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1) CAMPS Survey 2) Happy Holidays! 1) CAMPS Survey The CAMPS Survey is still ongoing and receiving a great amount of response. We encourage patients to continue to complete the survey, as the results will be very useful in advocating for high standards of patient care. If you use cannabis for medical purposes and are [...]
By Jeremiah Vandermeer, Cannabis Culture - Thursday, December 1 2011 CANNABIS CULTURE - Do you use cannabis for medical purposes? A coalition of health groups is asking for the help of Canadian medical marijuana users in a new study about barriers to accessing the drug. The study was created by researchers at the University of [...]
University of Colorado Denver A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a nearly nine percent drop in traffic deaths and a five percent reduction in beer sales. “Our research suggests that the legalization of medical marijuana reduces traffic fatalities through reducing alcohol consumption by young adults,” said Daniel Rees, [...]
1) CAMCD Dispensary Certification 2) Cannabis Access for Medical Purposes Survey 3) New Health Canada FAQ 4) Family Physician Forum 5) International Drug Policy Reform Conference 1) CAMCD Membership CAMCD will begin accepting applications from dispensaries for certification in early 2012. Check our web site and facebook for updates! 2) Cannabis Access for Medical Purposes [...]
CAMCD has been collaborating with researchers at the University of British Columbia, the Canadian AIDS Society, the Canadian Treatment Action Council, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network, and others to conduct the Cannabis Access for Medical Purposes Survey (CAMPS). If you use cannabis for medical purposes and are a resident of Canada, please consider completing the [...]
Montreal Gazette One of the witnesses heard during Ontario Superior Court hearings on rules governing the use of medical marijuana, a 55-year-old sufferer of multiple sclerosis, testified that when she asked her doctor to approve her application to use marijuana to relieve her chronic pain, the doctor put her hands over her ears and went, [...]
1) Health Research Caucus on Pain Research 2) International Drug Policy Reform Conference 3) Family Physician Forum 1) Health Research Caucus on Pain Research On Oct. 17 2011, CAMCD director Adam Greenblatt attended the Health Research Caucus on Pain Research in Ottawa, Ontario. “In 2009, Research Canada: An Alliance for Health Discovery established a Health [...]
By N.j. Tapiero, Ottawa Citizen Re: The burden of no proof, Oct. 2. Sharon Kirkey’s series reporting on the use of medical cannabis for treatment of chronic pain and the difficulties patients face is especially topical given the current juncture at which medical cannabis now stands in this country. In my work over a decade [...]
In this update: 1) Health Canada and Dispensaries Meet over Roundtables 2) Government Relations Campaign Funding Appeal 3) CAMCD’s Standards 4) Bill C-10 Introduced 1) Health Canada and Dispensaries Meet over Roundtables On Sept. 7, CAMCD, along with over 15 BC based medical cannabis dispensaries, took part in the second Health Canada roundtable discussing the [...]
Current law pits doctors against patients and creates backlogs, critics say By David McKie, CBC News Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to its controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges and criticism for being ineffective. But even as meetings get underway in Ottawa, there are concerns Health [...]
