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# Little Cannabis training for many Canadian Nurses

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- 7 March 2024

Humans have consumed cannabis for many centuries.

It’s unknown when the first human discovered the therapeutic benefits of the cannabis plant. However, we know that it was at least several thousand years ago.

It wasn’t until the last century that medical cannabis was prohibited, and the negative impact of that prohibition cannot be overstated. In addition to making criminals out of patients, cannabis prohibition also significantly hindered medical cannabis research.

Additionally, cannabis prohibition has created a situation in which medical professionals are woefully uneducated on the topic of cannabis. With so many humans consuming cannabis, there’s no excuse for medical professionals to know little to nothing about the cannabis plant.

A recent survey conducted in Canada highlights the problem, with most participating Canadian nurses indicating that they did not receive any training about medical cannabis. Below is more information about it via a news release from NORML:

**Winnipeg, Canada:** Fewer than four in ten Canadian nursing students say that they receive information about the use of medical cannabis during their training, according to survey data published in the journal *Nurse Education Today*.

Over three hundred nursing students participated in the survey. Only 38 percent acknowledged “receiving any education on cannabis in their nursing program.” Over 90 percent of respondents acknowledged that they would feel uncomfortable discussing cannabis with their patients without further educational training.

“Education on both medical and non-medical cannabis is needed to support future nurses addressing cannabis use in their clinical practice,” the study’s authors concluded. “Nursing institutions must implement and evaluate curricula to ensure nursing students are adequately prepared to address cannabis use in their clinical practice and their own fitness to practice.”

Cannabis has been legally available in Canada via a doctor’s authorization since 2001. The Canadian government legalized marijuana products for adults in 2018.

The study’s findings are consistent with those of prior surveys of health professionals in Canada and the United States which report that most doctors and nurses believe that they receive insufficient training with regard to cannabis.

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