New medical marijuana regulations: the coming storm

M Kahan, A Srivastava - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
• Dried cannabis should be titrated to a dose that is effective for pain while minimizing
intoxication and cognitive impairment. We suggest a maximum daily dose of 400 mg of dried …

How physicians should respond to the new cannabis regulations

M Kahan, S Spithoff - Canadian Journal of Addiction, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The new Health Canada regulations on medical marihuana would allow patients to
purchase dried cannabis from a licensed distributer with a medical prescription. Yet …

Medical cannabis: strengthening evidence in the face of hype and public pressure

MA Fitzcharles, Y Shir, W Häuser - Cmaj, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
Many people feel secure in a medical setting, which has opened the door for cannabis
clinics staffed by physicians who are savvy about cannabis. Yet the concept of a physician …

Whither medical marijuana?

L Grinspoon - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Given the very limited toxicity of cannabis and its increasingly acknowledged therapeutic
value, it will undoubtedly find increasing application as a medicine in the coming years. But …

Medical Cannabis: Where Do We Stand Today?

M Fares - AMWA Journal: American Medical Writers …, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
The cannabis plant has been cultivated for thousands of years and has been traditionally
used in medicine and agriculture, as well as in spiritual and psychological settings. Despite …

Accommodating the medical use of marijuana: surveying the differing legal approaches in Australia, the United States and Canada

T Bogdanoski - Journal of law and medicine, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
While the scientific and medical communities continue to be divided on the therapeutic
benefits and risks of cannabis use, anecdotal evidence from medical users themselves …

Cannabis industry and medical cannabis clinics need regulation

M Kahan, A Srivastava, S Clarke - Canadian Family Physician, 2019 - cfp.ca
Pharmaceutical cannabinoids also have a different safety profile than cannabis. Smoking is
the most common route for cannabis ingestion among US adults, 16 and cannabis smoke …

Cannabis for Medical Use

RS Eisenberg, DB Leiderman - Food and Drug Law Journal, 2019 - JSTOR
A majority of Americans now live in states that purport to authorize medical use of cannabis,
although federal law continues to prohibit both recreational and medical use. The current …

Gaps in evidence for the use of medically authorized cannabis: Ontario and Alberta, Canada

C Lee, JM Round, S Klarenbach, JG Hanlon… - Harm Reduction …, 2021 - Springer
Background With legal access to medical cannabis in Canada since 2001, there is a need to
fully characterize its use at both the individual and population levels. We draw on data from …

Cannabis and its derivatives: review of medical use

L Leung - The Journal of the American Board of Family …, 2011 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Use of cannabis is often an under-reported activity in our society. Despite legal
restriction, cannabis is often used to relieve chronic and neuropathic pain, and it carries …