Medical cannabis ‒ the Canadian perspective 

Gordon D Ko,1,2 Sara L Bober,1 Sean Mindra,3 Jason M Moreau1 1Apollo Applied Research Inc., 2Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, 3University of Ottawa Medical School, Ottawa, ON, Canada Abstract: Cannabis has been widely used as a medic...

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Published in:	Journal of Pain Research
Main Authors:	Ko GD, Bober SL, Mindra S, Moreau JM
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dove Medical Press 2016-09-01
Subjects:	medical cannabis chronic pain medical cannabis prescribing Canadian medical cannabis
Online Access:	https://www.dovepress.com/medical-cannabis-the-canadian-perspective-peer-reviewed-article-JPR

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