Every Monday, Chris Backer leaves his Sackville, N.S., home and heads to the north end of Halifax to give away bags of cannabis edibles.
He and his small band of volunteers at the East Coast Cannabis Substitution Program spend the week leading up to delivery day filling the bags with a constantly changing menu of items.
When CBC News visited him, the bags included a roll-it-yourself joint kit, capsules, a gummy, cookies, chocolate and even a meatloaf slider.
Backer and the other volunteers hope that having access to edibles will help get substance users off more dangerous drugs.
“It’s breaking the cycle of addiction,” he said. “Cannabis has been documented to be very successful and is an adjunct to try to help beat addiction.”
However, Dr. Samuel Hickcox, the physician lead for addictions medicine at Nova Scotia Health, said there is no “high-quality scientific evidence” that supports the…