PURSUED BY MEDICAL MARIJUANA USER, RESTAURATEUR SEEKS CLEAR RULES

TORONTO -- A restaurant owner facing a discrimination complaint for
asking a medical marijuana smoker not to light up outside his business
says Ottawa needs to step in and clarify its regulations governing
where authorized permit holders can smoke.

Ted Kindos, owner of Gator Ted's Tap and Grill in Burlington, Ont.,
says he will ask the Federal Court to require Health Canada to
expressly lay out conditions for medical marijuana permits upon
compliance with provincial liquor laws.

Kindos said he could lose his liquor licence if he allows a former
patron to smoke or hold the controlled substance in or directly
outside his restaurant.

Gibson's case is one of three dealing with medical marijuana working
its way through the human rights complaints process in Ontario.

Two other men have filed complaints against the province on the ground
that laws prohibiting controlled substances where alcohol is served
are discriminatory.