Health committee  There is quite a lot of great research around medical cannabis. It's in large-scale human clinical trials that is really where the dearth of research is. We have to remember that we're talking about a plant that's been prohibited for almost 100 years, so for people who have been

Health committee  As Jonathan said, there are some complications around cannabis because isn't patentable. My understanding would be that if the government allocated some resources and, from your side, encouraged research into the medical applications of cannabis rather than holding it back, then

Health committee  Because of the current medical regulations at the ACMPR, we call the authorization to cannabis an authorization rather than calling it a prescription because it's like the chicken and the egg, back to the fact that it's not an approved medicine, so you can't technically call it a

Health committee  I am not a physician, but I do communicate with many physicians regularly. I would suggest that the authorization form physicians currently have to fill out takes more time and is more onerous than filling out a prescription on a prescription pad. I think whether we call it a p

Health committee  Good morning, and thank you for having me here today. My name is Hilary Black, and I'm the founder of the first medical cannabis dispensary in the country, founded in 1997. In the interest of disclosure, I am also employed by a licensed producer, but I am here today representing