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NORML Canada is strictly a member supported organization, with no subsidy from the Canadian government, nor endowment from private charity. Many modest donations have been received.

One of the nicest donations is this Calyx Internet web site, for which NORML Canada has paid nothing. Calyx has received at one time or another, a modest donation from the Lindesmith center for all the web sites which Calyx has provided to drug policy reform organizations, and many other reform oriented groups in areas besides drug policy. We do not know if this grant to Calyx has been continued. For this, NORML Canada has saved a few hundred dollars per year. (The grant was a one time grant, according to what Nick at Calyx told me by phone.)

As a Canadian government incorporated organisation, NORML Canada can be financially audited by government appointed accountants at any moment. Each year, NORML Canada must file an annual report of the corporate status of affairs to the Department of Consumer Industries Canada, which oversees all corporate and business registers in the country.

During the "462.2 literature ban case", full financial records, minus membership rolls, were requested by the court, and were submitted.

(29 June, '98) A few days ago, James Burton reported that all was going well in Rotterdam at the Institute.

The Stichting Institute of Medical Marijuana ("stichting" is Dutch for "not-for-profit public interest organisation") can be audited at any moment, and must collect V.A.T. tax which is regularly remitted to the government.

He said that his price per gram of medical marijuana was holding steady at about 6 guilders per gram. An ounce would cost about US$ 100. That's top grade. This is about 50% of the coffeeshop price. So far this year, after all expenses, the Institute has made about 2000 guilders of "profit". That's about US$ 1,200.00.

James continues to work full time at his regular job.

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