Health Canada posts new regs on medicinal marijuana
It is now legal for medical marijuana users to consume other forms of the drug beyond the traditional dried version. Health Canada has implemented new rules that follow a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada.
However the Harper government still is upset at the decision, and warns of potential problems.
“They will implement what the Supreme Court has said in their court imposed marijuana for medicinal purposes program,” Health Minister Rona Ambrose told reporters. “But their first top of line message is, marijuana is not a medicine, it’s not an approved medicine.”
“Marijuana is not an approved drug or medicine in Canada and has not gone through the necessary rigorous scientific trials for efficacy or safety,” the Health Canada advisory reads.
Ambrose points to data she’s seen that says treatment can be very impactful because of side effects. “Especially mental health issues like Schizophrenia, and Psychosis, we’re...
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