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| Dr. Daniel Schecter |
Earlier post: A medical cannabis clinic will be opened at Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. in May. It will be known as the Cannabinoid Medical Clinic. The owner and operator will be Dr. Danial Schecter, a Georgian Bay area family physician whose online record of experience lists a residency at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Schecter is the owner of the Georgian Bay House Calls practice and is shown as a hospitalist at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie. The medical marijuana clinic is thought of by some physicians as “medicine by the court system.” Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), told the Toronto Star’s Isabel Teotonio that few doctors are comfortable prescribing cannabis because the medicinal benefits aren’t proven. He said the courts decided on marijuana’s therapeutic role but it hasn’t gone through the same rigorous testing that’s customary with other medications. The CMA chief said that while the opening of pot clinics was bound to happen, he believes there will be consequences. Dr Francescutti told reporter Teotonio: “There’s going to be more than one physician who’s going to get disciplined over this.” For his part, Dr. Schecter is expecting a successful practice. Under new medical marijuana regulations, which take full effect April 1, medical marijuana patients must be prescribed cannabis by a doctor or nurse practitioner, and buy their maryjane from a licensed commercial grower.