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News July/August 2017
Just as many teenagers use cannabis every day as smoke cigarettes, according to Cannabis in Canada, a report from the Propel Centre for ... the Propel Centre, and Health Canada. Occasional cannabis use also remains high among youth (one in five ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2017
... legalization of marijuana will I now have to inhale cannabis? As an upside, maybe I will mellow out and not rant ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michelle Murti, MD, FRCPC October 2017
In Canada, the federal government’s proposed Cannabis Act aims to create a “strict legal framework for ... the production, distribution, sale, and possession of cannabis across Canada.”[ 1 ] One area of concern is the ... that regulations on the production, sale, and use of cannabis edibles will not be part of the initial laws. The ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jay Slater, MD January/February 2017
... though the latter may be limited by side effects.[ 4 ] Cannabis may also play a role, though there is scant evidence ...
News November 2017
... urine samples showed that 14% had evidence of recent cannabis use, similar to the 18% of users who reported use ... benefits of marijuana in this population. The study, “Cannabis use among patients at a comprehensive cancer center ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jeffrey R. Brubacher, MD, April 2015
... such as cocaine, amphetamines, and heroin. It includes cannabis, which is illegal for recreational use but can be ... had been drinking and 10.1% had used at least one drug. Cannabis was found in 5.4% of drivers, cocaine in 4.1%, ... than 0.08 in 15.4%. The most common recreational drug was cannabis: 12.6% of drivers tested positive for cannabis ...