Medical Marijuana User ‘Shocked’ by Recall Over Hydrogen Cyanide Risk

John Percy has turned to an illegal dispensary after OrganiGram recall, driving up his monthly bill.

A medical marijuana patient in Lower Sackville, N.S., said he’s worried after the marijuana he consumed for nearly a year was recalled by Health Canada because it was grown with two pesticides that, if heated, can emit hydrogen cyanide.

John Percy, 67, smokes, vapes and bakes his cannabis to control pain in his hip caused by osteoarthritis. The former Green Party leader had been ordering his medical marijuana from OrganiGram in Moncton, N.B., the only licensed producer in Atlantic Canada.

He said his pain was an “eight out of 10.”

– Read the entire article at CBC News.

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