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- 9/25/2018
CMA remains concerned as medical marijuana system to continue after legalization on Oct. 17
Health Canada re-affirmed recently that medical marijuana will continue after full legalization on Oct. 17. But the Canadian Medical Association said Sept. 26 that the group remains concerned about the lack of clinical research, guidance and regulatory oversight for medical cannabis. - 9/25/2018
CFPC considers extending the two-year family medicine residency
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is embarking on what the CMAJ is calling "an ambitious evaluation" of the country's family medicine residency—a two-year program that many medical leaders believe is too short. - 9/24/2018
Provinces rev up their flu vaccine programs
Just about all of Canada’s provinces and territories have updated their influenza vaccination programs for the 2018-2019 season. A review of these programs reveals that public funding for the high-dose trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV), for adults aged 65 and older, is the biggest change: it’s now in place for six programs, up from just one a year ago. - 9/24/2018
Pharmacy holding free educational sessions to fill in gaps in Ontario's revised sex-ed curriculum
A Barrie pharmacy is holding monthly sessions about sexual health to provide information that it says is lacking in Ontario schools. - 9/24/2018
Victims' families and Wettlaufer survivor call for compassion in long term care in Ontario
Nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed to murdering eight long-term care patients and attempting to kill several more - 9/24/2018
Doctors need to support legalizing illicit drugs: BMJ authors
Several global drug policy experts say regulated markets for illicit drugs are necessary not because those drugs are safe, but because they are risky