Hey everyone, I ask everyone, please share this info everywhere!! Canada needs your help! We have got to get this right for all cannabis users in Canada!!!! With the new rules coming for us medicinal patients here in Canada, they're taking away our rights to grow our own medicine! A Coalition has been formed by Jason Wilcox and others to address the serious problems in Health Canada's newly proposed regulations called the MMPR or Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations. Health Canada's intention with the new regulations is to remove the ability of sick and disabled persons from producing their own medicine or having a caregiver produce it for them, a right that most licensed persons have had for the better part of 10 years under the current program called the MMAR. Health Canada intends to replace these licenses with commercial producers which could charge up to or beyond a 4 fold increase in the current cost for medication to the patient using Health Canada's own figures. This is why I'm posting this here today. We're currently going around and looking for supporters to help us. There's many small groups attempting to try to fight the coming changes of Canada's medical marijuana program in their own ways, but small groups will not win this. If medicinal patients, cannabis activists and supporters unite and work together, we can stop these unconstitutional changes taking away our rights to grow our own medicine, and takeaway reasonable access. Donations are also greatly needed to help us collect the funds required to fight these unconstitutional changes that are coming with the change of the MMAR in to the MMPR. The coalition has already sought the expertise of seasoned constitutional lawyer John Conroy, and will be fighting these changes at the highest of levels. Check out the website at: MMAR DPL/PPL Coalition Against Repeal Donate to help the Coalition at: Donate Now Volunteer with the Coalition at: Volunteer Visit our Facebook page at: MMAR Coalition Facebook page Join the Facebook group at: MMAR Coalition Facebook group Please everyone, help us by spreading the word about us. If we all work together, we can stop these unconstitutional changes from happening! If anyone has any questions or anything, please, don't hesitate to send me a msg. Dan
CBC News coverage from Sept. 30th, 2013 in a segment called "Medical marijuana rules changing" Jason Wilcox speaks about the fears of having his right to grow his own medicine taken away and what that means. http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2409427965/
MMAR Coalition against Repeal Presents …… https://www.mmarcoalitionagainstrepeal.com Full benefit concert When: Nov 13, 2012 Where: Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia Fortune Sound Night Club https://www.clubzone.com/c/21407/fortune-sound-club-vancouver 147 E Pender St Tickets go on sale Oct 4th tickets will be $20 each 50 VIP passes will also be available Total is 700 tickets… Doors open a 7pm Rascalz perform at 11:30 as well after parties are being worked on Headlining The.... • Rascalz “Nominated for Best Rap Recording at the 1994 Juno Awards†Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL3i7zfSonc Additional performers! • DOJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQrq3uDuu-8 • 2 DJs to keep the crowd pumped between sets! More performers and sponsors to be announced soon….. Come join in with 700 Canadian Peter Cannabiz Drinkbis Consumers and our supporters for a night packed with live DJs and some excellent groups. Most important your ticket cost goes 100% towards the MMAR Coalition against Repeal trust fund for our legal matter being launched to protect personal gardens in Canada. To learn more about the Coalition and how you may assist us in our plight please see <a>https://www.mmarcoalitionagainstrepeal.com </a> We have formal sponsors in place… • Green Planet Nutrients • Fortune sound Night Club • Red-Med Dispensary (Red is owner member of the Rascalz) • The Green Cross Society of BC (donated $1000 cash) • Urban Grower (organizers) • The Cannabis in Canada Society (organizers) • LSD Design and Printing • Sacramento NORML (ART)
Formal benefits concert announcement made on pot.tv with Jason Wilcox and the Urban Grower! Follow the link and check it out! If you wanna jump ahead, starting about 30:50 into the clip is when Jason and Remo sit down to talk. http://www.livestream.com/pottvnetwork/video?clipId=pla_e10ed33f-dc1c-4279-a931-61cc739a651a
Alison Myrden on CHCH News Talk Back Live Show "Square Off" from Tuesday, October 1st, 2013. Check it out. http://youtu.be/c_o3MwB5mvU
Ian Mulgrew - Vancouver Sun New medical marijuana rule about to face lawsuit Long-time Fraser Valley marijuana crusader John Conroy is finalizing a lawsuit accusing Ottawa of infringing on the rights of medical pot users and growers. He and a handful of other lawyers working on the lawsuit to be filed in Federal Court within weeks have reviewed more than 3,000 victim impact statements from across the country to pick the 15 best representatives. Conroy says the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations recently adopted by Health Canada violate several sections of the constitution. In particular, he claims the radical changes introduced by Ottawa to end home-growing and designated production will unduly restrict the safe access by patients to their medication. “The suit has taken longer to frame than expected,†Conroy said. “Still, we're going to be looking for injunctive relief so that after March 31 - when the new rules come into effect - the status quo is maintained until after the court ruling so there is no damage done to these people and they have a supply of medicine.†Approved patients - 60 to 70 per cent of whom are on fixed disability pensions - are going to suffer under the new regime, Conroy explained, because they will no longer be able to grow their own medicine nor use a designated grower. The soon-to-be-available medical marijuana will be too expensive, he added. Under the new program that starts in the spring, patients will be forced to purchase pot from licensed producers who will distribute various strains of dried cannabis by mail for an estimated price of between $8 and $10 a gram. Most can grow their own for between $1 and $4 a gram, Conroy said. “Thousands and thousands of patients are approved to use more than 10 grams a day - that's $100 a day at the new rates. No one can afford that,†Conroy said. “We're not asking the government to spend money and support these people. We're just asking they be allowed to keep doing what they have been allowed to do. We think they should at the very least grandfather-in the current personal production licences.†As of Dec. 31, under the old Marihuana Medical Access Regulations, there were more than 28,000 patients with exemptions allowing them to possess and consume medical marijuana; 18,063 people had a personal-use production licence and there were 3,400 other designated producers. There were also more than 5,000 buying pot or seeds from Health Canada and its sole supplier for the past 13 years, Prairie Plant Systems. So far, Prairie Plant and CanniMed, its subsidiary, are the only approved licensed producers for the new system but the government is reviewing scores of other application. One of the delays in organizing the suit, Conroy said, was sorting out whether current growers applying to become licensed producers could participate: “I thought it was a good idea for them to participate.†He added there are other problematic concerns with the new order - compassion clubs and dispensaries remain illegal and there's no provision for derivatives, edibles and non-smokable cannabis products. No matter, Health Canada is creating an entirely different regulatory landscape that many believe may herald a gold rush-style medical marijuana market boom. In a freedom-of-information request in connection with this litigation, Ottawa revealed that the total authorized annual consumption of dried cannabis as of April was more than 188,189 kg! That's roughly 415,000 pounds - or more than $1.5 billion at $8 to $10 a gram! Health Canada expects that to increase dramatically so its no wonder the prospect of this new legitimate market is stirring robust commercial interest. Cannabis has gone from being the stuff of Cheech and Chong skits to the substance of Dun & Bradstreet reports. If their constitutional challenge is unsuccessful, Conroy said the growers will consider litigation to recover the investment they made to modify their homes or garages to grow pot. Original article: Vancouver Sun
***ATTENTION*** It's official! John Conroy has filed the statement of claim! Official press release to follow soon! Stay tuned!
Sounds like they have a very good claim, I predict a win. Here in Washington the cops will not take down a reasonable sized grow for fear of lawsuits of denying patients of medicine. This summer the cops asked my friend for paperwork over a 14 foot plant in her yard, she showed papers and the cops left.
Here's the official press release found on John Conroy's site. http://www.johnconroy.com/MMARlitigation.htm