Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to commend the hon. member for Rosemont for putting this private members' motion before the House and for the key role he has played these last few weeks in urging the federal government to take concrete measures to support the use of marijuana

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member, but the time provided for the consideration of Private Members' Business has now expired. The order is dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the order paper.

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today on an issue that is important for the well-being of some sick people. Legalizing the use of marijuana for health purposes is an urgent necessity for many sick persons, and the government's reluctance to set up an concrete plan of action

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for Rosemont for bringing forward private member's Motion No. M-381, to allow the legal medical use of marijuana. This motion is a very good demonstration of what we can do as parliamentarians to examine an issue. In some ways

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Before continuing, I want to point out that debate will now be on the amendment to the amendment moved by the hon. member for Drummond.

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. It seems to me that the subamendment changes the intent of the motion and the amendment and I question whether it is in order.

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  In the opinion of the Chair, the subamendment does fall within the amendment that was proposed. It simply clarifies the amendment. If the clarification is such that the House finds it objectionable, the House can reject it when voting on the subamendment. However, I think the sub

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the hon. member for Rosemont for this motion on the medical use of marijuana. This debate needs to be held. In my view, cannabis for palliation has a place. There are instances of terminal cancer, AIDS, chemotherapy wasting, epilepsy

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes   and commissions on this issue, and I will then explain why I strongly support the motion and the amendment to legalize the use of marijuana for health and medical purposes. To better understand the issue, I did some research and I consulted the Le Dain report, among others. Cannabis sativa

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to take part in today's debate on the use of marijuana for health purposes. This is a health debate, a justice debate, based on the values of fairness, mutual aid and compassion that we all share as a society. Unfortunately, the motion, as amended

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, there is a growing body of evidence, most of it still anecdotal, that strongly suggests that marijuana has unique therapeutic properties in the treatment of several life and sense threatening diseases. For example, some people with multiple sclerosis believe

Medical Use Of Marijuana  Mr. Speaker, after last year's announcement by the British government that it would be carrying out clinical testing of marijuana on 600 patients, the American government has just made public a study by the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in which it comes out in favour

Medical Use Of Marijuana  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that other governments followed Canada's example. As has already been announced, we intend to carry out research on the results of marijuana use for medical purposes. We shall be doing so shortly.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, has the government looked at the reasons we have such a problem these days with our young people? I get really worried when I hear there is to be a debate on whether we might legalize marijuana if only for health care use. Once we do that we also send a message

Legalization Of Marijuana For Health And Medical Purposes  Madam Speaker, the mandate of the Health Protection Branch is to protect Canadians against current and emerging risks to health. These risks come from prescription drugs, medical devices, consumer products, food and water contaminants, air pollution, radiation, chemical hazards,