Jacob Redmond
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Medical cannabis users will soon have their own dispensary lounge.
Jennifer Collett, owner of Peterborough Complementary Health, says the lounge is set to open above Mark's Finer Diner on Saturday, Dec. 19. Licensed medical cannabis users can join the members-only club that will offer a place to medicate and learn to how to alternatively use cannabis to treat chronic health concerns.
"We want the least invasive and safest treatment for this community," Ms Collett explains.
"There are things that are very gentle on the system and we want to make sure people have access to them."
Ms Collett, a medical marijuana user herself, has spent years advocating for dignified access to medical cannabis. She says the current system is burdening those with chronic health concerns by denying them fair access to cannabis.
"We have an inequity where some people who are getting full and complete access and others that are left falling through the cracks," she says.
Ms Collett's steps to breaking down barriers to medical cannabis include the recent opening of Peterborough Complementary Health and Education Centre at Brookdale Plaze on Chemong.
There she offers classes on making alternative medicines with cannabis as well as cannabis prescription intake and different options for pain management other than Methadone and opiates. She says asking the Province to invest in this alternative pain management treatment instead of costly Methadone clinics as it will lead to a dramatic drop in opiate and methadone use.
"We know opiates and methadone are addictive. It (cannabis) is medicine that doesn't create an additional addictions," she says.
Ms Collett's mission to break down barriers doesn't end here. She has a vision of opening a community garden where licensed users can grow their medicine at an affordable price. She is urging the City, Health Unit, police and other community agencies to sit down at the table and set guidelines that don't violate cannabis patients' rights.
"Patients are coming together to make sure we are providing for each other, so we don't watch anymore of us go down and get sick," she says.
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Jennifer Collett, owner of Peterborough Complementary Health, says the lounge is set to open above Mark's Finer Diner on Saturday, Dec. 19. Licensed medical cannabis users can join the members-only club that will offer a place to medicate and learn to how to alternatively use cannabis to treat chronic health concerns.
"We want the least invasive and safest treatment for this community," Ms Collett explains.
"There are things that are very gentle on the system and we want to make sure people have access to them."
Ms Collett, a medical marijuana user herself, has spent years advocating for dignified access to medical cannabis. She says the current system is burdening those with chronic health concerns by denying them fair access to cannabis.
"We have an inequity where some people who are getting full and complete access and others that are left falling through the cracks," she says.
Ms Collett's steps to breaking down barriers to medical cannabis include the recent opening of Peterborough Complementary Health and Education Centre at Brookdale Plaze on Chemong.
There she offers classes on making alternative medicines with cannabis as well as cannabis prescription intake and different options for pain management other than Methadone and opiates. She says asking the Province to invest in this alternative pain management treatment instead of costly Methadone clinics as it will lead to a dramatic drop in opiate and methadone use.
"We know opiates and methadone are addictive. It (cannabis) is medicine that doesn't create an additional addictions," she says.
Ms Collett's mission to break down barriers doesn't end here. She has a vision of opening a community garden where licensed users can grow their medicine at an affordable price. She is urging the City, Health Unit, police and other community agencies to sit down at the table and set guidelines that don't violate cannabis patients' rights.
"Patients are coming together to make sure we are providing for each other, so we don't watch anymore of us go down and get sick," she says.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Marijuana Advocate Providing For Medical Cannabis Users, Including New Lounge
Author: Todd Vandonk
Photo Credit: Seth McConnell
Website: My Kawartha
