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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Chris Rumball, MD October 2016
... research from Australia demonstrates that chronic users of cannabis are unlikely to register higher than 5 ng/mL 24 ... unfair convictions would occur for those who have consumed cannabis more than a day before. Second, this research ... active THC, testing devices may be able to detect recent cannabis ingestion. This could assist a zero-tolerance ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC July/August 2016
Marijuana and its extracts are derived from Cannabis sativa , a type of hemp plant that contains active ... 2 hours. Diagnosing dependence The DSM-5 [ 2 ] defines cannabis dependence as a disorder characterized by a ... symptoms occurring within a 12-month period: Using cannabis in larger amounts or over a longer period than was ...
Letters / BY: Donna Dryer, MD, FRCPC September 2016
Medicinal cannabis presents a unique dilemma for physicians and ... have been designated as the gatekeepers of access to cannabis for medical purposes. On 5 May 2015 the College of ... in BC who plan to support patients in the use of cannabis for medical purposes. Practitioners for Medicinal ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD September 2016
... continued research and the development of pharmaceutical cannabis-derived products provided through traditional ... and Surgeons of British Columbia Letters Medicinal cannabis: Concern with College standard. College replies ...