• ‘People are really using marijuana as medicine,’ researcher says…
• Illegal Marijuana Dispensaries Popping Up in Ottawa
• One of Green Tree’s consultants, Tyshanna Bryant (who calls herself a “bud tender”), told CBC News the dispensary is “good for access” for patients who need medical marijuana to treat a long list of ailments from cancer to insomnia.
• The Green Tree Medical Dispensary on Montreal Road, open since Sunday, sells dried cannabis and edibles like cookies and brownies to medical marijuana patients if they provide proof of a doctor’s prescription.
• Ottawa police say they’re “aware” of medical marijuana dispensaries popping up illegally across the city, including one in Vanier that just opened its doors last weekend.

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