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BC College Of Physicians Releases, Then Removes, Rules For Prescribing Medical Cannabis

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:00

Patients using and doctors recommending medical marijuana have begun to see the changes from two recent Provincial Colleges of Physicians guidelines released this March.

The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia both released updated standards and guidelines for medical professionals in March highlighting issues like caps on ‘prescribed’ THC levels, recommendations for users under 25, and whether doctors can charge patients or producers for a’medical document’.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia recently released, and then temporarily removed, their Professional Standards and Guidelines for Marijuana for Medical Purposes, highlighting guidelines and rules for doctors in the province around the recommendation of medical marijuana to patients. BC is the second College to release such guidelines this year, following the Ontario College’s (CPSO) release earlier in 2015, with some patients and doctors already beginning to feel the results....

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