Michael
Patriquen began to actively work on his project which has evolved
into Med Marijuana™, in August
of 1998- shortly after our federal government allowed the production
and sale of low THC Cannabis product through an Order in Council
in June of that year.Research,
development, planning and production came to fruition in November
of 2001 when the first company product was shipped.
A
bit of background on Michael ......
Michael left
the city of his birth, Saint John N.B., shortly after completing High School to move to another
Maritime locale- Halifax, Nova Scotia to pursue a university
education.He then
moved to Jamaica after St. Mary's University and travelled back
to Canada occasionally when he met his later wife. Melanie who as well moved
to Jamaica and she began a bit of an introduction to the world of Cannabis Sativa.
Michael had
by then established a relationship with a number of Rastafarians
across the Island. He found the Rasta's to be a near mystical
people - living a life of perfect health - preserving their physical
temple - they were vegetarian (ital), used Cannabis as a sacrament
in their religion and used Cannabis as a natural medicine for
dozens of folk remedies.
Since then
Michael has been studying the Cannabis plant while waiting and
wanting to bring it legally to the citizens of Canada. On moving
back to Canada he began to lobby all levels of government for
changes to our ridiculous Cannabis laws. Michael is a founding
member of the Federal Marijuana Party of Canada - Parti Marijuana,
has run in federal elections,was leader of the Marijuana Party
of Nova Scotia, publisher of HempWorks Magazine - a local activist
tabloid - and follows many other activist avenues for the reform
of Canadian Cannabis laws.
Michael pursued
his accountancy and through his professional career has worked
as controller and in operations management for a number of prominent
Canadian companies.
Michael unfortunately
has been injured in a number of accidents and is now suffering
severe nerve pain. Our federal government has given Michael four
federal exemptions to grow, possess and use high THC marijuana
to treat this condition.
The laws are
coming down and he is pleased when thanked for
his small contributions over the past twenty-five years. He is
pleased now to present his products that are so far legally available from
Med Marijuana Products™. |