Dr. Matthew Hill
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You said it, not me. Could be. I mean, you can balk at either side of this. I think it's... I mean, I have... a lot of frustration in general with the information that bud tenders put out into the world. Is that what they're called, bud tenders? Yeah, bud tenders. That's kind of the colloquial term that people will use for someone who sells cannabis at a dispensary.
You said it, not me. Could be. I mean, you can balk at either side of this. I think it's... I mean, I have... a lot of frustration in general with the information that bud tenders put out into the world. Is that what they're called, bud tenders? Yeah, bud tenders. That's kind of the colloquial term that people will use for someone who sells cannabis at a dispensary.
We see this in Canada, and I've heard this throughout the States as well. I personally have been a huge advocate for the fact that I think โ so I worked in restaurants and bars and stuff when I was younger. And for me to serve alcohol, I had to undergo โ I don't know if you do this in the States.
We see this in Canada, and I've heard this throughout the States as well. I personally have been a huge advocate for the fact that I think โ so I worked in restaurants and bars and stuff when I was younger. And for me to serve alcohol, I had to undergo โ I don't know if you do this in the States.
We see this in Canada, and I've heard this throughout the States as well. I personally have been a huge advocate for the fact that I think โ so I worked in restaurants and bars and stuff when I was younger. And for me to serve alcohol, I had to undergo โ I don't know if you do this in the States.
In Canada, you have to do like a โ it's like a weekend course essentially called like serving it right or some other terminology where you learn the basics of alcohol, harms, blah, blah, blah, how to tell if someone is intoxicated, when you have to cut them off, all these things that you have to do to be able to serve alcohol. I have no idea if this exists in the States, but โ
In Canada, you have to do like a โ it's like a weekend course essentially called like serving it right or some other terminology where you learn the basics of alcohol, harms, blah, blah, blah, how to tell if someone is intoxicated, when you have to cut them off, all these things that you have to do to be able to serve alcohol. I have no idea if this exists in the States, but โ
In Canada, you have to do like a โ it's like a weekend course essentially called like serving it right or some other terminology where you learn the basics of alcohol, harms, blah, blah, blah, how to tell if someone is intoxicated, when you have to cut them off, all these things that you have to do to be able to serve alcohol. I have no idea if this exists in the States, but โ
It was a thing in Canada.
It was a thing in Canada.
It was a thing in Canada.
Like anything, even if it's just like an online quiz. So my perspective is because pre-legalization, at least in Canada, there was somewhat of, I think, of a misguided thought that people would leverage their physicians for knowledge about cannabis. And what's become very apparent is that the overwhelming majority of people talk to the people selling them the cannabis.
Like anything, even if it's just like an online quiz. So my perspective is because pre-legalization, at least in Canada, there was somewhat of, I think, of a misguided thought that people would leverage their physicians for knowledge about cannabis. And what's become very apparent is that the overwhelming majority of people talk to the people selling them the cannabis.
Like anything, even if it's just like an online quiz. So my perspective is because pre-legalization, at least in Canada, there was somewhat of, I think, of a misguided thought that people would leverage their physicians for knowledge about cannabis. And what's become very apparent is that the overwhelming majority of people talk to the people selling them the cannabis.
And yet those people selling cannabis don't need to have undergone any form of education. And so like this kind of kills me because we've worked very hard to try and create educational platforms that are like agnostic in terms of our position on cannabis that are just based on the science.
And yet those people selling cannabis don't need to have undergone any form of education. And so like this kind of kills me because we've worked very hard to try and create educational platforms that are like agnostic in terms of our position on cannabis that are just based on the science.
And yet those people selling cannabis don't need to have undergone any form of education. And so like this kind of kills me because we've worked very hard to try and create educational platforms that are like agnostic in terms of our position on cannabis that are just based on the science.
I'm an executive director of an organization called the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids, the CCIC. And we've done CME courses for physicians to try and train them about cannabis because I think it's important that physicians understand this. But
I'm an executive director of an organization called the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids, the CCIC. And we've done CME courses for physicians to try and train them about cannabis because I think it's important that physicians understand this. But
I'm an executive director of an organization called the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids, the CCIC. And we've done CME courses for physicians to try and train them about cannabis because I think it's important that physicians understand this. But