How To Apply To Grow Pot legally

How To Apply To Grow Pot legally.

I wish all my friends did this

Tracie:

You have no idea how much I appreciate your providing me with their turn–down letter. I intend to publish it and answer the question that every potential legal grower needs answered. 

Can I qualify as a Legal Grower under the new rules?

You gave a lot of people some damn good information that has not been available to them and I’m going to acknowledge its source. I have no idea who you are just “Tracie out of the Blue) but you deserve credit. You just helped a lot of friends.

Thanks

Blaine

To: Tracie
Subject: Re: Applying for R & D with marijuana for medical proposes

Due to the high volume of requests regarding research and development
activities with marihuana for medical purposes, please note that the
Office of Controlled Substances will not respond to specific questions
until the required information listed below is received.  This includes
questions related to a legal supply of seeds, security requirements,
information on which licence and/or exemption is required or criminal
record checks.

Thank you for your interest in research and development activities with
marihuana for medical purposes.  On December 15th, the proposed Marihuana
for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) were pre-published in the Canada
Gazette, Part I.  The full text of the proposed regulations is available
here:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-12-15/html/reg4-eng.html

A Notice to Interested Parties, also published in the Canada Gazette, Part
I, describes the mechanisms and the required information and documents for
parties who are considering becoming an LP and are interested in engaging
in research and development activities.  The full text of the Notice is
available here:
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012/2012-12-15/html/notice-avis-eng.html#d111

Interested parties wishing to conduct research and development activities
must provide Health Canada with a letter expressing their interest and
providing the following information, as applicable:
·       a statement indicating that these research and development
activities are being conducted with the intent of eventually applying to
become a licensed producer;
·       a declaration from the applicant that the municipality, local law
enforcement, and local fire officials where the proposed activities are to
be conducted have been notified of the proposed research and development
activities with marihuana;
·       valid criminal record checks of the person responsible for the
licence or exemption, the person in charge of the research project, if
applicable, and the person in charge of production, indicating that they
have not been convicted, as an adult, within the preceding 10 years, of a
designated drug offence or a designated criminal offence as these terms
are defined in the Narcotic Control Regulations (NCR); and
·       a letter from the owner of the proposed location where the
proposed activities are to be conducted indicating that there is no
objection to its use for marihuana production if the location is not owned
by the applicant.

The information must be submitted to the Office of Controlled Substances
by email at OCS-BSC@hc-sc.gc.ca or by mail at the following address:

Office of Controlled Substances
Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate
Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch
Health Canada, AL: 3503A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1B9

Once this information has been received, it will be reviewed and an
officer will contact the interested party within 10 business days.
Information regarding the application process and questions, including
information regarding the availability of a legal supply of seeds or
marihuana for research and development activities, can be discussed at
that time.

Just Fucking Ridiculous!

An Appeal for Help to All Facebook Friends

I advocate for Dr. Rob Kamermans.

I believe him innocent but have no proof of it.

All media coverage has been prosecutorial

I need evidence of his innocence

It’s out there among you

Help me find it

Please!

S’mee again:

With the exception of this Blog there is a complete lack of knowledge or information about what Dr. Kamermans did to get persecuted by the Harpocrits. Everything is kept very low profile and what little national media exposure permitted is limited to a repetitious spewing of allegations, inferred moral deficiency and criminal motivations, capped off with regurgitation of the stupid biased criminal charges against him to complete the character assassination.

But:

1.    At no time has any actual evidence, or statement of verifiable fact, been provided by the prosecution.

2.    At no time has any condemnatory nor exculpatory evidence been discovered by any media, national or local. Investigative Journalists, if there are any left, either don’t know how to do the job or just don’t give a damn about justice via the truth.

3.    If they can’t find it why do I think I can? Because I know where to look.

There are only two people who know the truth about the validity of any commercial transaction: the buyer and the seller. We know the allegations against the Doctor but the only other people in this country who know what Dr. Kamermans actually did, and how he conducted these business affairs, are the 4000+ applicants he got licenses for.

Somewhere, out there, among all you friends, from coast to coast, these people are lining under the threat of disclosure and prosecution because their identities, addresses and all the personal private details in their pontificated Medical Records were illegally disclosed to a bunch of stupid ethically deficient morons who specialize in violating the privacy of others. The only privacy Canadian cops value is their own and their fellow officers when accused of crimes against the public. No body talks i.e. the G8/G20 assault and battery criminals who hid their badges.

I want to contact as many of Dr. Kamermans customers as I can to find out the truth of what happened. Is it a good truth or a bad one? Only they can answer.

Following is the list of questions that need their answers. I simply want every person who reads this to share it in order to contact them and inform them they are needed. This is being sent to every Facebook friend because you all are part of and well known within the Marijuana Tokers Team. I took a good look at what sharing can do and this can work with very little effort for any of you. I am asking all my readers and about 230 Facebook friends to help. If each of you simply shares this on your timeline after reading it my goal will largely be accomplished. Heavens, Several of you have friends and followers in the thousands! The cumulative weekly total visitors to those and 200 more fellow sites have to be astronomical!

The Questionnaire:

To all of the 4000+ (?) MMAR Licensees who obtained their License with the assistance of Dr. Rob Kamermans, you are now potentially vulnerable to the same illegal search, seizure, and persecution. I firmly believe that the confidential information contained in your Medical file regarding your identity, location, dosage, and most importantly if you are a Personal or Designated Grower has been extracted for follow-up. It is also my belief that this has been done as a sop to the Municipal Bylaw freaks and that the locations of all these grow ops will be, or possibly have already been, disseminated nationwide to every Municipal Bylaw enforcement officer and local cop shop.

The only way to find out what really happened and where it is going is to find out the information only you know. What is the truth of what happened between you and the Doctor from finding his identity to the receipt of the signed form and payment?

The following 18 questions are designed to get essential details only and no personal information beyond

1.    Your License to Possess Number- to verify the validity of the information and source if required, and

2.    The medical condition you needed Cannabis to relieve.

	Question
1	License to Possess Number:
2	Medical Condition:
3	Where were you residing when you found out about Dr. Kamermans? City or Riding name only.
4	How did you hear of him?
5	Why were you interested in him? No Doctors available locally? Please Expand on any problem finding treatment. How many turndowns?
6	How did you contact him & when? Method, month, year
7	What were you advised to do. Be as explicit as possible, Where to go, when to be there, docs to bring and funds to pay.
8	How long did you have to wait?
9	Where was the interview conducted? Hotel? Rented office? Meeting room?
10	Were you the sole attendee or were there others waiting, How many?
11	What happened between arrival, reception and your interview?
12	How was the interview conducted, desk? Table? Seating positions, etc
13	Describe the interview as best you can to assess both his procedure and the interview objective.
14	In your judgement was the interview: 1.    a professional medical assessment of your need with his advice or 2.    a commercial payment transaction with little medical assessment?
15	In your considered opinion was there any indication of criminal wrongdoing in the transaction? Any false information, evasion or deception noted?
16	How much did the Doctor charge? Was there any flexibility or negotiation involved?
17	Do you consider this a reasonable charge for the service rendered?
18	Were you happy with the result when you left?
	That is the end of the questions regarding your application process. Most importantly, in recent history has anything occurred to make you suspect that the personal information in your file may have been used to identify you as a Licensee and target for the enforcers? A surprise fire or building inspection: or an unjustified traffic stop with non traffic offence related questioning based on a “What do I smell?” excuse?  If you have please expand as much as possible. Theory is acceptable but facts to support it are needed.
	If you are going to reply and help please do so promptly, his trial date is less than six months away and that is not much time to collect and assess an overall picture from hopefully even only a 25% return. Please reply. Don’t assume others will do the job instead and your answers are not needed: they’re assuming you’ll answer as well. This really is worth your bother.
	Thank you for the time and effort spent. Your answer, combined with those your fellows will help create and then throw light on the dark spot in Harpo’s underwear.
	Please return your answer to me at TheSmeeGoanGuy@Gmail.com ASAP

Thanks to everyone who helps

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Like Minded Loathing but Don’t Judge Harpo Yet!

He’s not finished!

His crimes are still in commission

S’mee again:

Today I got this letter from a like minded person and I agreed with him.

My reply to him follows:

Hi Blaine, I was looking around on your site. Very little on the Mernaugh case. Summit in Columbia in the spring was landmark event. Harper's stance on the war. We need to know our goal. The MMAR is a system set to fail. We need to focus. What we ask for will be fucked by torie bureaucrats. Go for gold. The only thing makes sense is legalization. The war on drugs is way more detrimental to society than marijuana will ever be. Harpo's stance on MJ is stone cold. No democracy. No constitution. Just no! He was in Columbia in the spring while the Mernaugh case was on. A vote on prohibition is a vote to fund organized crime. His stance on grow ops is unreasonable and his facts unsubstantiated. How many fires caused by legal grow ops?  Anyone should be legal to grow 6 plants. Regulation will help keep our children safe and take the demand off illegal grow ops. 'A kid does dope ruins his life or gets caught selling where the market is and his life is destroyed by the war. What is better? Harper doesn't make his stance for money. He is trying to drive the price up so people cannot afford weed. He wants his army. These laws allow him access in anybody house at any time. Billions spent on policing, What will he do with the cops, the dogs and the air traffic?

 The stance that won the Mernagh case was ignorance and safety. This stance is filled by false truths. He sat at the summit where world leaders said it was a myth that marijuana leads to harder drugs, and said in an interview that the problem is that marijuana leads to harder drugs. ???

Like everyone else. I live in fear. The war has taken the life I knew. Victimless crime? The victims are society. Oppression.

Stay strong, be organized. EDUCATE.

Victims of the war

Ron 

Hi back Ron;

I can’t disagree with anything you just said. You’re right about the Mernagh stuff because everybody else is tuned into it and they don’t need reminding. As a matter of fact I’ve decided to simply avoid all the current kerfuffle about the MMAR. They are dead and buried and I don’t care how many current appeals get won they are a waste of time. If Harpo manages to create the intentional bureaucratic snarl up I see coming, starting as soon as the new Regs are official, there will be a whole new decade of lawyer bullshit and screwing patients ahead.

Just as food for thought what if Harper knows exactly what he’s doing? What if Stevie really wants pot legalized so he can pay for his jets and his other screw-ups? Be realistic Ron: that son of a bitch could teach Machiavelli a lesson in two-faced betrayal to get an objective. Legalization would suit him perfectly, he already has half the tokers in the country pushing for it and I think he would love to pull an about face and beg forgiveness and the sucker Canadian public will bend over backwards to re-elect a leader who will admit a mistake in judgement and give in to the will of the people. You know those people: the same goddamn idiots who voted for him the last time.

If you think I’m wrong, consider that from his standpoint. Harpo can’t allow the legalization of pot without total control of the legal supply. What better way to get control than to screw up Medical Marijuana by establishing a rigidly controlled system of production and distribution facilities that are doomed to failure because of the resultant cost of the product. At that point you have to save the mistake of pricing medicine beyond patient reach so you have to come up with some subsidy money to help them. Well, well, well: what do we have here? Why a whole bunch of underutilized Medical Marijuana Commercial Growers with facilities already to expand and burst into the sale of Recreational Drugs at an exorbitant price of a system of ridiculously combined costs: Production, overhead, greed and profit compounded by taxes up the ying yang.

You may think this fantasy or fiction but that is what all the Harpo’s ideas have seemed before he rammed them up our collective arses. He conveniently forgets his lies and BS, I hope Canadians have better memories but he’s already diagnosed Alzheimer’s as the next epidemic to be used as a weapon. Baby Boomers beware, the weasels in the chicken coop!

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy

Brian Carlisle’s Letter to Health Canada

A Letter Well Worth Reading

Today I was sent a link on Facebook to the following letter from Brian Carlisle to the Minister of Health.

He too has a way with words (much more politely than I) but I think he gets his point across to the recipient and I probably just piss them off. I asked for his permission to publish it in my Blog and he agreed. Others besides Friends should see it.

Enjoy a well written request for consideration from a Canadian citizen in need of an affordable Medical Marijuana source. This should have been a petition signed and backed by all of us Licensees instead of a Lone Soldier request for recognition and help. Read on.

To: consultations-marihuana@hc-sc.gc.ca
Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate
Health Canada
Mail Room, Federal Records Centre - Bldg. 18
1st Floor, 161 Goldenrod Driveway, Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9
December 27, 2012

Re: Input on MMAR /MMPR proposed changes

Dear Minister of Health,
As a MMAR licensee, and person with permanent disabilities, I am deeply fearful regarding the proposed changes the MMAR /MMPR regulations. Specifically I must protest the issues of out of pocket payment patient cost for the medical marihuana. The current proposals by Health Canada to only allow medical marijuana to be produced for profit, at a price point those producers set, will be unconstitutional and a violation of section 7 and section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms for any patient in my similar circumstance (including my wife Shannon Carlisle) without the financial means to afford their medications in Canada. Especially patients who require large dosages and multiple strains of dosages for their numerous and chronic health symptoms which will result in their inability to any access their prescribed medication under our Canadian system of universal health Care. Any changes made to the Health Canada medical marijuana program must include alternatives to any profit driven system of production to ensure continued medical marihuana access by Canada’s 26,000 + constitutionally legal medical marihuana users.
In the R v Mernagh decision the court found that physicians in Canada have effectively boycotted the existing medical marijuana program, and therefore the program itself was unconstitutional. Health Canada's response does nothing to address this boycott beyond the promise of making information accessible to physicians. I personally have a team of highly skilled specialists overseeing my care who are also concerned with Health Canada failure to address this issue.
Many Patient and their designated growers have spent thousands of dollars and years of time setting up and or running their production facilities. Many court cases including; Sfetkopolous, Beren and Hitzig have found that denying patient’s production licenses on arbitrary grounds without an adequate effective, MSP covered supply, would continue to violate a patient's constitutional rights to access medical marijuana. In circumstances such as requirements for multiple and or strain specificity any changes to the Health Canada MMAR / medical marijuana program must include the preservation of personal and or designated production.
The proposals by Health Canada constitute less than a bad faith response to court orders, they represent outright defiance. The current proposals do not meet the needs of medical marijuana patients in Canada, and will result in a further restriction of patient access to medical marijuana. I call upon Health Canada to create a patient expert review committee and widespread stakeholder meetings then return to the drawing board and come up with a constitutionally viable program which Canadians can be proud.
Sincerely,
Brian Carlisle A.A.
Marijuana Researcher / Expert Witness / Consultant
MMAR Licensed Patient / MMAR stakeholder 2000

The Bias in Health Canada’s Medical Marijuana Data Base

Health Canada Information for Health Care Professionals

 http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/med/infoprof-eng.php#a4_6_5

This is presented to the Medical Community as Health Canada’s up to date state of the art information regarding the medical efficacy of cannabis related to various complaints or ailments where its use was indicated. I wanted to determine just how much propaganda rather than factual information was presented.

The information is presented as a list of 30 different symptoms and conditions and Health Canada’s assessment of the Medical Evidence: the response of each, and its variants, to cannabis treatment. These conditions are:

Alzheimer's disease and dementia                        dermatitis, psoriasis, pruritus

Anorexia nervosa                                                     loss of appetite (AIDS and cancer

Anti-neoplastic properties                                      Movement disorders

Asthma                                                                       Multiple sclerosis

Bladder dysfunction                                                 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Cancer pain                                                               spinal cord injury

Dystonia                                                                     Nausea and vomiting

Epilepsy                                                                     Neuropathic pain

Fibromyalgia                                                              Non-cancer pain

Headache                                                                  Parkinson's disease

Huntington's disease                                               Psychiatric disorders

Hypertension                                                            Rheumatoid arthritis

Inflammation                                                              Tourette's syndrome

bowel disease (Crohn's disease, colitis)              Wasting syndrome

For every one of these symptoms or conditions there are studies that usually show an indication or sometimes marked improvement. This is usually negated by sample size, dosage, duration, or mode of application. The fact is that nearly all the research into cannabis effects in the past ten years is directed at determining the effect of the individual components: the cannabinoids. This specificity has severed their applicability when applied to the whole plant i.e. the multiple cannabinoids involved are never administered as the medical “cocktail” they compose when consumed all at once by smoking a joint or eating a hash brownie.

And there the Government leaves us hanging.

What stands out to me and every other knowledgeable person is that they neglect to point out the most important fact of all: the complete absence of negative side effects.

There is not one substantiated linkage of cannabis use as harmful or detrimental to the user in the 4800 year history of its use and abuse. The first recorded use of cannabis as medicine is in Chinese pharmacopoeia in 2727 B.C. To my knowledge and lacking in any literature related to cannabis is there any mention of negative side effects in that 4800 year history. In every part of the world humankind has used cannabis for a wide variety of health problems yet here in Canada we have a Medical Community now balking at being Gatekeepers in the new program. Here goes more argument and negotiation that is simply sheer obstructionism.

Dr. Anna Reid, President of the CMA is opposed on the ground that there aren’t enough long term statistically validated clinical studies and there are too many unknown risks in prescribing marijuana. She apparently believes that 10 years scientific employment and research grants for long term statistically validated clinical studies will provide a better predictor of future risks of marijuana use than what? The complete absence of risk or harm for half the history of civilization is statistically insignificant.

Bullshit! What about the risk of prescribing a drug that has passed all these statistically validated clinical studies? Big Pharma spent millions and millions creating fake THC substitutes named Sativex and Marinol and the Medical community has no qualms about prescribing these as safe. They completely ignore the warnings that go with these drugs and the severity of these potential killers:

Every doctor who prescribes it as Health Canada recommends is violating his Hippocratic Oath to “First, Do no Harm!” and is thrusting his patient directly into Harm’s Way. They have all been exposed to the following extract from a Sativex product monograph regarding possible side effects and their severity and the risks are listed.

Although most of the side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:

• anxiety
• blurred vision
• confusion
• fainting
• falls, or difficulty with balance
• hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that are not there) or strange ideas
• intoxication (a feeling of being drunk; e.g., difficulty paying attention, dizziness, sleepiness, disorientation, changes in mood, a feeling of unreality, or a feeling of general happiness or a "high," such as easy laughter or heightened awareness)
• loss of appetite
• mouth sores
• rapid heartbeat
• severe dizziness
• severe tiredness
• signs of depression (e.g., poor concentration, changes in weight, changes in sleep, decreased interest in activities, thoughts of suicide)
• blood in the urine
• inability to urinate, bladder pain, or abdominal pain
• signs of a severe allergic reactions (e.g., hives; difficulty breathing; or swelling of the tongue, face, mouth, or throat)

Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:

• blood in the urine
• inability to urinate, bladder pain, or abdominal pain
• signs of a severe allergic reactions (e.g., hives; difficulty breathing; or swelling of the tongue, face, mouth, or throat)

Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.

Now why would I think

the CMA

might have political rather than medical

reason for obstructionism?

It’s that barnyard odour when Anna Reid speaks for the CMA.

Now there’s something to research Lady

What effect does cannabis have on Halitosis?

LOL

Blaine Barrett

The Smee Goan Guy

A Comment re a Comment

Finally Somebody Noticed!

Today I was please to get a comment from one of the journalists I’ve been taking aim at with my Posts about lousy, incomplete, biased media coverage and journalistic indifference to reality.

This lady had the smarts to realize she’s not the direct target and was kind enough to contribute the following Comment to which I felt compelled to reply following:

Comment From Elizabeth Thompson  ipolitics.ca

Re: More Health Canada Manipulated Media Bull!

Interesting comments on what promises to be a lively debate across Canada. At the risk of letting facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory, though, the story isn't the result of a PR push by the government - in fact they are probably not thrilled that some of us read the weekly Canada Gazette where they legally have to give notice of proposed regulatory changes. I believe the minister may be planning to formally announce the proposed changes Sunday - giving Canadians a couple of fewer days to voice their opinions during the 75 day period for commenting.

Elizabeth Thompson

PS - the ads pop up on the site randomly. The next time you'll probably get a totally different ad for a totally different group

My Comment in Reply to That

Hello there Elizabeth

Unfortunately you are only the latest in a series of reporters who have managed to gain my attention

Sort of an apology I guess? I appreciate the comment but I just took another look at the link to you and there now is a cry-baby ad for some guy named Tika hovering over your head. You’re somebody’s target my dear. Big Pharma?.

It doesn’t matter what the Government says now, they’ve already set medical marijuana on the back burner until probably after the next election. Their now insistent demand that Doctors be Gatekeepers has guaranteed that the CMA’s opposition as already stated by Dr. A. Reid the CMA President, the number of doctors willing to sign has dried up and now Doctors are the bad guys holding things up and Harpo’s off the hook. I have no doubt this will be followed by series of problems with the awarding of contracts and subsequent bankruptcy’s when no-one will or can’t pay $15/gram for medication.

I am sorry for slapping at you but I just can’t understand why the national media you represent don’t seem to see the big picture or want to know what is wrong? If you think I’m out of touch: where is the answer to my question about legal justification of the mass invasion of medical files with one warrant.

You don’t seem to notice the little details that are there. You have no idea what the answer is and what pisses me off is that none of your compatriot investigative journalists has the curiosity to try to help find out. The only on not afraid to speak his mind is Rex Murphy, god bless him, and I wish I could get him to stick his nose into this. I think he shares my paranoia about our government!

One other little known fact: The cops had advance information and knew exactly what files they were looking for before they even entered Dr. Kamermans office. That is quite obvious from the less than minimum time they took to sort out all the 4000+ files of Medpot applicants out of approx 4800 files in the office. I was informed by a witness that it took only 6 hours from Swat team entry of the office to file removal. I question the human possibility to do that. Allow 1 hour for assault invasion and orientation to the crime scene that leaves

4800 files with 20 cops nosing through them equals 240 per cop with 5 hrs to examine them equals 75 seconds per file of uninterrupted sequencing, no Tim Horton’s, or barley sandwiches no breaks at all. I have a background that at one time involved Time and Motion study and that is simply beyond reality. 

The fact that a number of cops at the scene were outside creating the law enforcement spectacle they wanted, or had been sent away because they would just get in the way. The half dozen guys left, armed with the computer lists and CD’s with top secret information diverted illegally from Health Canada’s files had no problem in probably doing it in half the time. The other half spent packing them up, donuts, coffee and finally carting them off.

I realize I’m not being very nice and I don’t really give a damn. If you feel offended or misjudged, do something to prove me wrong. In the mean time you’re part of those who I think are failing to honour a journalist’s responsibility to observe the same oath as that sworn by Dr. Kamermans “First do no harm!” before you shoot your mouth off. He could not turn his back on the harm being done by 67000 other Canadian doctors and once started it snowballed.

I don’t know how yet but I intend to try to wake up every Canadian voter to the reality of what a deceptive vindictive bunch of Harper sycophants we have in office. If that means giving the national media a good hard poke in the ass with a sharp stick to interrupt their daydreams so be it. I don’t know when but there’s another one due.

You’re safe now Elizabeth I’ve got other targets to attend to

Best regards

Blaine Barrett

TheSmeeGoanGuy