Although Canada is in the process of passing the new Cannabis Act legislation on July 1, 2018, the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) - annexed to Canada's 'Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, came into effect on August 5, 2016 and is expected to remain in effect for the first five years the new Cannabis Act is effective.
Despite the undeniable scientific research, evidence and randomized controlled trials, not to mention the abundance of analytical evidence (scientific evidence accumulated by observation, analysis and recording), Health Canada has published specific information for Health Care Practitioners regarding dosing, as follows:
Cannabis (marijuana, marihuana) is not an approved therapeutic drug in Canada. At present, while pointing to some potential therapeutic benefits, the scientific evidence does not establish the safety and efficacy of cannabis, to the extent required by the Food and Drug Regulations for marketed drugs in Canada, unless a particular cannabis product has received a notice of compliance from Health Canada and a Drug Identification Number (DIN) (e.g. nabiximols/Sativex®). However, the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations provide a mechanism for patients to access cannabis for medical purposes with the support of their physician or nurse practitioner (where authorized by provincial regulatory authorities).
The duplicity in the above opening paragraph to health care practitioners is obvious when compared with the number of drugs that the FDA and Health Canada approved and then revoked due to the original accepted fatal dose exceeding the standard. Vanessa's law is an example of how the FDA and Health Canada failed the people while pleasing Big Pharma.
How is it that Health Canada, mandated to protect the health of Canadians, be allowed to form laws, such as the ACMPR - stating that not enough scientific evidence exists on the safety and efficacy of this plant, while allowing a corporate giant such as Monsanto and its subsidiaries, affiliates and related corporations, to introduce genetically modified organisms into our food system, environment and everyday life, with scientific evidence revealing the harm these modified, unnatural products cause???
The United Nations appointed World Health Organization (WHO) is obviously benefiting from the duplicity in the GMO scam as evidenced by issuing the following statement about GMO food on their website:
8. Are GM foods safe?
Different GM organisms include different genes inserted in different ways. This means that individual GM foods and their safety should be assessed on a case-by-case basis and that it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods.
GM foods currently available on the international market have passed safety assessments and are not likely to present risks for human health. In addition, no effects on human health have been shown as a result of the consumption of such foods by the general population in the countries where they have been approved. Continuous application of safety assessments based on the Codex Alimentarius principles and, where appropriate, adequate post market monitoring, should form the basis for ensuring the safety of GM foods.
Until Health Canada enacted the CESA (Canada Environment Safety Act), a number of Monsanto engineered "nano-products" have been grandfathered into use in Canada. Are these pre-CESA products safe? The answer is, not enough scientific evidence is available.
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