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By: Tony Saxon, Guelph Mercury

 

GUELPH — Jeff Morrison doesn’t know where he’s going to get his medical marijuana anymore.

 

“I’ve been making calls to try and find it, but I haven’t had any luck so far,” said Morrison, one of about 100 people who attended a protest and rally in St. George’s Square Saturday in support of the Medical Cannabis Club of Guelph.

 

Police raided the club and some related residences earlier this month. Four individuals face a variety of charges.

 

“I think (the raid) was bogus. I really don’t know how else to put it,” said Morrison, who bought marijuana at the club’s Baker Street location since December. Read more »

CBC News

 

Compassion clubs offer a range of medical marijuana products to fill a void in Health Canada's legal supply channel, doctors and patients say.

 

Ottawa offers only one strain of medical marijuana, and the only legal way to purchase it is through Health Canada. Medical users insist the different strains of marijuana provided by compassion clubs offer different kinds of pain relief, such as for epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury. However, there hasn't been any research testing those claims.

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By: Carly Weeks, Globe and Mail

 

The first Canadian guidelines have been created to keep powerful opioid painkillers out of reach of potential abusers and put them into the hands of patients who need them.

 

The guidelines urge doctors to thoroughly assess patients before prescribing the painkilling drugs and closely monitor them to mitigate risks of abuse, addiction and overdose. Doctors must also stop prescribing opioids if patients don’t respond to treatment or there is a serious risk of addiction, misuse or other problems.

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