Georgia Toons *Artist
  • BlahBlahBlog... cont.
  • Home
  • Comic Strips
  • Cannabis Education
  • Cannabis ART
  • Friends
  • Donate Thank You!
  • 1st time? READ here.
  • SALE

MMAR changes  & Petition   *One of many.

31/12/2012

 
Picture
Picture
Today's hero Is Wayne Phillips,  just one of many who I imagine will be reaching out and trying to educate the masses. This is just one petition started. 
This is  how most  Canadians feel on the MMAR program. How sad that those who need this medicine and worry about life - with pain and troubles already - will have to start to deal with this. Human Rights - made wrong. Thank you Wayne for taking the time to speak up and educate.


The proposed changes to MMAR will make it far more difficult, if not outright impossible, for people choosing to utilize their constitutional rights to use cannabis (marihuana) according to what their medicinal requirements necessitate. The proposed Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) won't help control illegal activity, if anything, this proposed model will contribute to illegal activity by forcing sick, disabled, and dying Canadians, who won't be able to afford to bear the exorbitant costs entailed in the proposed model, as well as those whose pain levels exceed what the limits proscribe, back into the streets and the realm of criminal activity.

The proposed model will negatively affect medicinal cannabis exemptees in the following ways:

- It unduly limits the amount of cannabis (marihuana) those Authorized To Possess would be legally entitled to possess. 
- It interferes in the amount a physician is allowed to prescribe; moreover, how that (interference) relates to pain management needs to be considered. 
- Being on a fixed incomes, the costs which the proposed model would incur – assuming no subsidization occurs – would far exceed what most would seeking access would be able to afford. 
- Currently, those Authorized To Possess minimize and or nullify expenses incurred by opting for either PPL's or DG's to provide monthly allotments of cannabis.

Currently, hundreds of thousands of dollars (across Canada) are saved every month in pharmaceutical prescription costs alone thanks to those who opt to use cannabis medicinally. That does not even begin to take into consideration costs incurred such as office visits, E..R. treatment and/or hospitalization as a result of the side effects of the pharmaceuticals (once) prescribed. The proposed model offends both the integrity and sanctity of holistic well-being for both ATP holders and the various Provinces that make up Canada.

The idea that the proposed Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) will allow for easier access for patients is meant to impart the idea that by broadening the category of who gets to authorize the use of medicinal cannabis it would effectively provide a comfort zone wherein doctors shed their existing concerns about prescribing medicinal cannabis and get on board. Nothing could be further from the truth! According to an article (Globe and Mail, Mon. Dec. 17) entitled “Medical marijuana move angers health professionals” Anna Reid, president of the Canadian Medical Association, which represents Canada’s 76,000 physicians summed it up by saying, “The federal government established the program and is now abdicating its role as a regulator of medical marijuana.” She also said that doctors still have real problems about being asked to prescribe a drug that is not rigorously tested and that will continue to grow worse under the new regulations. “It’s the equivalent of asking doctors to prescribe while blindfolded,” Dr. Reid said.

Claims (by the Minister of Health) that the current medical marijuana regulations have left the system open to abuse is more an indictment of your supervision/management of the current regulations, as directed by Health Canada, than it is an indictment of the current regulations. After all, to have mismanaged the program to the extent that it received complaints from other stakeholders is one thing, having MMAR deemed unconstitutional on eight occasions by the courts (in just over a decade) is quite another! Together, however, they constitute a a clear and irrefutable indictment. It is small wonder that legislation pertaining to the possession and production of cannabis is even recognized by law today.

Considering Health Canada is currently embroiled in court actions where issues of constitutionality regarding MMAR are at stake, the idea of promoting such a severe remedy as outlined in the proposed model only serves to demonstrate that the health and welfare of those Authorized To Possess who rely on PPL's and DG”s as established under the current model are of no consequence to Health Canada or the current Government.
Wayne Phillips

Please feel free to sign the petition!! 

http://www.change.org/petitions/end-the-bureaucratic-disentitlement-being-waged-on-canada-s-mmar-recipients?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_modal&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_true


All work property of georgia toons . georgia peschel *please write for permission to use any work. 2018
Chris Backer
1/1/2013 10:36:52 pm

Great article, with many great points. Thank you to Wayne for picking up his end of the fight. With more people like him around, we will be heard.
PLAHS


Comments are closed.

    Georgia (me)

    Georgia...  On My Mind.
    CREATION.  Cannabis. 
    Comics.  Creatures.
    Controversy.
    Canine..  lol       Stuff.

    Archives

    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010

    Categories

    All
    ABC
    Abuse
    ACIM
    Adventure
    Advocate
    Advocates
    Alcohol
    Alice In Wonderland
    America
    Animals
    Another Year Older
    Antidepressants
    April Fool
    Art For Purchase
    Artist
    Art Show
    Baked
    Ball Scratch
    Batman&robin
    Bear
    Beatles
    Bee
    Be The CHANGE
    Bible Inspired Cartoon
    Biker Chick!
    Birds
    BlueJay
    Boat Bullshit
    Bongs 101
    Book
    Bookmark
    Brain
    BTGG
    Bud
    Buddha
    Bylaw Abuse
    Canada
    Canadian Pardon
    Cannabis
    Cannabis Cartoon
    Cannabis Cartoonist
    Cannabis Digest
    Cannabis Education
    Cannabis Kids
    Cannabis Leaf
    Cannabus
    Card
    Cards My Own Creations
    Cards -my Own Creations
    Cartooning
    Cashy
    Cd
    Celebrate
    Cesar Millan
    Choice
    Christmas
    Church
    Classes
    Clay
    Coloring Book
    Comic Book
    Comic Strip
    Compassion
    Compassion Club
    Compassion Club
    Conspiracy Culture
    Conspiracy Culture Show
    Contest
    Craft Sale
    Craft Sale
    Create Art
    Create-art
    Create-art
    Criminal
    Cultivating Compassion
    Custom Made
    Cutouts
    Dab
    Death
    Decriminalisation
    Dentist
    Depression
    Designer Drugs
    Deva Premal
    *disclaimer
    Documentaries
    DOG BITE PREVENTION
    Dogs
    Doing Dishes
    Donate
    Draw
    Drawing
    Drawing.
    Drawing Lesson
    Drawing Lessons
    Dreaming
    Driving
    Dr.s
    Drug Dealer
    DUI
    DynamicGardenDesign
    Easter
    Edibles/Medibles
    Editorial
    Education
    Ego
    Elephant
    Etsy Account
    Evil Act
    Facebook
    Face Book
    Face Book
    Facts
    Faith
    Fall
    Family
    FDA ?
    Fire Hazard
    Food/Hunger
    For Sale
    Fox
    FREE
    FREE Printable Download
    Friends
    Fuck It.
    Garden
    Georgia... On My Mind
    Georgina
    Give Thanks
    Give Thanks
    GlobalGagRule
    Global Warming
    Gmos
    Goals
    Goauche
    God
    Golf Cart Death
    Gone Fishing!
    Google6630507
    Goua
    Gouache
    $$$GREED
    Groundhog Day
    Grow
    Growing
    Growing Cannabis
    Guest Blogs
    Guest Blogs
    Halloween
    Health Canada
    Hearing Impaired
    Hello Girlfriend
    Hemp
    Herb
    Hiv
    Holiday
    Holiday Display
    Holy IHighBe
    Home
    Hope
    Human Trafficking
    Ing
    Inspiration
    Instagram
    International Bud Collection
    Jerry Kelly
    Jesus
    Jim Smith
    Joke
    Judgement
    Just For Fun!
    Justin Trudeau
    Kats-gallery
    Kids
    Kitty-in-the-grass
    Lakes I Love
    Laughing Buddha
    Laughing Buddha
    Legalize
    Legal Lies
    Lets Get Crafty
    Lies
    Life Lesson
    Life Lessons
    Living Proof
    Logo
    Lol
    Loretto Maryholme
    Love
    Magazine Article
    Making It Happen.
    Medibles
    Medical Cannabis
    Medicinal Cannabis
    Medicinal Cannabis Cartoon
    Medicinal Marijuana
    Medicine
    Meltdown Lol
    Mental Illness
    Mini Vacation
    MMAR/MMPR
    Moon
    Mothers Day
    Movie
    MugShot
    Murrine/Glass Art
    Mushrooms
    Mushroom Society
    Music
    Mycological Society
    My Painting
    My Painting
    Natural Medicine
    Nature
    Naughty List
    Nausea
    Night Sky
    #nodapl
    No Fat Lies
    No Fat Lies
    Norway
    Not A Criminal
    NOW
    Occupy
    Octopus
    One Love
    Online Art Classes
    Only In Canada Eh
    Our Dogs
    Our Dogs
    Pain
    Painting
    Pallet Painting
    PEACE
    Peep!
    Pills
    PIN
    Pipe Mug/Zang
    Places I Visit
    Plant
    Plants
    Pokemon
    Pool
    Poppy
    Poppy The Service Dog
    Positive Note
    Positive Steps!
    Postcard
    Prayer
    Prescribed Medications
    Pride
    Prohibition
    P.T.S.D
    Quote
    Radio Interview
    Rant
    Rape Culture
    READING
    Recipes
    Recycle
    Reefer Madness
    Reno
    Rest In Peace...
    Rick Simpson Oil
    R.I.P
    River Monsters
    ROM
    ROOR
    Russia
    Santa
    Saw Blades
    Schizophrenia
    Seeds
    Selfie
    Sex
    Sexual Abuse
    S.H.
    Side Effects
    Signs
    Sketchbook Sketches
    Skype
    Snail Mail!
    Snail Rider
    Snow
    Social Media
    Someone Famous...
    Spring
    Stephen Boehme
    Storm
    Strain
    Studio
    Super Bowl
    Swearing
    Television
    Thank You
    The Incredible Mr.Limpet
    The King Of The Jungle
    The Pope
    The Wizard Of OZ
    Time Lapse
    Time-Lapse
    Time Out
    Time Out
    TLC &THC
    TN & HFS
    Tobacco
    Todd Stimson
    Trafficking
    Trash >Treasure
    Travel
    Treating Yourself
    Treating Yourself
    True Tails...
    Truth
    T Shirt Design
    TY EXPO
    Ty Expo
    Unicorn
    USA
    Valentine
    Valentines Day
    Vapour Lounge
    Video Blog/Youtube
    Vote
    Watch Me.
    Water Color
    WHO
    Wish
    Women
    Word Of The Day
    Worthy
    Yoda
    Yoga
    ZenKitty

    Submit

    *All images and content 
          Copyright ©2018  
    ​   Georgia Peschel and                  
        GeorgiaToons.com
        All Rights Reserved
Powered by
Photo used under Creative Commons from dreamsjung
✕