I also agree to account to the Director, on request, for all quantities of the drug that I receive. Please call me if you have any questions. Thank you for your assistance. The Ottawa Citizen A group of doctors and lawyers has made a groundbreaking application to Health Canada to allow an area AIDS patient to legally use marijuana as medicine. The application, if approved, will set a tremendous precedent in the battle to have marijuana legalized for the treatment of seriously ill patients.
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The application was made under the Health Canada special access program. This program allows doctors to request immediate approval of drugs not authorized under the Food and Drug Act if the patient is in an emergency situation. Kilby and Brill-Edwards say such applications are common and generally approved as long as there is medical evidence proving the drug helps the patient. When Dr. Kilby began treating Mr. Pariseau, the man weighed only 82 pounds and had a prognosis of three months to live. None of the them worked.