Doctor Urges Weed-Wary Colleagues to Prescribe Pot, Not Opioids for Pain Relief

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2-week waiting list for medical marijuana has now stretched to 8 months. A Windsor, Ont., doctor is urging his weed-wary colleagues to embrace marijuana as a bona fide pain treatment option because he is overwhelmed with patients seeking alternatives to addictive opioids. Dr. Christopher Blue is also calling on governments and health-care insurers to ensure medical marijuana is covered under benefit programs because the cost will prevent potential patients from turning to it for pain…

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