Wanted: Reliable Pot Hook-up - Contact Cdn. Gov't for Details

[thebobman]

Full Story @ CBC

Wanted: Long-term medicinal marijuana supplier; Apply to Health Canada
19:34:12 EDT Jul 27, 2006 - STEVE LAMBERT

People who want to grow pot for the federal government may soon get the chance.
Health Canada's five-year, $5.75-million contract with its current supplier of medicinal marijuana, Prairie Plant Systems, appears to be winding down and the department is preparing to seek proposals from all potential suppliers.


"Public Works and Government Services Canada continues to negotiate with Prairie Plant Systems to ensure an uninterrupted supply of marijuana for research and for authorized users while a (request for proposal) process is carried out to identify a long-term supplier," said Health Canada spokeswoman Carole Saindon.


As it does for a wide range of contracts - from building maintenance to military supplies - the government will invite interested companies and individuals to submit bids for a pot-growing contract. It will then try to choose the one offering top quality and value for taxpayers.


Some who use the current pot supply are urging the government to shop around.

"The end users of this product - Canada's critically and chronically ill - would benefit from having options," Philippe Lucas, a medicinal pot user and spokesman for the group Canadians for Safe Access, said from Victoria, B.C.

People on medicinal marijuana respond better to different strains of the drug, Lucas said, and want the right to choose from a selection.

About 280 patients currently receive the government pot, which Prairie Plant Systems grows in an unused section of a hard-rock mine near Flin Flon, Man. Most patients buy 30-gram bags of ground plant buds for $150.
Many users returned the initial batches of the underground ganja, saying it was too weak to relieve their symptoms and was also too dry.
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Is anybody besides me shocked that the Cdn Gov't, given the selection of pot from any province, somehow missed the no-brainer of selecting BC's finest?

[G3N3R4L]

sounds like a trap to me..


I dont fall for that anymore.. its the oldest trick in the book.

[thebobman]

well, it's not actually a trap, it's a legit story, but... yeah... how the hell WOULD you prove you could fill the contract with a quality product? It'd be like proving you could get cheap shit by detailing your B&E fencing system

[crookedking]

i bet somebody from bc will get the job.

[crackdragon]

my grandparents tried to grow for the government but the setup required was to costly

[Only_Glory]

Originally Posted by thebobman

Full Story @ CBC

Wanted: Long-term medicinal marijuana supplier; Apply to Health Canada
19:34:12 EDT Jul 27, 2006 - STEVE LAMBERT


As it does for a wide range of contracts - from building maintenance to military supplies - the government will invite interested companies and individuals to submit bids for a pot-growing contract. It will then try to choose the one offering top quality and value for taxpayers.

what?? sounds like a load of crap, maintenance wtf? military supplies from pot, wtf?

[-evil-duerr-]

this sounds harsh heat score.


as if the gov would give a shit if "patients" wernt getting a varity of strains.
bulllllll shit


keep the shit illlegal for all I care
. ill smoke my tripal A hashbud, johny do good pot smoker can smoke all the legal "horses hay" he wants.


works for me?

[Dean]

hahaha it'd be funny if they just went to the houses of all the people that apply and busted their grow-ops

[BongMan]

Surprisingly enough this is not BS the medical marijuana is crap it tastes like shit and the THC content is way low. Users are pissed at the grade of bud they are getting from the government. Whoever grows for the government will not make a tonne of money off of the deal as the government sells an OZ and a half for about 150..