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VII. INFORMATION RESOURCES



1. Background

β€’ A Roadmap to Compassion: http://safeaccess.ca/library/roadmap_to_ compassion.pdf
β€’ Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs Final Report (recommending that Health Canada license and work with compassion clubs): http:// www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_SenRep.asp?Language=E&Parl=37& Ses=1&comm_id=85
β€’ BCCCS Operational Standards for the Distribution of Medical Cannabis: http://www.thecompassionclub.org/resources/standardsapr30.pdf


2. Access to Dispensaries

Forms used by the BC Compassion Club Society and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society: they can be used or modified by individual dispensaries.

β€’ http://thevics.com/forms.htm
β€’ http://www.thecompassionclub.org/become/forms


3. Client Education

a. Safe Use

β€’ The BCCCS Safe and Effective Use Pamphlet: http://www. thecompassionclub.org/resources/strainbroch.pdf
β€’ VICS Medical cannabis Guide: http://thevics.com/publications/vics/ VICSMedsGuide2005.pdf

b. Countra-indications and drug interactions

β€’ Bayer Canada (distributors of Sativex): http://www.bayerhealth. ca/display.cfm?Object_ID=272&Article_ID=121&expandMenu_ ID=53&prevSubItem=5_
β€’ Solvay Pharmaceuticals (maker of the synthetic THC medication Marinol): http://www.solvaypharma.ca/en/products/hcp/pdf/ Marinol_HCP_Mono.pdf
β€’ Health Canada: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/howcomment/ medpract/infoprof/index_rev_e.html

c. Political/Legal Climate

β€’ Canadians for Safe Access: www.safeaccess.ca
β€’ Health Canadafs Marijuana Medical Access Division (http://www.hcsc. gc.ca/dhp-mps/marihuana/index_e.html)
β€’ John Conroy, Q.C. has a comprehensive list of relevant medical cannabis legal challenges and decision in his websitefs library: http://johnconroy.com/library.html


4. Dispensing Cannabis

Cannabis By-Products and Recipes for Alternative Methods of Ingestion:

β€’ Recipes available at http://thevics.com/vicsdocs.htm


5. Cannabis Supply

Additional Reading and Resources for Safe Cannabis Production:

β€’ Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible, by Jorge Cervantes
β€’ Marijuana Indoors: Five Easy Gardens, by Jorge Cervantes
β€’ Marijuana Outdoors: Guerilla Growing, by Jorge Cervantes
β€’ Growing Medical Marijuana Organically, by Jeff Mota, Frieda Weed
β€’ How to Grow Marijuana Indoors for Medicinal Use, by G. W. Carver
β€’ Marijuana Growerfs Guide, by Mel Frank, L. P. Kallan (Illustrator), Oliver Williams (Illustrator)
β€’ Indoor Marijuana Horticulture, by Jorge Cervantes
β€’ Ask Ed – Ed Rosenthalfs web site: http://www.quicktrading.com/ home.html
β€’ Wo/Menfs Alliance for Medical Marijuana: http://www.wamm.org/ video.htm


6. Additional Information

List of Legal Aid Services (by province):

β€’ Commission des services juridiques du Quebec, Tel: (514) 873-3562
β€’ Law Society of Nunavut, Tel: (867) 979-2330
β€’ Legal Aid Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador, Tel: (709) 753-7860, Toll Free: 1-800-563-9911
β€’ Legal Aid Manitoba, Tel: (204) 985-8500, Toll Free: 1-800-261-2960, TTY: (204) 943-1131
β€’ Legal Aid New Brunswick, Tel: (506) 458-8540
β€’ Legal Aid Ontario, Telephone: (416) 979-1446, Toll Free: 1-800-668-8258, TTY: (416) 598-8867, TTY: Toll Free: 1-866-641-8867
β€’ Legal Aid Prince Edward Island, Tel: (902) 368-6016
β€’ Legal Aid Society of Alberta, Toll-free in Alberta: 1-866-845-3425, Direct from Edmonton (780) 644-7777
β€’ Legal Services Board of the Northwest Territories, Tel: (867) 920-3160, Yellowknife residents only. Toll Free: (888) 920-3160, NWT wide.
β€’ Legal Services Society of British Columbia.,Tel: (604) 408-2172, Lower Mainland Toll Free: 1-866-577-2525, outside the Lower Mainland
β€’ Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission, Tel: (902) 420-6578, Toll-free: 1-877-420-6578
β€’ Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission, Tel: (306) 933-5300, Toll-free: 1-800-667-3764
β€’ Yukon Legal Services Society, Tel: (867) 667-5210, Toll Free: 1-800-661-0408 ext. 5210


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