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A Milestone Year
Almost a year has gone by since CBC published my story and since then the public’s response has been overwhelming. I’ve received hundreds of emails from people all over Canada, many of them detailing their own stories of trauma and...
Why I Fight For Veterans
I AM NOT A VETERAN However, my work and support of veterans has changed my life. Anyone who knows a veteran knows you are not welcomed into the inner circle. As an outsider, you are only provided with some fluffy...
How Sanjay Gupta Saved My Life- Jordan’s Story
I have lived with pain for 27 years through no fault of my own. However, the medical system failed to find a therapy that would allow me to live a normal life. I was depressed and I had no hope...
What Veterans Don’t Want to Talk About
My life is now consumed with helping veterans. I feel deeply privileged to be granted access to the personal lives and struggles our brave men and women deal with every day as they transition to civilian life. In the midst...
Confessions of a Cannabis Coach: Tips on Choosing a Licensed Producer
When it comes to medical cannabis, we are living in extraordinary times. Currently, there are over FIFTY licensed producers listed on the Health Canada website that are legally allowed to cultivate in this country. In the next year, that number is...
Norman’s Gift
Last week, I received one of the most incredible gifts I’ve ever gotten. A Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces named Norman Matheson presented me with a medal of honour engraved with my name. Norman crafted the medal himself and...
Beating Anxiety
Having consulted over 6,000 patients seeking medical cannabis, there is one medical condition I see more than any other, a disorder that is both preventable and treatable, but which too many members of the medical community treat as a symptom...
Exercise and Addiction Recovery
By Andrea Demeter Scratch Consider an addict’s lifestyle; the time and energy it takes to finance, find, ingest and metabolize a fix before repeating the cycle day after day. So what happens when our addiction is no longer the focal...
Cannabis as a Treatment for Addiction
I’m often asked how I can recommend cannabis to treat addiction when cannabis itself is considered a drug. The explanation I provide in return is simple. Cannabis works. Since 2013, medical cannabis has been available to Canadians with a diagnosed...
Intervention Resources
There has been a lot of debate about whether interventions are a healthy, effective way to encourage addicts into recovery. From my own personal experience, I wasn’t prepared to listen to anybody. By the time I hit rock bottom, I...
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