The Canadian Government has confirmed that recreational cannabis will be legalized on October 17, 2018.
As Health Care Professionals and Health PEI staff, the following resources are intended to support you as a health care provider and employee.
General Health Information
- Health Canada Fact Sheet [PDF]
- Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction: Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis series
Supporting People Using Cannabis
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Youth
- Online Learning for the Effects of Cannabis Use during Adolescence
- How to talk to your kids about cannabis
- Talking about Cannabis with Teens
Medical Cannabis
- Information for Health Care Practitioners – Medical Use of Cannabis
- Canadian Pharmacists Association Medical Cannabis CE and Medical Cannabis Q&A
- The Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids
- Health Canada’s Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations
- Authorizing Dried Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) for Chronic Pain or Anxiety: Preliminary Guidance [PDF] (The College of Family Physicians of Canada)
- Toward Optimized Practice - Medical Cannabinoid Clinical Practice Guideline 2018
- Prescribing Medical Cannabinoids in Primary Care [PDF]
- Information for Health Care Professionals: Cannabis (marihuana, marijuana) and the cannabinoids (Health Canada, 2013)
Information for Nursing
- "Cannabis" - Canadian Nurses Association
- Practice Directive - Caring for Clients Authorized to Use Medical Cannabis (CRNPEI) [PDF]
- Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes: What Every Nurse Should Know - Canadian Protective Nurses Society
- Cannabis Critical Thinking Pathways for Nursing Practice [PDF]
Research Involving Cannabis
For more information on conducting research involving Cannabis, please contact Health PEI Research Ethics Board at reb@ihis.org or by phone at (902) 569-0576. (www.healthpei.ca/reb)
