One of the problems obtaining a medical marijuana license in Canada is that a diagnosis is needed in one of 4 specified categories (AIDS/HIV, Arthritis, Cancer or MS) signed by your medical doctor (there are also forms that can be signed by the applicant for doctors relieving them of all liability). There is a secondary route without a specific diagnosis that involves a family doctor & a specialist to sign on your behalf that there is nothing better available. I don't have a definitive diagnosis and in the midst of trying to have a 2nd doctor sign off - if that fails I'm out of luck obtaining it through the government in an effort to keep costs down and I can be held criminally responsible which is just what I need to worry about now.

The real problem seems to be that though thousands of people are using it for all sorts of ailments there is little or no support/advice/understanding from the medical community. In all fairness most doctors have very limited knowledge about its use and effects as most patients keep quiet.
MirandaHart Reviewed by MirandaHart on . Unable To Speak Without Cannabis-Need Some Answers A few months after a stroke(s) 3 years ago and with MRI evidence of an as yet undetermined white matter disease (MS?) I lost my speech and ended up with numerous pain, spasticity problems, etc. In an effort to relieve some pain I smoked and found that it allowed me to sound normal. (My throat has no polyps, etc.) At the time I didn't think too much of it and because of all the neuro & cardio testing I was to go through I stopped. Months later with no answers or relief in sight I felt Rating: 5