Shoppers Drug Mart issues job posting for medical marijuana brand manager
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VIANARCHRIS
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Which province has announced plans to sell cannabis in drug stores?
WHATFG
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TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart is looking to hire a medical marijuana brand manager as it tries to position itself in the burgeoning cannabis market, even though it is not currently legal to distribute the drug through pharmacies.
Now why would you do that? ...a little inside info?...
As the federal and provincial governments finalize their respective cannabis frameworks, we remain optimistic that they will allow pharmacists to apply their professional care to medical cannabis patients,” she said, adding the company will follow all laws and regulations.
The last thing we need is pharmacists.
And in March, licensed producers CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. signed a letter of intent with member-owned co-operative PharmaChoice. Under the agreement, which the companies said was the first exclusive pharmacy distribution agreement for medical cannabis, CanniMed would train PharmaChoice pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across Canada and become its exclusive distributor of medical cannabis.
And what do you say about this?...lol...
However, the companies said the deal is on hold until the first legislation change that allows pharmacies to distribute medical cannabis, and will be completed within 60 days of that change.
Ummm...wtf are they talking about?...the legislation is going to change? How the fuck does anyone know that?
Now why would you do that? ...a little inside info?...
As the federal and provincial governments finalize their respective cannabis frameworks, we remain optimistic that they will allow pharmacists to apply their professional care to medical cannabis patients,” she said, adding the company will follow all laws and regulations.
The last thing we need is pharmacists.
And in March, licensed producers CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. signed a letter of intent with member-owned co-operative PharmaChoice. Under the agreement, which the companies said was the first exclusive pharmacy distribution agreement for medical cannabis, CanniMed would train PharmaChoice pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across Canada and become its exclusive distributor of medical cannabis.
And what do you say about this?...lol...
However, the companies said the deal is on hold until the first legislation change that allows pharmacies to distribute medical cannabis, and will be completed within 60 days of that change.
Ummm...wtf are they talking about?...the legislation is going to change? How the fuck does anyone know that?
greg nr
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Logical step from their perspective. It takes the constitutional issues off the table. If mmj is available at pharmacies, under the supervision of a pharmacist, it will probably pass the challenges that drove the last court decisions.
Sure, your 5g/day script will cost you $100, but it will be available. You won't need to be allowed to grow, and all your meds will be in prescription bottles. And no mmj dispensaries needed.
They win. As if there was ever a doubt in their minds.
Sure, your 5g/day script will cost you $100, but it will be available. You won't need to be allowed to grow, and all your meds will be in prescription bottles. And no mmj dispensaries needed.
They win. As if there was ever a doubt in their minds.
VIANARCHRIS
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I think you are reading far too much into this. They are just another retail outlet, not some influential entity. I have every reason to believe it will actually be shot down rather quickly. If a medical product requires a pharmacist to dispense it, it would need a DIN and governments and insurance companies would be forced to pay. Besides, they saw what happened last time they took away growing rights...
greg nr
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Sorry, I'm looking at it from an murican's pov. Here, just because a drug is sold at a pharmacy doesn't mean that it needs to be covered by insurance, and it doesn't need a din (think pseudophedrine).
But even your sc decision is built on assumptions of availability being restricted. what happens when availability is no longer limited by distribution or undue regulation? Could the decision be revisited?
VIANARCHRIS
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The last SC decision was not solely about availability. It was about the right to grow...government arguments were ruled to be unfounded. With recreational legalization 8 months away and the current framework allowing cultivation, there is no way the government will pick a fight that they would not only lose, but would spark negative press at the same time they are trying to implement rec.
As for needing a DIN....Canadians will not accept having to release personal information to a stranger in a pharmacy to acquire a plant. It's a privacy issue, among other things.
greg nr
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greg nr
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Do doctors dispense meds in CA? Down here they just write you a script and you take it to a pharmacy to be filled. Pharmacists can only fill prescriptions. They can't write them. And doctors can give out free samples, but they can't sell meds.
I don't see how that would be any different for cannabis. You go to the pharmacy, give them your script and ask for what you want.
WHATFG
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But they might not have that strain of purple monkey fuck that works so well for me.....nope, want nothing to do with those drug pushers.