[shaggyballs]

Canada - Government Threatens To Share Medicinal Marijuana Patient Information
Health Canada has warned it will share with law enforcement the private information of citizens in lawful possession of medicinal marijuana unless they comply with a new order within six weeks’ time. Today (March 14), the federal government posted a notice online stating that medicinal-marijuana licence holders are required to destroy all marijuana they have and provide written notice stating that they “no longer possess marijuana (dried marijuana, plants or seeds) obtained under the old program”.

“If participants do not comply with the requirement to notify Health Canada, the Department will notify law enforcement,” the release states. Licence holders have until April 30, 2014, to meet the terms of the order. Another Health Canada website provides vague details on the consequences of not complying with the new directive. "The Department will take compliance and enforcement action," it states. "This includes informing law enforcement of your failure to notify Health Canada as required under section 259.3 of the MMPR. In addition, the Department will continue to cooperate with police, and provide information needed to protect public safety, as appropriate." A “notification form” is available for download on the Health Canada website. There are more than 16,500 British Columbians licensed to possess medicinal marijuana. When the Conservatives’ new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation takes effect on April 1, licence holders will only be allowed to purchase dried cannabis via mail order.

The Health Canada directive issued today—on a Friday afternoon when government officials know media outlets are least likely to report it—contradicts information included in a September 2013 briefing note prepared for B.C. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton. “Health Canada, citing privacy concerns, does not intend to disclose the addresses of former licensed grow operations once they are no longer permitted to legally grow marijuana,” that memo states. It’s unclear what has changed that has led Health Canada to believe it can turn over the information of citizens licensed to possess medicinal marijuana without violating individuals’ privacy.

For months, Health Canada has refused the Georgia Straight’s repeated requests for an interview on the topic of the new rules governing medicinal marijuana. A message left today requesting clarification on the March 14 notice was not returned. In a media release, Sensible B.C. campaign director Dana Larsen called for demonstrations against the Health Canada order. “Patients across Canada registered with Health Canada in good faith, to protect themselves against arrest for cultivating their own medicine,” Larsen said in the release. “Now they are being threatened with police action if they don’t destroy their perfectly good medication.”

Sensible B.C. has scheduled a “day of action” in protest of Health Canada’s threat to share patients’ information. Events are planned for April 1. “We are going to flood [Health Minister] Rona Ambrose’s office with thousands of phone calls and emails from our supporters, to let her know that the Canadian public won’t stand for these changes,” Larsen said. “With these unnecessary new rules, Health Canada is causing great harm to medical cannabis patients all across the country.”

[Reevage]

The govs never happy unless they get a pice of the pie...

[dank.frank]

How does any of this equate to Michigan being the next to implement such an order...

???



dank.Frank

[shaggyballs]

Do they have your name yet??.... if they do like they have mine!!

Why they could????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ??
well you get the idea!
shag

[dank.frank]

I wouldn't draw such broad scale conclusions without a means for which to have legitimate concern...

From that perspective there are ten million things that "could" happen...

Maybe a more appropriate / less sensational title to the thread would help. Something along the nature of - "Could this happen in MI, and should we be concerned..."



dank.Frank

[HidingInTheHaze]

Originally Posted by Reevage

The govs never happy unless they get a pice of the pie...

In this case they get all of the pie.

Ridiculous shit happening up there in Canada, this is why I never liked the idea of putting names on lists.

[MIway]

well... the house/senate/gov did quick pass the prairie sponsored commercial bill, all under the future expectation of fed reclassification. isnt a 'real' bill w any practical effect until the future 'what if' scenario... and yet the disp bill sits stalled in the senate w the gov saying he doesnt support it or like the idea of small, locally owned & operated prov centers. ag is actively telling state troopers to suport fed prohibition laws instead of state passed mmj laws... and local cops continue to smash & grab (w/o warrants or paper trails) on local businesses trying to progress things in the state... and judges are limiting application & extension of the state mmj laws.

things seem pretty clearly ass backwards & corrupt in the state. its still a fight here, and the mmj law isnt protected in the constitution... it can be altered, gutted, or revoked at any leg session, at any time. mi also has a pretty good private prison system making millions of bucks, and even if it goes 'legal'... only way they will sign off is if it goes like wa/co... people still cant grow on their own & can still go to jail. that means fake/pseudo 'legaliztion'.

nothing here is firm/protected/encouraging. if looking to other states to get an idea of what may come...? aint much to be optimistic on. smart money bet is it will become ass backwards fucked up.

[dank.frank]

^^^ I agree fully with everything you just said, MIway...



dank.Frank

[bigshrimp]

When the federal government reschedules (who knows when) i would expect some sort of action like this in michigan. The law is already in place to give PPP exclusive right to distribute via pharmacies. The state will likely enforce that monopoly somehow.

It depends on who's in office and in the legislature when rescheduling happens also. If it happens while Snyder / Shuette are in office under a conservative legislature if may just turn out real badly for us.

[cheifnugget]

What a fucking nightmare