He said he would use medical marijuana if it was prescribed to him by a doctor. He said he embarked on a “fact-finding mission” to learn more about medical marijuana after serving as Minister of Veterans Affairs in the Harper government. Souccar said he too was critical of medical marijuana, even when he was appointed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Marijuana Legalization Task Force in 2016. But as part of the taskforce, he met with medical marijuana users and he realized he “couldn’t have been more wrong. Instead of doctors prescribing patients opioid medications for pain, they can prescribe medical marijuana through companies like Aleafia, Fantino said.

Source: The Star November 14, 2017 17:49 UTC