On Tuesday Independent Senator Dhanayshar Mahabir said in the Senate that Government should allow patients to use medicinal marijuana. He sees its potential also as a means of earning revenue and diversifying the economy away from oil and gas. Mahabir said T&T had the potential to rake in billions of dollars from the sale of medicinal marijuana, as he drew reference to five Canadian-based licensed producers of medical cannabis that had collected $15 billion Canadian in annual sales. He argued that when the National Oncology Centre opens, he hopes cannabis-based medication can be used and as a mature society we should not compromise the health status of the population. But Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh clearly has more important things to think about than public health, and he shot down that bright idea one time.... We are only 550 signatures away from 10,000. Let's show these public servants who really calling the shots....