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Canada: 'Medical marijuana is a charade' - Opinion piece

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 08:45

By Margaret Wenet, Globe & Mail

Last year, the federal government spent $5.2-million on medical marijuana for Canada’s veterans. This year it will spend a lot more. Marijuana is a popular way to relieve the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and some veterans swear it saved their lives. Now consultation services designed to hook up vets with pot are spreading across the country. Marijuana for Trauma, founded by former Canadian Forces member Fabian Henry, has already helped hundreds of veterans in Atlantic Canada and is now expanding to Ontario. “I’m expecting thousands to be coming through the door in the coming years,” he told the CBC.

Personally, I’m fine with veterans smoking pot. I’m fine with people smoking pot for whatever reason they want, including getting high. The properties of cannabis, while not entirely harmless, are widely known and clearly beneficial for many.

But is it medicine? No, it’s...

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