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Bridgeburner
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Pot smoker fights bar ban
#8008460 - 02/11/08 11:44 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://www.mississauganews.com/article/11072
A man who uses "medical marijuana" to deal with pain from a neck injury he suffered in Mississauga nearly two decades ago is appealing to the Ontario Human Rights Commission for the right to smoke up in front of a Burlington sports bar he frequents. Steve Gibson thinks the owner of the bar should let him smoke joints in the same spot outside the business where tobacco users spark up. Gibson, 42, said he has suffered debilitating pain in his neck for 19 years. In 1989, he was hit on the head by a box of heavy vinyl siding while working at his job in Mississauga. He damaged two vertebrae and could not work for a long time. "I have a spinal cord injury. It creates severe pain and muscle spasms. I've seen neurosurgeons but they haven't been able to help," said Gibson. But marijuana eases the pain, said the Burlington resident, who received a medical certificate from the federal government four years ago allowing him to smoke pot for medicinal reasons. Ted Kindos, the owner of Gator Ted's Tap & Grill, simply wants Gibson not to smoke his pot close to the front doors of his Guelph Line restaurant. "This issue isn't about Gibson any longer," said Kindos. "The (possible) precedent (ruling) is they are going to be able to smoke this stuff anywhere they want — inside or outside (public places)." Kindos said the legal bills he faces may put him on the brink of bankruptcy. "I was trying to be a nice guy and went outside (the bar) to smoke but it wasn't good enough for him," Gibson said. "He wants me outside his bar by 100 feet. I just want to be treated like every other (tobacco) smoker," whom he says are often within 10 feet of the bar's front doors. "They're out there killing themselves (with tobacco cigarettes) and I'm taking medicine," added Gibson. If I have to be 100 feet away from everybody else's property, I'd be pretty much grounded to my house." The two men are locked in a battle that has been before the Ontario Human Rights Commission for about two and a half years. The case has seen three mediation sessions without reaching an agreement and has now been sent for eight days of hearings that begin May 12.
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CollegeGuy
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Re: Pot smoker fights bar ban [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8008769 - 02/11/08 01:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thats something I have never thought about before. I wanna see how this one turns out
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deadatdusk
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Re: Pot smoker fights bar ban [Re: CollegeGuy]
#8010404 - 02/11/08 07:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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As much as I think he should be allowed to smoke outside the bar, he won't win. The bar owner can pretty much make up his own rules within legal boundaries. He could appeal to discrimination against the sick/disabled, but I just don't think it'll hold.
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lifeson2112
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Re: Pot smoker fights bar ban [Re: deadatdusk]
#8012615 - 02/12/08 09:49 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think this guy is a whiny little bitch. Just make some brownies or hide them in a cigarette or something. He's totally doing this to make a scene. "I was trying to be a nice guy and went outside (the bar) to smoke but it wasn't good enough for him": This guy doesn't sound very smart. That's how little kids try to reason with adults. As if he didn't know people would freak out about him smoking pot.
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Irradiated_Feces
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Re: Pot smoker fights bar ban [Re: lifeson2112]
#8012831 - 02/12/08 11:00 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
The two men are locked in a battle that has been before the Ontario Human Rights Commission for about two and a half years.
Seriously, find another fucking bar to frequent. What a shit disturber, hes not helping the cause with this case.
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