Question - “How will cannabis legalisation affect public health in Canada?”
It’s hard to say really.
Many of our provinces haven’t even settled their various laws for this “legalization” that looks to be forming up a lot more like, “criminalization 2.0” that could literally tear our country apart since in our infinite, free-trade supporting pea-brains, we think free-trade between provinces is an absolute horror, a true economic disaster waiting to wipe out democracy as we once knew it…
OR….
Cannabis legalization could truly be a turning point for Canada, if our doctors get on board, because everything aside, cannabis is a powerful and life-saving medicine, if our ignorant doctors keep trying to paint it as a drug of abuse instead of vital medicine, our public health will continue to head for the gutter.
Health Canada has announced they will be providing a D.I.N., Oct. 17, 2018, a long awaited Drug Identification Number that has permitted our provinces to discriminate against cannabis patients for decades, oh look, your “medical marihuana” isn’t even medicine (that was Ontario’s position on the record, it’s not even medicine during one of my cases…yes it was!!!) but we’re going to make one scheme after another before trying to minimize you, and your health needs, before telling you, you can have as much medicine as you can afford.
So, October 17, 2018, let’s hope the battle for some of us is won and they stop discriminating against cannabis patients, as the provinces are finally forced to provide patients the medicines they need, not just veterans or those with private insurance, having finally run out of excuses to deny coverage.
And, naturally, once it’s no longer a heinous crime to choose the safest drug on the planet, here’s hoping our younger generations and those struggling with chronic conditions and addictions, will consider using cannabis instead, and stop using those deadly drugs that our drug policies have made so popular, as our morgues continue to house the results of this failed and fatal war.
So, dare to dream with me, in our future “legalized” Canada, we aren’t throwing our kids in jail or their parents either, if they choose the safest drug on the planet over the addictive and harmful drugs like alcohol or tobacco, and we’re educating our doctors about the endocannabinoid system. We’re providing medicine and much needed healing to patients, as an option to our pharmaceutical culture, that has caused so much needless harm.
October 18, 2018…. Canada get’s a new chance to make some vital changes….either for the people, or, once again, against us!
I guess we’ll soon see, keep following the money…..don’t forget about the cancer lobby, cannabis cures some forms of cancer, make no mistake, that battle is only beginning, that’s been the real battle, the other drugs, those drugs that aren’t cannabis, a plant you can grow in your own backyard well that will depend on which province you live in and whether you’re a medical or recreational user…more reasons for big-brother to get up into your business, instead of doing the jobs we elect them to do. At any rate, it could depend on what province or city or county you live in but I think we’re all agreed, whatever it is, there’s no stopping it and delaying it further!!
We won a massive war against our health and freedoms!!!
Let’s not allow them the opportunity to screw it up!!
Answered October 3, 2018