There are discrepancies about safe dosages, its use in treating PTSD Auditor general Michael Ferguson has raised important questions about the increasing use of medical marijuana by Canadian military veterans. As authorities contemplate enforcement actions and zoning bylaws relevant to marijuana dispensaries, and the federal Liberal government prepares for legalization in 2017, Ferguson is urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to address the amount of medical cannabis being prescribed to veterans. He found the quantity prescribed was "poorly documented" and not always evidence-based. [continues 433 words]
In the award-winning 2013 movie, Dallas Buyers Club, we are exposed to heroic patient activism during the AIDS crisis in the United States. Based on the true story of AIDS-stricken Ron Woodroof, a hard-partying Texas tradesman, the film shows a strikingly thin Matthew McConaughey battle his sickness and the legal authorities in Texas. Woodroof, who's unhappy with his illegally purchased AIDS medicine, and on the edge of death, seeks out alternative and experimental drugs from a doctor in Mexico. Then Ron, being the savvy entrepreneur that he is, quickly establishes a club (a dispensary) to sell his unregulated, sometimes dangerous, imported medicines. [continues 588 words]
It has become clear in the past few months that we're in the midst of a pot predicament. And Saskatchewan citizens, health authorities and elected representatives have a lot to ponder. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on June 11 that Canadians with a valid prescription could consume medical marijuana in other ways besides just a dried form. In short, the court enlarged the definition of medical marijuana, meaning that legal restrictions on extracts and derivatives are now gone, and brownies, cookies, teas, chocolate bars and shakes, among various other products, are no longer illegal. [continues 632 words]
