Good-bye Canada.,hello Cannabis!!

Looks like the Future of Canada is in the hands of Big Pharma.  This is what I  received in my mail today:

Medical Cannabis: The Future is Now
Realities and Practicalities for Prescribers

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Dear Doctor,

We are pleased to invite you to join Shoppers Drug Mart for an exciting educational event, Medical Cannabis: The Future is Now; Realities and Practicalities for Prescribers.

Shoppers Drug Mart will be hosting evening events in the following cities:

• Calgary on November 6^th
• Vancouver on November 8^th
• Toronto on November 12^th
• Ottawa on November 15^th

Each city will offer a unique, educational, and engaging experience. You will walk away with a better understanding of the science behind medical cannabis, including practical tips and clinical tools to capably and confidently authorize medical cannabis for your patients. You will also gain a solid understanding of the authorization process and of the next steps in treating your patients.

Shoppers Drug Mart is dedicated to providing the highest level of care to patients and wants to include you in this effort.

Please click the link below for more information and to register to attend.

futureofmedicalcannabis.ca

Anyone who scans through my blogs knows I am no supporter of legal weed. It is a gateway drug that predisposes to addiction, psychosis, lung damage and probably brain damage. That the Canadian Prime Minister who was probably born with a high THC level and who witnessed the devastating effect the drug had on his own mother has so aggressively pushed this program forward must be more than a coincidence. Turning Canada, a nation with a devastating record of drug addiction into a major purveyor of marijuana is a great mistake. The hurried manner in which this was introduced assures us there will be no adequate technology to measure impairment in the automobile or the workplace. The combined effect of pot and alcohol will surely increase traffic fatalities and injuries as it did in Colorado. The health system spent millions of taxpayers dollars in guiding smokers to give up the habit, only to replace it now with a more dangerous one. Last week an alert mother picked up a weed impregnated candy that was given to her seven year old.
There are only two reasons for this unconscionable action. One is money and the other is votes. Some might suggest a third, to make segments of the population more easily manipulated.
The decline continues.