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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 ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2017
... based on scientific principles and trials. The medicinal cannabis lobby has been advanced by special interest groups ...
Letters June 2017
... from 3.4% to 12.1% in drivers who tested positive for cannabis only, from 2005 to 2014 [“ Driving stoned: ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2011
... and Capler argue that PubMed has over 12000 studies on cannabis and that a medical cannabis advisory group has dozens of recent peer-reviewed ... There are, to date, 13032 articles currently listed under cannabis in the publicly accessible interface to Medline ...
Letters / BY: Phillipe Lucas, April 2011
... Dr Vroom’s lack of knowledge about the medical use of cannabis with a lack of available information ( BCMJ ... and researchers examining the therapeutic potential of cannabis, and that of Canadians for Safe Access ( www.safeaccess.ca ), a medical cannabis patient advisory group, have dozens of recent ...