“These drugs are illegal because of the harmful effect they have on users and on society. We will continue protecting the interests of families across this country,†wrote Minister of Justice and Attorney General Peter MacKay’s spokesperson Paloma Aguilar in an email to Global News...
The body that regulates physicians in this province is concerned new medical marijuana regulations will cause problems for doctors. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador said doctors should be very careful about processing marijuana, and warns they should refrain from...
Imagining your grandmother smoking a joint might make you giggle. But the reality is that many senior citizens are discovering the medical powers of marijuana. According to data released by Health Canada in December 2012, 13,362 seniors in B.C. alone are licensed to possess...
For the second time in less than a month, Health Canada is issuing a recall of medical marijuana. Clearview, Ont.-based Peace Naturals Project issued a voluntary recall for a batch of its prescription pot (K-Farms Lot: K1-KFM-001-14) after it tested positive for bacteria outside...
If a doctor prescribes marijuana to a patient and that person is involved in a motor vehicle accident and seriously injures someone, is the physician liable? Dr. Geeta Achyuthan, a Regina physician, raised the question at the recent representative assembly of the Saskatchewan Medical Association...
When Health Canada announced their new medical cannabis program in June 2013, both the old program, the Medical Marihuana Access Regulations (MMAR), and the new program, the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), were to operate concurrently until a supposed deadline of April 1, 2014....
Pot activists in Canada and elsewhere took part Sunday in what was billed as a "Global Marijuana March." In this country, they were calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. They might also have asked why it became illegal in the first place. That...
Doctors in Quebec who prescribe medical marijuana will automatically take part in a province-wide research project to assess the risks and benefits of the drug. Health Canada recently shifted responsibility for deciding who should have access to the drug onto the shoulders of individual...
You won’t believe how discreet and easy is it to inhale marijuana, anywhere! One of the newest and most popular ways of using marijuana is also one of the most subtle and discreet. They’re called vapor pens, and they are quickly replacing joints as...
Colorado's marijuana experiment is threatened by the popularity of eating it instead of smoking it, leading the pot industry to join health officials and state regulators to try to curb the problem of consumers ingesting too much weed....