Canada: Let Drugstores Sell Medical Marijuana, Loblaw Boss Says
The head of Canada's largest pharmacy chain says there is a critical role for drugstores to play in dispensing medical marijuana.
Galen G. Weston wants in on the medical marijuana business.
Weston, the head of the country's largest drugstore and grocery chain, said Thursday that pharmacists are well-positioned to dispense the drug in a safe manner.
"We're an industry that is extremely effective at managing controlled substances," said Weston, Loblaw's president and executive chairman, following the company's annual general meeting Thursday.
"It gives pharmacists the opportunity to work directly in real time with patients as opposed to doing it through the mail, working on their doses and making sure it actually has the therapeutic effect that it is intended to have."
Although he doesn't see any "safety or credibility" issues with the current mail system, where patients are sent the drug from a licensed producer, Weston said patients would be...
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