Jacob Redmond
Well-Known Member
The Windsor office of Canadian Cannabis Clinics, the city's first medical marijuana clinic, opens this morning on Turner Road, kitty corner from Windsor Regional Hospital.
The clinic specializes in determining if a patient is suitable to take medical marijuana.
Medical marijuana has been legal since 2001, but in 2014, the process changed on how to obtain it. Prior to 2014, patients needed a license from Health Canada, now they just need a prescription from a doctor.
Ronan Levy, the general counsel and one of the directors of Canadian Cannabis Clinics, claims most doctors aren't comfortable in writing prescriptions for medical marijuana and don't know a lot about it. That's why his clinic is needed, he said.
Levy says the clinic's staff meets with local doctors to explain what they do, and assure them medical marijuana and the clinic is all medically sound. That's why his clinics ask for referrals from general practitioners.
"Cannabis should not be used as your first option" Levy told CBC's Windsor Morning.
At the moment, Levy hasn't recruited local doctors to work at the clinic. For now, doctors from elsewhere will staff the clinic.
The clinic has doctors travelling in or conducting tele-medicine.
Dr. Darren Cargill, a palliative care doctor in Windsor, tweeted that evidence on the effects of medical marijuana is lacking.
"We can't rely on anecdotes as evidence," he tweeted.
The clinic services are covered by OHIP, and the clinic does not directly sell marijuana, Levy said.
Levy said one of the reasons they opened in Windsor was due to the number of people in pain from repetitive factory work.
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The clinic specializes in determining if a patient is suitable to take medical marijuana.
Medical marijuana has been legal since 2001, but in 2014, the process changed on how to obtain it. Prior to 2014, patients needed a license from Health Canada, now they just need a prescription from a doctor.
Ronan Levy, the general counsel and one of the directors of Canadian Cannabis Clinics, claims most doctors aren't comfortable in writing prescriptions for medical marijuana and don't know a lot about it. That's why his clinic is needed, he said.
Levy says the clinic's staff meets with local doctors to explain what they do, and assure them medical marijuana and the clinic is all medically sound. That's why his clinics ask for referrals from general practitioners.
"Cannabis should not be used as your first option" Levy told CBC's Windsor Morning.
At the moment, Levy hasn't recruited local doctors to work at the clinic. For now, doctors from elsewhere will staff the clinic.
The clinic has doctors travelling in or conducting tele-medicine.
Dr. Darren Cargill, a palliative care doctor in Windsor, tweeted that evidence on the effects of medical marijuana is lacking.
"We can't rely on anecdotes as evidence," he tweeted.
The clinic services are covered by OHIP, and the clinic does not directly sell marijuana, Levy said.
Levy said one of the reasons they opened in Windsor was due to the number of people in pain from repetitive factory work.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Canadian Cannabis Clinics medical marijuana clinic opens in Windsor
Author: Web Staff
Contact: Contact Page
Photo Credit: CJob
Website: CBC News
