Veterans using cannabis outed by envelope

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JungleStrikeGuy

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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/canada-veterans-medical-marijuana-privacy-1.3917768

Kim Davis said she was surprised when she was sorting through her mail last week and saw in bold letters through an envelope window, "RE: Cannabis for Medical Purposes."


The unopened letter was addressed to her husband, a veteran, who in September started taking edible cannabis to help cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.


"It has breached privacy on all different levels. If you follow the privacy protection act for health-care professionals, it breaks that," said Davis, who lives in Lawrencetown, N.S.


The letter was signed by Veterans Affairs Canada, but it arrived in a Medavie Blue Cross envelope. Davis said the envelope outed her husband as a medical marijuana user.


There are 3,000 veterans in Canada who use medical marijuana. The letter inside the envelope had to do the stricter limits from Ottawa on medical marijuana for veterans.

Basically a repeat of the HC privacy breach but done by Blue Cross.
 
spider9

spider9

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Come on Judge lets make them pay and pay big maybe then they will stop this crapping on patients
 
zoic

zoic

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spider9 said:
Come on Judge lets make them pay and pay big maybe then they will stop this crapping on patients
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For sure. There must be a lawsuit for damages in this somewhere. Such shitty treatment for those who were there for us when we needed them. >:(
 
spider9

spider9

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zoic said:
For sure. There must be a lawsuit for damages in this somewhere. Such shitty treatment for those who were there for us when we needed them. >:(
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yes they are not even done with the privacy breach to all the mmar patients and here they do the same thing to the vets are they really that stupid there is no way they can say this one was a accident
 
Jackal69

Jackal69

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spider9 said:
yes they are not even done with the privacy breach to all the mmar patients and here they do the same thing to the vets are they really that stupid there is no way they can say this one was a accident
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Two different depts but same result... some lawyer will jump on this.... class action....
Actually not sure if that one was the first letter or second hahaha as they sent two at different times
 
OldMedUser

OldMedUser

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It's no wonder I don't want to apply for a grow permit when they pull shit like this. In the small town where I get my mail the whole town would know if a letter like that showed up for me. Not a vet but referring to the first breach by Hellth CannaDuh.
 
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