countries
Posted by FoM on July 30, 2001 at 17:57:24 PT
By Alejandro Bustos 
Source: Ottawa Citizen 

cannabisnews.com Despite Ottawa's recent decision to allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, Canada is still well behind several European countries when it comes to reforming its drug laws.

The Canadian law, which came into effect Monday, allows severely ill patients with a doctor's approval to apply to Health Canada to grow and use marijuana. Compared to the United States, which has taken a hard line in its war against drugs, the move by the federal government looks almost radical.

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