With the Canadian government changing its stance on recreational marijuana, it only makes sense that we’d want to know the more biological and scientific aspects of it on the body. That’s what this conversation is all about. At our recent Let’s Talk: Marijauna event, local family physician, Dr. Lucinda McQuarrie, humbly took to the stage to give a ridiculous amount of information on the physical effects of marijuana. After her 15-minute presentation, we play back two questions from our Q & A period at the same event, talking about the possibility of not getting high when using marijuana, and the merits of marijuana.

Who Are Our Guests?

Dr. Lucinda McQuarrie is a Family Physician who lives and works in Langley, BC. Work life includes work at the Fort Family Practice Clinic, Langley Maternity Clinic, and inpatient medical care at Langley Memorial Hospital. Home life includes a marriage of 16 years with 2 children aged 7 and 9. She is a member of The Salvation Army Willows Church in Langley, where she is involved in discipleship leadership. She has lived in 8 cities across Canada, enjoys outdoor activities, and spends most summer weekends camping outside of Gibsons, where she met her husband more than half a lifetime ago.

Dr. John Neufeld joined Back to the Bible Canada after 30 years of serving in pastoral ministry, both as church planter and senior pastor. He is known both nationally and internationally for excellence in expositional Bible teaching. Prior to joining Back to the Bible Canada, Dr. Neufeld lead one of the largest churches in Canada as Senior Pastor for 15 years. He has spoken widely at churches, conferences and seminars throughout North America, and internationally.

Dr. Mark Ward received his PhD in New Testament Interpretation from Bob Jones University in 2012. He now serves the church as a Logos Pro, writing weekly on Bible study for the Logos Talk Blog and training users in the use of Logos Bible Software.

Episode Links

You can watch the entire Let’s Talk: Marijuana event here.

 

 

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Dr. McQuarrie:

Alright, so as a general family physician, I’m definitely not an expert in marijuana. I didn’t learn anything about it in medical school, but every day I encounter people who use or have questions about using. I want to encourage them, and I want to encourage us to have some critical thinking in our informed choices. To do so tonight, I’m just going to go through some of the background information about marijuana and our bodies, and ultimately, I just want God to get the glory for what we do as Christ’s followers.

In preparing for tonight, I asked a colleague of mine who works in youth mental health for some feedback and some insight. He felt that essentially all the facts that he’d read that I had got together would not change anybody’s opinions walking into that event. However, I want to challenge you in that, let’s open our minds. He did want for us to question and examine, what are our motives, our reasons for the use? Is it peer acceptance? Is it pain? Are there emotional issues? Is it just for enjoyment or relaxation?

As I was reflecting on that, I in my mind, kind of continued, as Christians, where should we find the answers to those needs, and what should be our coping mechanisms? However, tonight my job is to talk about the medical and biological properties, so bear with me, there’s a lot.