OTTAWA -- A woman who's been waiting five months for an updated licence to use medical marijuana says the situation for patients is getting worse. Marie Tripp applied in August to change her licence after her doctor doubled her prescription for cannabis, and spoke to QMI Agency at the end of September about previous delays getting renewals and changes for her licence. Tripp suffers from fibro myalgia, chronic fatigue and osteoarthritis, but doesn't use any painkillers other than marijuana. She's waited so long for the approval, however, that she's only five weeks away from having to renew her old license, an annual requirement for those approved to use pot to ease their chronic pain and help their appetites. [continues 213 words]
OTTAWA -- A woman who's been waiting five months for an updated licence to use medical marijuana says the situation for patients is getting worse. Marie Tripp filed an application in August to change her licence after her doctor doubled her prescription for cannabis, and spoke to QMI Agency at the end of September about previous delays she suffered while getting renewals and changes for her licence. Tripp suffers from fibro myalgia, chronic fatigue and osteoarthritis, but doesn't use any painkillers other than marijuana. [continues 259 words]
OTTAWA -- A woman who's been waiting five months for an updated licence to use medical marijuana says the situation for patients is getting worse. Marie Tripp filed an application in August to change her licence after her doctor doubled her prescription for cannabis, and spoke to QMI Agency at the end of September about previous delays she suffered while getting renewals and changes for her licence. Tripp suffers from fibro myalgia, chronic fatigue and osteoarthritis, but doesn't use any painkillers other than marijuana. [continues 256 words]
OTTAWA -- A woman who's been waiting five months for an updated licence to use medical marijuana says the situation for patients is getting worse. Marie Tripp filed an application in August to change her licence after her doctor doubled her prescription for cannabis, and spoke to QMI Agency at the end of September about previous delays she suffered while getting renewals and changes for her licence. Tripp suffers from fibro myalgia, chronic fatigue and osteoarthritis, but doesn't use any painkillers other than marijuana. [continues 258 words]
OTTAWA -- Canadian schools are getting a new resource to help keep kids off drugs. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is releasing guidelines for people who work in preventing teens from using drugs and getting addicted. The guidelines are aimed at schools and community groups, as well as groups who work with families on parenting skills. "What we're doing is not just airy-fairy," said Michel Perron, head of the centre. "It's about experts telling us how it is you should engage with young people. It's about practitioners who spend their days with young people allowing (for) these skills to be used in the schools." [continues 116 words]
OTTAWA -- Canadian schools are getting a new resource to help keep kids off drugs. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse is releasing guidelines for people who work in preventing teens from using drugs and getting addicted. The guidelines are aimed at schools and community groups, as well as groups who work with fami-lies on parenting skills. "What we're doing is not just airy-fairy," said Michel Perron, head of the centre. "It's about experts telling us how it is you should engage with young people. It's about practitioners who spend their days with young people allow-ing (for) these skills to be used in the schools." [continues 117 words]
