GREEN CROSS SOCIETY OF B.C. CONSTITUTION

1The name of the Society is Green Cross Society of B.C.

2The purposes are:

a )To advocate for health care therapies and the right to access to those therapies which are alternative or complementary to those offered by public health care providers in British Columbia ;

b) To ensure a supply of natural products or remedies is available to members for medical purposes which meet or exceed the highest Canadian public health standards of quality, potency, and efficacy; tested to ensure such products or remedies meet these standards;

c) To offer a non-judgmental approach to medical needs and where practicable, to provide compassionate access of the unmet needs of disabled and health- challenged members to alternative and complementary therapies and practices;

d) To provide a warm, friendly environment for members to feel safe and as supported as possible;

e )To receive and use whole medicines for medical uses as authorized;

f) To educate the physically challenged, the medical community, health providers, politicians and the general public about the beneficial medical uses of complementary and a lternative medicines, practices and therapies;

g) To collaborate with Health Canada, BC Regional Health Authorities, and Municipal Governments to develop protocols and best practices for the research and personal utilization of cannabis as a medical adjunct or alternative application for conditions or diseases which do or may benefit from its use. Such considerations include, but are not limited to:

(i) harm reduction protocols,

(ii)addiction treatment or cessation programs,

(iii)other medical or psychological conditions;

h) To facilitate research into aspects of natural medicines including but not limited to, quality standards, potency, appropriate dosage levels, methods of administration and all other areas of interest to patient care, the medical community, patients and their governments;

i) To support the widest available whole plant genetics as medical options for member needs and for research potentials;

j) To provide information as a result of the activities of the Society in support of legislation and enactments federally, provincially, and at the municipal level, to fairly and lawfully regulate the development, supply and availability of cannabis for medical purposes;

k) To raise funds and accept donations to facilitate the objectives of the Society;

l) To provide access to information and promote emerging protocols and practices regarding natural and complementary therapies;

m) To ensure that every member has the current information to facilitate their right to equal optimum health care from all available health providers;

n) To participate in the approval, control and regulation of growers and/or manufacturers of whole medicines or derivatives for medical purposes, to help provide infrastructure guidelines and resources to support other patient driven organizations in conjunction with government; i.e. m unicipal, provincial and federal governments, departments and agencies, and whole medicine manufacturers and suppliers;

o) To provide a supply of cannabis, for a time determined by the Society, for members or patients on prescription from their physicians or other recognized health professionals, upon confirmation of diagnosis of life- challenging illness, or other condition or disease for which cannabis has demonstrated or might be expected to be efficacious; or upon receipt of a copy of their files from other recognized compassionate care or medical societies and/or upon confirmation of membership in other organizations with similar standards of demonstrated medical need.;

p) To participate in and provide information, collaboration, personnel and resources for HIV/AIDS educational activities, support services, resource libraries and other activities and needs relating to the same;

q) To form alliances with organizations that share the Society's purposes or objectives.

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