Get Ready To Dispense Pot, Pharmacists Told |
Posted by FoM on July 12, 2001 at 10:44:49 PT By Pamela Fayerman, Vancouver Sun Source: Vancouver Sun Pharmacists across Canada should be preparing to dispense medicinal marijuana, learning what information to give users about proper doses, side effects and potential interactions, a pharmacist at the B.C. Cancer Agency is advising professional colleagues. Robin O'Brien, who also teaches pharmacy students at the University of B.C., said she's not necessarily an advocate of medicinal marijuana, just a pragmatist who believes that since the federal government is now sanctioning marijuana use for certain ill people, it should hand over the dispensing duties to professionals who can give patients "expert counselling." Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
Comment #3 posted by jorma nash on July 12, 2001 at 13:34:03 PT |
"All the touted benefits of marijuana are purely anecdotal at this point and we intend to spend five years researching it. So it's not a therapeutic product yet," she said. and, rest assured when that five years of research in the meantime, of course, it is highly therapeutic "study it long enough and hopefully the issue will go away"
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on July 12, 2001 at 11:59:24 PT |
Hi Jack, Is the phone number your number? I just wanted to make sure. Thanks, FoM [ Post Comment ] |
Comment #1 posted by jack(301)779-9256 on July 12, 2001 at 11:09:53 PT |
In the story above is the following passage: "O'Brien said she hopes pharmaceutical companies can Perhaps O'Brien never heard of Brownies?? [ Post Comment ] |
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