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Medical marijuana 'free-for-all' must end, BC doctor says

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 06/05/2015 - 08:00

The head of B.C.’s medical association says the federal government is failing Canada’s doctors by not providing meaningful guidelines on how to talk to their patients about medical marijuana prescriptions in the absence of reliable clinical studies.

Bill Cavers says doctors across Canada are being bombarded with information on medical marijuana by the same companies producing the drug, a clear conflict of interest. Health Canada, which does not endorse medical marijuana’s use, should stop the practice, said Dr. Cavers, who wants an independent process to better educate medical professionals about the benefits and dangers of the drug.

Dr. Cavers, president of Doctors of BC, which represents the province’s 12,000 physicians, said the way the new system of medical marijuana regulation continues to roll out “is a free-for-all.”

“Here we have providers who have a vested interest in promoting the product being the ones to potentially train professionals in how to...

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