posted on October 5, 2003 12:58:13 PM new
Because you can't get charged for anything less than 30 gms., London (Ontario) opened it's first marijuana coffee house this summer. A place to tell jokes, relax, write a poem, and smoke pot. You can't buy it there, you have to bring your own. Since it opened, there have been no fights, no out-of-control people, no grade schoolers and no onslaught of Americans looking to score. Who would have guessed??
posted on October 5, 2003 01:04:30 PM new
much ado about nothing...
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posted on October 5, 2003 01:11:43 PM new
So whats it like hanging out there Kraft?
No Americans looking to 'score'?
Well I know personally 1 American that went there (more than once, the little sh*t) with her friends (Americans also) 'looking to score'. And I guess they 'scored'. She always got the lectures of going to another country for that sh*t, or even trying to 'score' here, and also on smoking it, and she is 21, and still will feel the wrath of her mother.
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posted on October 5, 2003 07:21:59 PM new
Dude! You Call This Medicine?
Sep 17, 8:37 am ET
By Franco Pingue
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's government-grown marijuana is unfit for human consumption and makes some patients sick, people who have tried it said on Tuesday.
The federal government has permitted more than 600 Canadians to legally buy medical marijuana, the first country in the world to do so. They are patients whose doctors prescribed pot after conventional treatments failed.
"It's not marijuana, it's ground-up stems, twigs and beads and it's not fit for human consumption," said Jim Wakeford, who uses marijuana to battle AIDS symptoms. "The marijuana was offensive and obnoxious smelling, it was not helpful and it gave me bad headaches the two times I tried it."
Marco Renda, who smokes marijuana to help symptoms of liver disease hepatitis C, said he temporarily used government dope after someone stole his marijuana plants.
"I don't like it, and even my doctor advised me not to use it because it does nothing to help my symptoms," said Renda.
A recent study by patients-rights group Canadians for Safe Access claims government dope contains 3 percent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main active ingredient, not the 10 percent the government says.
Phillipe Lucas, a spokesman with Canadians for Safe Access, who smokes marijuana to ease hepatitis C symptoms, said he canceled his government-ordered dope.
Despite the complaints, Health Canada said its dope is effective and cannot be returned for refunds.
"We question the validity of the test results that they have put forward because they haven't been open and transparent about where the tests were done," said Krista Apse, spokeswoman at Health Canada.
Canadians for Safe Access, which said test marijuana was obtained through a reliable source with access to government pot, urged the government to conduct more tests.
But the government said the medical marijuana is produced using "quality standardized marijuana" and its THC content level is about 10 percent.
posted on October 6, 2003 03:28:48 AM new
Canadians... can't live with, can't shoot'em... Hell we'll just let the dope continue to rot their brains... but that does explain many of your posts there kraft....
posted on October 6, 2003 12:31:11 PM new
Just trying to make a point, that being able to smoke pot legally, doesn't make everyone want to rush out and smoke it, like it's been talked about here. I would assume the same for other drugs if they were to become legal or decriminalized.
Near, I don't approve or disapprove of drug use, but if I had children, it might be a different story.
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posted on October 6, 2003 01:32:49 PM new
I read that even the Canadian Prime Minister plans to smoke some pot. Canada is turning into a bunch of potheads!
posted on October 6, 2003 09:31:03 PM new
KD - Again, I disagree with your conclusion. doesn't make everyone want to rush out and smoke it, like it's been talked about here. I would assume the same for other drugs if they were to become legal or decriminalized.
I've previously posted links to all the countries that have legalized drugs....and what their stats were showing. In time drug use was increasing.
I wouldn't expect your country to have any available stats this early in the game.
posted on October 6, 2003 09:59:23 PM new
It's not legal in Canada, Linda, just Ontario and only by a judges decision. My point was, that there was talk here, at the RT, and around London (very conservative city) about how a "coffee shop" would cause swarms of non-users to try it and that 12 year olds would learn about it and want to score. Nothing even close has happened - in fact nothing has happened. As far as stats, you're right, Linda. It's way too soon to say what the effects of this place will have in the long run, but the immediate signs point to it not being as bad as expected.
P.S. I've never been there.
Clive, thank-you. Same goes for you and your wife, or if you're the wife, visa-versa.
