Canada - Nova Scotians get most MMJ recommendations

[Payaso]

Nova Scotians, and in particular residents of New Brunswick agree, medical marijuana is a good thing. Per capita, more residents of this Canadian province get doctor's recommendations than any other.

New Brunswick has some of Canada's more medical marijuana-friendly physicians, and a national group says it expects even more provincial doctors to be writing these prescriptions in the year to come.

The latest numbers from Health Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information suggest that about three per cent of New Brunswick's 1,447 physicians support the authorization for patients to have possession of marijuana for medical purposes.

Nova Scotia leads all provinces and territories for physicians who support medical marijuana use, with 7.2 per cent.

Nova Scotia also led all provinces, per capita, in the number of people authorized to possess medical marijuana. New Brunswick ranked fourth per capita with 88 people as of June 2009.
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"It's kind of a quiet program, but it's becoming more mainstream," said Chad Clelland, director of online and community relations.

"It's a bit of a snowballing effect. I think numbers are going to climb dramatically for new applications. It's probably acceptance from the doctors having seen benefits from the program."

The medical marijuana program is authorized by the federal government and is meant to treat chronic pain and debilitating illnesses.

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[hazy]

Sounds like the US needs to get the drug 'czar' over there to slap them canooks in line, Bunch of dopers.