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To blaze or not to blaze: the effects of marijuana on your body

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With the recent legalization of marijuana in Canada, many people wonder what specific effects marijuana has on the body. This video addresses the different ways marijuana can be taken, how these differ from one another and different provincial and federal marijuana regulations.

This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students Navjot Mann, Monica Takahashi, Muriel Tang, and Pari Yazdanshenas

Copyright McMaster University 2018

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RESOURCES

CANADA: canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-medication/cannabis/laws-regulations.html

ALBERTA: https://www.alberta.ca/cannabis-legalization.aspx

BRITISH COLUMBIA: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/public-safety/cannabis

QUEBEC: https://encadrementcannabis.gouv.qc.ca/

MANITOBA: https://www.gov.mb.ca/cannabis/cannabisuseinmb.html

NEW BRUNSWICK: https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/cannabis.html

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: https://www.gov.nl.ca/cannabis/

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: https://www.eia.gov.nt.ca/en/cannabis

NOVA SCOTIA: https://novascotia.ca/cannabis/

NUNAVUT: https://www.gov.nu.ca/finance/information/cannabis

ONTARIO: https://www.ontario.ca/page/cannabis-legalization

PEI: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/cannabis

SASKATCHEWAN: https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/cannabis-in-saskatchewan

YUKON: http://www.ylc.yk.ca/cannabis.html

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cannabis legalization (2018). Ontario.ca.Retrieved from: https://www.ontario.ca/page/cannabis-legalization#section-9

How do you look after someone who is ‘greening out’ on cannabis?(2014). Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia (DARTA). Retrieved from: http://darta.net.au/wordpress-content/uploads/2015/01/YPID-GREENING-OUT.pdf

Gates, P., Jaffe, A., & Copeland, J. (2014). Cannabis smoking and respiratory health: consideration of the literature. Respirology, 19(5), 655-662.

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