The number of licences granted to possess medical marijuana in Canada more than doubled in 2012, from under 14,000 in January to over 28,000 in December. Upcoming changes to the way it is approved suggest these numbers will continue to grow. The use of...
Canadians suffering from chronic and terminal illnesses including severe pain, chronic inflammation due to arthritis or the nausea associated with chemotherapy, medical marijuana has become a well-recognized option for patients and doctors to try when conventional medicine just isn't enough. Today, Health Canada licensed...
Health Canada officials who faced a room full of civic politicians at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention were drilled with questions about the federal government saddling cities and towns with policing costs associated with medical marijuana....
The people who regulate Saskatchewan doctors wonder if they should step in where the federal government has stepped back from monitoring medical marijuana. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan’s lawyer and assistant registrar recommended Friday the college’s governing council consider making new...
While the debate rages for and against legalizing marijuana, there's also a debate about how to legalize it, if that's the direction chosen. In Canada, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's call for legalization has spurred the discussions, while in the United States, it's Colorado and...
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau wants it legalized. Canadian cops want to fine people for simple possession. Forget jobs and the economy, it seems marijuana is back on the public agenda. Still, there are economic implications for a Canada where pot is legal or, at...
Premier Alison Redford has roundly rejected any loosening of Canada’s marijuana laws. Speaking to media in Lethbridge on the weekend, Redford said she can’t support a resolution by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police calling for police to be able to hand out...
Before his owners started dosing him with a daily drop of marijuana, Garfield the cat’s nine lives were rapidly running out. The 18-year-old feline — whose name has been changed to protect patient confidentiality — suffered from a host of painful conditions. These...
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says he spoke too soon in opposing the medical use of marijuana in the past and that he now believes the drug can have very real benefits for people with specific health problems. Gupta, the network's chief medical correspondent and...
Michael Barron doesn't want to become a criminal but says he has no choice. For six years, the London, Ont., man has depended upon medical marijuana prescribed by his doctor to take the edge off the pain from a variety of chronic ailments such...