As Liberals prepare to legalize, Canadians facing pot charges left in limbo
VANCOUVER — While Rose Miranda waits for her April court date to face potential charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking, the 65-year-old retired education assistant can’t take cannabis for her arthritis.
Mounties have also banned her from visiting or contacting anyone at Phoenix Pain Management Society, the medical marijuana dispensary where she was volunteering when she was arrested in Nanaimo, B.C.
“I love Baby Trudeau, but he says, ‘We’re going to fix this.’ When? Meanwhile, I have clients who don’t have their medication,” Miranda said.
“I take care of people who are housebound, people in wheelchairs and people who are poor. They need their medication and right now they can’t access it.”