Ottawa to legalize marijuana for severe arthritis

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The Canadian Health Department will allow patients with severe arthritis to use marijuana if physicians determine that other forms of pain medication are ineffective. The government's decision also includes patients with other diseases, such as AIDS and multiple sclerosis, to use medicinal marijuana.

Marijuana, Ambulatory Health Care Services, Therapeutic Procedures NEC, Care and treatment, Therapeutics, Alternative medicine, Arthritis, Medical marijuana

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Rock plans urgent drive to overhaul health care

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Reform of Canada's home health care industry is a major priority for Health Minister Allan Rock. Canada's provinical governments are under pressure to address problems in the country's medicare and public health care sectors, including a hospital emergency room crisis.

Home health care services, Home Health Care, Home care services, Home care services industry, Rock, Allan

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PM warns provinces on health

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Prime Minister Jean Chretien threatened to stop transfer payments of health care money to Quebec and Alberta unless they stop patients from privately paying for high-tech diagnostic services that are covered by medicare.

Finance, Political activity, Medical tests, Quebec, Prime ministers, Alberta, Medicare, Chretien, Jean

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