legal age in their jurisdiction legally access cannabis and how do they and their caregivers ensure the correct strains and dosing for treatment? How do those who cannot physically get to a dispensary (disabled and cannot travel easily, remote locations with medical conditions effectively treated by medical cannabis etc) ensure they are getting the correct strains, information, assistance, and dosing?
News releases such as this (Click Here) are precisely why as a society we cannot go back to black market supply for medical-use. This rise in fentanyl laced street drugs appears to have not infiltrated the cannabis supply chain significantly if at all but it is not worth even a discussion when there exists a proven best in class world leading framework.
My fourth question is … medical cannabis in Canada was first legalized in 2001 so does it not seem odd that there is a push to have medical use removed given the growing body of research with respect to medical cannabis since 2001?
Although Ontario focussed, a recent study with respect to cannabis use where opioids may also be used - the results concluded in part that:
With cannabis being legalized in the near future, physicians should closely monitor cannabis-using patients and provide education surrounding the potential harms of using cannabis while receiving treatment for opioid use disorder. Click Here for this study.
It stands to reason that it is perhaps better for cannabis in these cases to be medically prescribed including dosing and closely monitored. We also know that cannabis is showing to be an effective tool in combatting what is now called the opioid crisis. This recent coverage (Click Here) by Global News titled Weed could be a valuable weapon in the fight against Canada’s opioid epidemic is as educational as it is compelling despite using the word “weed” in the title rather than “cannabis”.
A recent study appearing in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal (Click Here) noted how legalizing cannabis in certain American states coincided with a reduction in opiate prescriptions in those states. Being an America study has some benefits because of the established legal cannabis industries that have existed for some time in some states. The study states as its …
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