In the United States, there is the war on drugs. There is a war on cancer. There appears to be a war on cancer patients who need to use medical marijuana. In Canada, the Global National is reporting that medical marijuana patients are being forced into the black market for the marijuana they need. In the United States, the same goes on. Borders blur, and the wars seem to be the same.

At the bottom of an old Winnepeg, Manitoba mine marijuana is legally grown and dried for cancer patients to use. But it is of such poor quality, it is estimated that a third of the pot is returned. Then there are the cancer patients who can not afford the cost Health Canada charges.

Because of these factors, cancer patients are turning to compassion clubs for help. According to Phillipe Lucas, who has set up a compassion club for cancer patients, "Compassion clubs are serving more people than Health Canada, we're creating a better supply than Health Canada. And we're doing more legitimate research than Health Canada and we're doing all of this at no cost to the taxpayer." Marijuana is classified as an illegal drug. Putting aside your opinion on whether marijuana should be legalized -- right now it is not legal -- and essentially this is making criminals out of cancer patients. Unless you are a cancer patient who has experienced the grueling cruel side-effects of chemotherapy, or the persistent pain of cancer, you might not appreciate that there are a limited number of drugs that work to alleviate side-effects and physical pain. Sometimes none of the prescription drugs work. For some cancer patients, marijuana seems to work.