Treating Yourself 2009_04.pdf

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- Treating Yourself, Issue 16 - 2009

Marco’s Editorial

Spring is in the air and in a couple of weeks folks worldwide will be celebrating April 20. In Niagara

Falls, Ontario the Hwy 420 rally is being held on April 18 and it looks like this year’s rally is going to be

HUGE! I am proud to have been involved with the Niagara Falls rally since it started and hope that the

folks who have now taken over the organization of the rally keep focused on the educational aspect

and not turn it into just another stoner smoke out. I would also like to bring to our reader’s attention

the THC Expo that is to be held on June 13 & 14, 2009 at the LA Convention Center, for more info on

this event please check their web site http://www.THCEXPO.com . This year I have decided to take a

step back from all rally’s due to my health. I have also decided to limit the number of overseas events

as it is taking a toll on my body. I am happy to say that although my health hasn’t been the best I

have still been able to accomplish most of my goals in educating the uninformed. Many things are in

the works one of which is the event that we are putting on in Toronto in July 2010 at the Metro Toron-

to Convention Center. The TREATING YOURSELF MEDICAL MARIJUANA & HEMP EXPO is going to be

an eye opener for many as we have been approved to have a 4,000 sq ft vapor lounge where valid med

patients can go and medicate in comfort while at the event. We also have a 6,500 sq ft seminar / the-

atre area where guest speakers will be addressing the attendees, and we will be screening movies when

there are no speakers. On our 67,000 sq ft exhibit hall we plan on having over 150 vendor booths of

various sizes as well as a stage area where we will have entertainment. Now the other thing that we

are also working on is a court case against Health Canada. Our lawyer Leora Shemesh is putting an

application before the court in order to have our seeds released and if they refuse we will proceed with

a Constitutional Challenge and this time we will also be looking for court costs and lost revenue. It dis-

turbs me that Canada Customs officials have no problem in releasing the seeds and explain that Health

Canada is the one holding things up. Health Canada should concentrate on removing pharmaceutical

drugs that have adverse side effects from the pharmacies and expedite the applications sent in by

patients wanting to use marijuana as their medicine. By the way things are being dealt with; it seems

to me that the folks at Health Canada are trying to sabotage the MMAR program. I applaud President

Obama for putting a stop to the DEA raids on medical marijuana dispensaries and believe that Prime

Minister Harper can learn a thing or two from him. Let’s face it the WAR ON DRUGS is a failure and

has been since day one! There are many countries that are now tolerant to

possession and use of marijuana and there hasn’t been an increase

in use. This is most evident in Holland where marijuana use

and sales have been tolerated in designated areas for sever-

al years now. Prohibition comes at a huge cost to tax

payers, let’s stop filling jails with people who choose to

grow and use a herb that can actually help not only our

economy but also our environment. I say LEGALIZE &

REGULATE marijuana once and for all.

Take care and Peace

Marco Renda - Federal Exemptee - Publisher & Editor in Chief Treating Yourself, The Alternative Medicine Journal - weedmaster@treatingyourself.com

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