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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). Four percent. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Please.

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Marijuana: Top Ten Reasons for Descheduling, Rescheduling or Not

FDA Law Blog

There has been no evidence that marijuana’s schedule should change since the last rescheduling review in 2016. The regulated cannabis marketplace brings in billions of dollars in revenue into state and federal governments, with predictions that cannabis sales will exceed $53 billion by 2027. In other words, no rescheduling.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

In what moral universe is a federal government deeply subsidizing my housing and not subsidizing that of my patients? I say with sarcasm, but that the government decided to subsidize home ownership and simultaneously designed a system where Black folks couldn’t be homeowners. We know what their income is. Margot: Yeah.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. 2015, 2016. Just to let you know, Eric, we have to give the credit to our federal government.