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Tuesday August 21 2018 - In the News

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The National Post reports in its Tuesday, Aug. 21, edition that Canadian doctors remain divided about whether recreational cannabis should be legalized, with those opposed holding deep reservations over addiction and mental health, according to a survey of family physicians. The Post's Derrick Penner writes that at the cusp of the Oct. 17 deadline for legalization, 47 per cent of general practitioners oppose legalization, 32 per cent support it and 21 per cent remain neutral, according to the survey of 235 family doctors conducted by MD Analytics. "It's interesting that (the results were) so polarized," said Rahim Shah, vice-president of client services at MD Analytics. "The other interesting thing is that regionally, we didn't notice any significant differences. That level of support, that level of opposition was relatively consistent across the country." The results appear to mirror the concerns raised by the Canadian Medical Association in recommendations to government related to the legalization of recreational cannabis. The CMA said in 2016 that government adopt a "broad, public-health policy" approach, which it has maintained through its January recommendations to Health Canada on implementing Bill C-45.

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