Long-time medical marijuana promoter Sam Mellace is opening a medical clinic at the end of this month. By this time next year, he hopes to be the first regulated medical marijuana distributor in Canada–dispensing the herb at his clinic.
In a ceremony last week, Mr. Mallace dedicated the New Age Medical Clinic to the former leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, Jack Layton, who died of cancer in 2011.
The clinic will be a full-service provider with two general practitioners on staff along with a psychologist, a psychiatrist and a naturopath. Mr. Mallace hopes the Danforth facility will serve as a prototype for many others.
Mr. Mallace says his aims are medical, not recreational, and he is hoping to see new regulations from the federal government to make medical marijuana more accessible–especially for seniors.
Ottawa is currently in the process of reconsidering its medical marijuana policies with changes expected to be announced in March 2014.
The new policies would likely license producers such as Mr. Mellace to distribute medical marijuana. Under the present system, the federal government administers medical marijuana use.
Terry Haig spoke by phone with Sam Mellace about his goals.
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