Medical Marijuana: How a Headache Sufferer Got His Insurance to Cover Cannabis
Who: Jonathan Zaid is a student at the University of Waterloo and executive director of the group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana. The group is "dedicated to protecting and improving the rights of medical cannabis patients." It's also partnered with Aphria, a company that produces and supplies medical marijuana.
His medical condition: In an interview Monday on Metro Morning, Zaid said he suffers from a condition called new daily persistent headaches, a rare neurological condition that causes constant headaches, along with sleep and concentration problems. Saying the condition left him with "zero quality of life," Zaid dropped out of Grade 8 and home-schooled through his high school years. "When I turned to medical cannabis, there were no options left. The costs were starting to add up significantly."
Why did you want the cost of your medical marijuana covered by insurance? Zaid said he'd been sick for five years before even considering medical cannabis....
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