Annual Injury Prevention Conference Puts Focus On Issue Of Marijuana Legalization

Marijuana was the main focus of an in-depth injury prevention conference in south London Thursday afternoon.

The 16th annual “Not By Accident” conference, hosted by the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre, ran from 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn, and looked specifically at the possible safety implications marijuana’s legalization or decriminalization could have on healthcare workers and society at large.

Speakers at the conference, titled “Cannabis Legalization – Is this a trip we want to take?” included, among others, Dr. Michael Rieder, the Director of Paediatric Pharmacology at Western University; Detective Jeffrey Ross of the Toronto Police Service; Sgt. Dan Mulligan, a 39-year veteran of the OPP; and Dr. John Tallon, who works clinically in emergency medicine at Vancouver General Hospital.

Speaking on AM980’s The Craig Needles Show Thursday, Jane Herrington, an injury prevention specialist with the trauma program at LHSC, said there was a need...

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