The Canada Health Act appears to me to be clear in both its intent and purpose. 1 It leaves
little room for the establishment of alternative providers, essentially only for noninsured …

Countries around the world are liberalizing laws to permit the use of cannabis for therapeutic
purposes, with several European countries, Israel, and nearly half of American states …

In response to Cooper's letter to the CMAJ regarding the Canadian Medical Association
supporting a medical access stream for cannabis. 1 I would like to provide some points to …

Health Canada's new medical marijuana regulations shift the onus from federal regulators to
doctors and nurse practitioners to write “medical documents” similar to prescriptions …

Even when the price seems to be right, it remains extremely difficult to convince family
physicians to set up shop in rural Nova Scotia. Dr. Susan Hergett and her husband, Dr. Brian …

There are modest indications of movement in the glacial reform of Canada's marijuana
prohibition. A sign of formal progress is the legal exemption for seriously ill medical users …

It seems almost paradoxical that in these times of unparalleled economic prosperity,
reduced personal taxes and national budget surpluses most developed countries are …

He says that by requiring physicians to serve as the program's gatekeepers, the new
regulations are unfair to patients because seriously ill people will have a difficult time finding …

Revised regulations governing Health Canada's medicinal marijuana program reduce the
onus on physicians as gatekeepers, but the 4-year-old program is still cause for concern …

What role should doctors play in the control of marijuana? Health Canada in a news release
late last year announced proposals for “new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations,” …