{"id":4918,"date":"2014-05-31T22:04:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T22:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4918"},"modified":"2014-06-04T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T22:10:27","slug":"medical-marijuana-and-conscience-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4918","title":{"rendered":"Medical marijuana and conscience rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Interim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Paula Kosalka<\/p>\n<p>Some Canadian physicians are anxious that regulatory changes will pressure doctors to prescribe marijuana. Dr. William Pope, the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, told the Winnipeg Free Press in January that the college is worried that federal reforms will lead more patients to ask doctors for marijuana. \u201cAs far as most of us are concerned, there is really no appropriate prescribing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Physicians are now permitted to dispense marijuana with the approval of the province. Patients applying for marijuana access no longer have to submit personal health information to Health Canada. It is also easier for individuals with less serious conditions to get medical marijuana. Pot users will not be able to grow their own marijuana anymore, but will have to buy it from commercial growers licensed by the federal government. On April 1, the new rules came into effect. According to the Winnipeg Free Press, officials predict that the number of cannabis users across the country could rise from 37,000 to 450,000 by 2024 as a result. &#8211; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theinterim.com\/issues\/society-culture\/medical-marijuana-and-conscience-rights\/\"><strong>Full text<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Interim Paula Kosalka Some Canadian physicians are anxious that regulatory changes will pressure doctors to prescribe marijuana. Dr. William Pope, the registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, told the Winnipeg Free Press in January that the college is worried that federal reforms will lead more patients to ask doctors for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4918\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Medical marijuana and conscience rights&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,9],"tags":[1267,566],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-news","tag-marijuana","tag-physicians"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Medical marijuana and conscience rights - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=4918\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medical marijuana and conscience rights - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Interim Paula Kosalka Some Canadian physicians are anxious that regulatory changes will pressure doctors to prescribe marijuana. 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