Legalization of Medical Cannabis: Stakeholder Perspectives

Canada’s Public Health Approach to the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis

Eric Costen

What is the plan to ensure that patients prescribed medical cannabis do not buy from the recreational market to save on cost?

What role do you feel Health Canada should play in provinces and territories who are developing restrictive public health policies that prevent medical cannabis from being used in public spaces including long term care and hospitals?

If the greatest risk of adverse harm from cannabis is for people under the age of 25, why is it that cannabis has been legalized from age 18 onward?

Has there been any discussion as to how Canada will prevent the potential smuggling of recreational cannabis from First Nations stores in which the cannabis will not be taxed?

Medical Regulatory Authorities

Fleur-Ange Lefebvre

Why do you feel that colleges are not regularly obtaining a list of prescribing doctors from licensed producers under the ACMPR?

Is there any thought or desire by the MRAs to relook at some of the policies regarding medical cannabis?

Cannabis: A CMA Perspective

Jeff Blackmer, MD, MHCS, FRCPC

Cannabis in Canada: Implications for Nursing

Josette Roussel, RN

What resources exist to help prepare nurses for cannabis legalization?

What is the CNA doing to collaborate with the Canadian Medical Association to provide the literature the nurses need?

Why does the CNA support two streams and the CMA support one?

Medical Cannabis - Implications for Pharmacists

Shelita Dattani, BSc. Phm., Pharm. D

Do you have any evidence that there have been public safety issues with the current LP distribution system?

Who will look out for patients taking medication and who are using cannabis recreationally? Do you see pharmacists being involved in dispensing the recreational drug?

Will a system be put in place to clarify to the pharmacists exactly what type or form of cannabis should be dispensed?

Patient Perspective: Legalization

Jonathan Zaid

Are you aware that Sun Life is covering medical cannabis?

How do you counter the argument that people will divert from the recreational market into the medical market in order to avoid paying taxes?