Canada has become the world leader not only in medical cannabis research but also in medical cannabis production." Cummings, who has Crohn's disease and severe migraines, worked as a nurse before chronic pain forced her off the job, "I know pain from both sides I know pain as a patient and I know pain professionally," she says. Just over an hour from Calgary, the Aurora Cannabis production facility is set back from the road, and ringed by barbed wire. Jennifer Cummings, who suffers from Crohn's disease and has severe migraines, grabs a bud from her container of medical marijuana. The mother of two says she was on drugs from opioids to beta blockers before turning to medicinal marijuana out of desperation.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2016 15:00 UTC