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Health committee  I think that a critical component of the public health strategy has to be our campaign to get out the real message about marijuana. As we heard earlier in the testimony, there is a lot of cultural traction around the message that marijuana is safe, harmless, natural, and legal.

September 13th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Sharon Levy

Health committee  I can't say too much because there haven't been adequate studies yet. I personally care for adolescents, occasionally pregnant adolescents, but I don't typically care for newborns. I just want to make that clear. I can tell you that the concern is that marijuana is very fat solub

September 13th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Sharon Levy

Health committee  You know, that's an excellent question. I've heard a lot from other committee members about the need to decriminalize marijuana possession, marijuana use, and I think that's very important. What we don't want to do, because we know it's a failure, is to arrest users, arrest those

September 13th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Sharon Levy

Health committee  Each substance has its own profile of consequences and harms. In some way, the question is really comparing apples to oranges. Cannabis use very clearly cause problems with mental health disorders and problems in functioning. By the way, those are harder to pick up because, typ

September 13th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Sharon Levy

Health committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to comment on Bill C-45, an act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other acts. As a developmental behavioural pediatrician and a researcher in the field of adolescent substance us

September 13th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Sharon Levy