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Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay ... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because ... urine drug screen, more than quadrupled between 2005 and 2014 (from 146 to 639).[ 25 ] That trend will continue ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... 1,2 ] An increase from 8.3% in 2013 to 17.0% in 2014 occurred following marijuana legalization in Washington. ... cause for sobering thought, as termed in an article in the October 2016 issue of the  BCMJ .[ 3 ] A meta-analysis, however, based on ...
Letters January/February 2015
In the October issue of the  BCMJ , Dr Bill Cavers commented on physician-assisted suicide [ BCMJ  2014;56:381 ]. Physicians on both sides of this matter can ... Canada decision.  However, when considering this serious issue, it is vital that the stance of each side is accurately ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... with Type 1 Diabetes” was published in the June 2012 issue of the  BC Medical Journal  ( BCMJ  2012;54:232-237 ... few years an advocacy movement has been afoot in BC. On 22 October 2013, in response to increasing pressure from ... school at last. Changes were planned to start in January 2014, with full implementation scheduled for the start of the ...
Letters / BY: Barry Munn, MD, December 2014
... An emerging medical and public health concern” in the October issue ( BCMJ  2014;56:386-390 ) raises many interesting points, and I ...
Letters / BY: Ted Patterson, September 2014
... to Dr Mirwaldtís thoughtful letter published in the June issue [ BCMJ  2014;56:219 ]. We welcome the engagement of the British ... several times before the dictionary is completed in late October. Our practice has been to use training objectives to ...