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Scarlett Antaloczy works in Music and Medicine – Integrative Medicine. She specializes in Chinese, Natural Medicine and Herbal Medicine which includes more than 6000 herbs – multi-functional medical cannabis being one of them. Scarlett is certified and belongs to the Ontario TCM board and the World Organization of Natural Medicine. In April 2019, like previously, she volunteered with a group of doctors and medical practitioners on a Humanitarian outreach, this time in St. Lucia where they treated and taught 100 patients a day. She has owned the OHMM CENTRE for 12 years in downtown Hamilton. There she practices Integrative Medicine and offers Compassionate Clinics to those with low-income brackets. Scarlett also works with NaturoSafe, a consulting group of MD’s, ND’s, nurses and medical practitioners. She has helped and consulted on medical cannabis at MMJ with more than 12,000 patients from all walks of life in the past 34 months. Patients…

My name is Andrew Pearson, I am 35 years old and have spent most of my life in Hamilton. I am married to my best friend and a proud cat/dog dad. I am a cannabis user, and advocate, and also was an employee with MMJ Canada, I can honestly say it was the best job I have ever had. Prior to working at MMJ Canada I was employed as a Janitor and was consistently unhappy in my employment. I was generally angry and anxious and did not enjoy my working environments let alone the work. With MMJ Canada, I sincerely enjoyed assisting patients on a regular basis, providing them with knowledge, and helping them to choose the best medication for their needs. Ensuring that patients were happy and felt taken care of was a huge and very pleasing part of every day. I had very painful dental issues for a…

As a medical cannabis advocate and employee of MMJ Canada, Marlena educated people on the endocannabinoid system and medicinal cannabis options for use. She also volunteers by teaching kickboxing at the LOST Organization- a charity for mental health that MMJ helped fund. With the closures of MMJ Medical Dispensaries, that funding is no longer possible. At an early age, she was diagnosed with TMJ disorder and more recently with psoriatic arthritis as well. With the support of her family, she found a doctor willing to discuss the options and then successfully replaced the intoxicating effects of pharmaceutical treatments with medical cannabis. It was the staff at MMJ however, that introduced her to the benefits of topicals and Marlena now uses a salve for psoriasis that works faster than her prescribed steroid creams with fewer side effects. As a patient, Marlena experienced first-hand how MMJ provided necessary products and services that…

I’m Emily Cleland, born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. I was the quiet, shy kid that did what I was told and was bullied throughout school. When I was in my teens, I realized my shyness was anxiety, it worsened and with it came depression. In my early twenties I was hit by a car and was lucky to have survived. After that I was unemployed, terrified, and basically a shut in because of my suffering. When I finally went to the doctor for my mental health it was the single biggest accomplishment of my life thus far. With a low dose of anxiety medication and referral to Cognitive Behavioural Group Therapy my freedom started to unfurl. It was during this self-help journey when I was asked to join MMJ Canada. I was scared out of my mind! My first real job at nearly 30 years of age in this…

Jennifer Cameron is a BSc Neuroscience graduate from Brock University who possesses a unique set of skills. Motivated by her own mental health journey alongside a genuine need to help others, she has combined her education background in scientific knowledge, her passion for mental health advocation and over a decade in customer service, all together to make a difference in patients’ lives through alternative medicine. Being diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression herself, she became discouraged after taking many different types of antidepressants with a minimal therapeutic index. After being turned down for a prescription for medical cannabis by her family doctor, she was able to obtain a prescription through Hello Cannabis. Registered with two licensed producers, Jennifer still found herself seeking alternative cannabis products from black market shops. As a strong advocate for improved and equal access, she began as a Cannabis Consultant for MMJ Canada in 2018….