To blaze or not to blaze: the effects of marijuana on your body
With the recent legalization of marijuana in Canada, many people wonder what specific effects marijuana has on the body. This video addresses the different ways marijuana can be taken, how these differ from one another and different provincial and federal marijuana regulations.
This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Navjot Mann, Monica Takahashi, Muriel Tang, and Pari Yazdanshenas
Copyright McMaster University 2018
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RESOURCES
CANADA: canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/laws-regulations.html
ALBERTA: https://www.alberta.ca/cannabis-legalization.aspx
BRITISH COLUMBIA: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/public-safety/cannabis
QUEBEC: https://encadrementcannabis.gouv.qc.ca/
MANITOBA: https://www.gov.mb.ca/cannabis/cannabisuseinmb.html
NEW BRUNSWICK: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/cannabis.html
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: https://www.gov.nl.ca/cannabis/
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: https://www.eia.gov.nt.ca/en/cannabis
NOVA SCOTIA: https://novascotia.ca/cannabis/
NUNAVUT: https://www.gov.nu.ca/finance/information/cannabis
ONTARIO: https://www.ontario.ca/page/cannabis-legalization
PEI: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/cannabis
SASKATCHEWAN: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/cannabis-in-saskatchewan
YUKON: http://www.ylc.yk.ca/cannabis.html
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Cannabis legalization (2018). Ontario.ca.Retrieved from: https://www.ontario.ca/page/cannabis-legalization#section-9
How do you look after someone who is ‘greening out’ on cannabis?(2014). Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia (DARTA). Retrieved from: http://darta.net.au/wordpress-content/uploads/2015/01/YPID-GREENING-OUT.pdf
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