Health Canada wants to end medical cannabis in Canada. They’ve opened up a survey for Canadians to input their opinions. But as is usually the case with these things, the decisions have already been made.
“They’ve always been disingenuous when they put these sorts of surveys out,” says Ted Smith, long-time cannabis activist and contributor to Cannabis Digest. “They’ve really got their minds made up in the position they’re going.”
Medical cannabis patients have a constitutional right to reasonable access. But that doesn’t entail a separate medical program or even the ability to have your cannabis reimbursed through an insurance company.
“The government doesn’t have to do what’s best,” says Ted, “They only have to meet their minimum constitutional standards.”
And with recreational legalization here, Health Canada will likely end medical cannabis.
“I know for certain that Health Canada and their lawyers have been preparing for years to argue that now there’s no need for a distinct medical program,” says Ted.
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