Why is Ottawa so afraid of pot?
Politicians are again letting the courts decide — even when marijuana is used to ease pain The federal government proposes to remove the risk of criminal penalties for people possessing up to 15 grams of pot. It’s prepared to try making marijuana available to people who need it for medical purposes. But you can tell that the government’s heart isn’t in it. It’s obvious that Health Minister Anne McLellan still thinks marijuana is an evil drug. She can’t even call it pot. She refers to it as “product” — “It was never the intention of us to sell product,” she insisted Wednesday as if she’d been asked about weapons of mass destruction. She had been forced by the courts to announce that people who are deemed to need marijuana for medicinal purposes may buy seeds or dried weed from the government. The Ontario Superior Court had given McLellan until Wednesday to come up with regulations for distributing medical marijuana, or the 500 permits issued to approved users on a trial basis would be
