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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
By: Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Canada’s existing public health approach to cannabis use is unrealistic and should be adjusted to reflect the way the system approaches alcohol, a new article suggested Thursday. The piece, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, concluded the high prevalence of marijuana use throughout the country […]
By Claire Bates Cannabis could help ease the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, scientists say - as long as it was administered early enough. Researchers from Haifa University, in Israel, found that cannabinoids - the active compound in cannabis - blocked feelings of anxiety in rats after they experienced a stressful episode. However, it was […]
Hospital doctors are to treat patients with cannabis in a world first for Greater Manchester. Experts believe the drug can relieve pain by numbing muscles – and say it does not give users a ‘high’. It is the first time the drug has been used in a hospital anywhere in the world Patients at North […]
This September, the nonprofit research and education organization Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) celebrates the launch of its new Canadian affiliate, MAPS Canada, with two historic benefit events in Victoria and Vancouver and. These events will spread awareness of and help raise funds for a new wave of research into the risks and benefits […]
By Yolande Cole A former RCMP officer and his wife are pursuing legal action after they say their medical marijuana facilities were raided by Sooke RCMP. Cam Cavaco, who has late-stage progressive multiple sclerosis, and his wife Marnie O’Neil, who acts as his caregiver and is living with fibromyalgia, are suing Health Canada and the […]
Nova Scotians on social assistance will no longer be able to get medical marijuana, gym memberships or hot tubs as a special need. The Department of Community Services is tightening the rules for its special needs funding. Until now, some people on inc…
A St. John’s man had $1,500 of medical marijuana confiscated when he went to pick up a package at Purolator and was met by the RCMP instead. Richard Oakley, who tested positive for HIV 25 years ago, moved back to the province from British Colum…
