Nova Scotia Marijuana Clinic Serving More Than 400 Clients After 1 Year
Originally created for military vets, the clinic offers its counselling services to all.
A large "Plants Not Pills" sign faces busy Kings Road in Sydney, N.S., the slogan for the chain of Marijuana for Trauma clinics.
Marijuana for Trauma was founded in Fredericton with the goal of helping veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
That was the plan when the group opened a facility in Sydney last year, but it soon began branching out.
It now offers its services to civilians interested in finding out more information about the uses of medicinal marijuana.
From pills to pot
 "We aid in the treatment of many afflictions, from chronic pain, PTSD, Crohn's, colitis, cancer, arthritis and many others," said Joe Bisson, who runs the Sydney franchise.
In the military, Bisson survived an explosion in Iraq in 1991. He says he had so many prescriptions to help him cope with his PTSD that one point he was taking more than 1,200 pills a month. Now he uses only...
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