As a licensed health care provider, you may be discussing cannabis for medical and non-medicinal use with your patients. Here are some resources to support you.
Legalization of Cannabis Use
For information about the proposed Cannabis Act, please see: www.canada.ca/en/services/health/campaigns/cannabis/questions-answered.html
Health Effects of Cannabis Use
General Health Information
- Health Canada Fact Sheet: the health effects of cannabis use
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction's Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis
Objectively looks at how marijuana use affects human functioning and development, and discusses implications for policy and practice.
Supporting People Using Cannabis
- Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: Published by the American Public Health Association
- Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines: For general public education
Youth
- The Effects of Cannabis Use During Adolescence: current and emerging research on the issue of youth cannabis use
- Cannabis Use and Youth: a parent’s guide
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Maternal Cannabis Use during Pregnancy: effects of cannabis use during pregnancy on child development and functioning
- Cannabis Use & Breastfeeding: current evidence
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee Opinion: current evidence
Medical Cannabis
These resources will provide you with scientific and medical information to guide discussions with your patients.
- Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids – An Update
- Information for Health Care Professionals: details on medical cannabis
Dosing
- Health Canada Daily Amount Fact Sheet: for patients and practitioners about daily dosing
Use in Practice
- The College of Family Physicians of Canada guideline: preliminary guidance on the authorizing of dried cannabis for chronic pain or anxiety
As more guidelines and evidence becomes available, there will be updates made to this website.
