On behalf of the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC) and its Members, it is my privilege to comment on Health Canada‟s Proposed Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations and to reaffirm FMRAC‟s position on this issue.

I would like to begin by requesting that, for purposes of transparency and completeness, this submission be posted in its entirety on the section of the Health Canada website dealing with marihuana for medical purposes.

As we have stated several times, most recently in our submission dated 4 November 2011, FMRAC‟s formal position has not changed since the implementation of this program:

The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada strongly believes that the practice of medicine should be evidence-based, and that physicians should not be asked to prescribe or dispense substances or treatments for which there is little or no evidence of clinical efficacy or safety. (2004)

For those stated reasons, we strongly oppose the proposed Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

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