Dear editor,
I just found out that even if a doctor prescribes medical cannabis to a care facility resident, the nurses are not allowed to administer it.
Family members are allowed to, but how many family members are able to come in every day to do this?
This policy must be changed immediately.
Medical cannabis is so much safer than other drugs as it is impossible to die from an overdose of cannabis.
The pain medication being used now has side effects, with constipation being a common one, with that side effect condition needing to be treated.
They also often have to keep increasing the doses without completely being able to relieve the pain.
Cannabis is very effective for pain, depression and anxiety, all of which are rampant in care facilities.
There is a lot of suffering I believe could be alleviated by changing this policy.
Kristin Saunders
Kamloops