edMultiple sclerosis is front and center ibn the medical marijuana debate therefore, it is becoming the main topic of this blog while resources are gathered to understand the arguments on both sides.... if you are suffering the affects of multiple sclerosis and have not found relef in the medically prescribed pharmaceutical offerings, you may be looking at alternative medicines and what they have to offer.
Medical marijuana is legal puzzle, not to mention its efficacy also being under debate. My personal stance has been to avoid the use of marijuana altogether. But after many years of experimenting with the plant, the industry has created many new ways of ingesting the THC component and whatever other molecules they think are helpful. To the extent that the National M.S. society sqays that mj can be of help in reducing spasticity...
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The legal status of cannabis in Canada is under dispute. Superior and appellate courts in Ontario have repeatedly declared Canada's cannabis laws to be of no force and/or effect.
However, challenges to cannabis laws at the federal level have not resulted in the deletion of the appropriate articles from the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police and prosecution services in other Canadian jurisdictions still pursue criminal charges for cannabis possession.[1]
The cultivation of cannabis is currently illegal in Canada, with exceptions only for medical usage.
Several polls since 2003 have found that a majority of Canadians agreed with the statement,
"The use of marijuana should be legalized", including one in 2009 done by Angus Reid, with 53% for legalization.[2] The latest being in 2012 by Forum Research Inc. which suggested "66% of Canadians are in favour of the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana, with just 20% supporting leaving the laws as they are now."[3]
Category 1 covers any symptoms treated within the context of providing compassionate end-of-life care or the symptoms associated with medical conditions listed below:
Lynn Harichy was also put through the criminal courts for creating awareness for medical marijuana. Lynn suffered from multiple sclerosis and died on December 25, 2003.
Source:
Legal history of cannabis in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Link:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/
Medical marijuana is legal puzzle, not to mention its efficacy also being under debate. My personal stance has been to avoid the use of marijuana altogether. But after many years of experimenting with the plant, the industry has created many new ways of ingesting the THC component and whatever other molecules they think are helpful. To the extent that the National M.S. society sqays that mj can be of help in reducing spasticity...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, challenges to cannabis laws at the federal level have not resulted in the deletion of the appropriate articles from the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police and prosecution services in other Canadian jurisdictions still pursue criminal charges for cannabis possession.[1]
The cultivation of cannabis is currently illegal in Canada, with exceptions only for medical usage.
Several polls since 2003 have found that a majority of Canadians agreed with the statement,
"The use of marijuana should be legalized", including one in 2009 done by Angus Reid, with 53% for legalization.[2] The latest being in 2012 by Forum Research Inc. which suggested "66% of Canadians are in favour of the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana, with just 20% supporting leaving the laws as they are now."[3]
Medical marijuana legislation
The regulation on access to cannabis for medical purposes, established by Health Canada in July 2001, defines two categories of patients eligible for access to medical cannabis. BC College of Physicians and Surgeons’ recommendation, as well as the CMPA position, is that physicians may prescribe cannabis if they feel comfortable with it. The MMAR forms are a confidential document between Health Canada, the physician and the patient. The information is not shared with the College or with the RCMP. No doctor has ever gone to court or faced prosecution for filling out a form or for prescribing medical cannabis.[8]Category 1 covers any symptoms treated within the context of providing compassionate end-of-life care or the symptoms associated with medical conditions listed below:
- severe pain and/or persistent muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis, from a spinal cord injury, from spinal cord disease,
- severe pain, cachexia, anorexia, weight loss, and/or severe nausea from cancer or HIV/AIDS infection,
- severe pain from severe forms of arthritis, or
- seizures from epilepsy.
Lynn Harichy was also put through the criminal courts for creating awareness for medical marijuana. Lynn suffered from multiple sclerosis and died on December 25, 2003.
Further reading
- Nolin, Pierre Claude; Colin Kenny (2003), Cannabis : report of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-8946-1
- Kyle Grayson (12 April 2008). Chasing dragons: security, identity, and illicit drugs in Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9479-7.
External links
- Failed Decriminalization Bill
- NORML Canada/SES Research - Surveying Canadian opinion on Legalization
- 2002 Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illicit Drugs
- The Report of the Canadian Government Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs - 1972 - LeDain Commission Report
- News
- Mulgrew, Ian (27 September 2009). "Marc Emery's sentence reeks of injustice and mocks our sovereignty". Canada: Vancouver Sun.
Source:
Legal history of cannabis in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Link:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/
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