Medical marijuana users get approval to vaporize anywhere in Ontario

theglobeandmail.com
Nov. 25, 2015

Medical marijuana users in Ontario are now legally able to use vaporizers just about anywhere in the province.

The Liberal government quietly exempted them this week from a law that bans the use of e-cigarettes anywhere regular cigarettes are prohibited.

It means medical marijuana users can vaporize in restaurants, at work or on playgrounds.

Associate Health Minister Dipika Damerla says under the exemption for medical marijuana users, employers or restaurant owners could still ban them from smoking on the premises.

She says it’s about letting people who are very sick or in a lot of pain to take their prescribed medication when they need to.

Jonathan Zaid, the founder of Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, says the regulations don’t change much since medical marijuana users could already smoke “pretty much” anywhere before the e-cigarette law was passed in May.