Watch Dr. Jeff Blackmer, vice-president of medical professionalism for the Canadian Medical Association, explain the association's position on medical cannabis to CBC Calgary earlier this month:Dr. Jeff Blackmer with the Canadian Medical Association says doctors want medical marijuana phased out after legalization. "They do, but patients feel that there's a bit of a dividing wall when it comes to medical cannabis." Maintaining a separate medical system, he said, will eventually foster that understanding within the medical profession. If there's no medical system, then there's no real impetus for physicians to learn about cannabinoid treatment. - Gary Symons, who works for a cannabis producerAn emailed statement from National Access Cannabis said it also supports a separate medical system.

Source: CBC News August 20, 2018 16:17 UTC