Medical Marijuana In The Workplace: How The System Works

Medical marijuana in Canada has triggered a classic debate between those favouring its more liberal use to address medical problems, opposite those who believe greater legal access will accelerate the illegal, recreational use of cannabis. That debate appears to have been settled, at least in the courts, with the June 11, 2015 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of R. v. Smith.

It has been almost 5,000 years since the medical benefits of cannabis were first recorded in a Chinese pharmacology text. In the early 20^th century, the drug became illegal in Canada; in the early 21^st century, Parliament amended the Criminal Code and other legislation to permit highly-regulated uses of the drug for medical and therapeutic purposes.