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Dr. Mike Hart is a Canadian physician and advocate for medicinal cannabis reform. He is the founder of the ReadyToGo Medical Clinic in London, Ontario, where he serves as the medical director. Dr. Hart is the first physician in London, Ontario to open a cannabis clinic.

In addition to his involvement in the Canadian medicinal cannabis legalization movement, Dr. Hart is a public advocate for including medicinal cannabis in insurance coverage offered by the Canadian government as well as by private insurers. He is also an advocate for removing sales tax from medicinal cannabis.

In 2015, comedian Mike Paterson featured Dr. Hart in the CBC documentary Grass Fed. The documentary includes a patient consultation between Dr. Hart and Paterson.

Career
Dr. Mike Hart began his career in general family practice with an emphasis on preventive medicine in 2010, after studying at the Saba School of Medicine in the Netherlands and a residency at the University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine. In his clinical practice, he noticed that patients with chronic pain and PTSD were not experiencing adequate relief with available treatments. Dr. Hart saw promise in cannabis as a safer and more efficacious alternative to commonly prescribed painkillers, such as opioids and benzodiazepines. He began prescribing cannabis in 2013.

In 2014, Dr. Hart opened the ReadyToGo Medical Clinic, the first cannabis clinic to open in London. This increased patient access to medicinal cannabis at a time when the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario recommended against the use of medicinal cannabis. The initial treatments offered at ReadyToGo Medical Clinic did not involve the psychoactive effects of recreational marijuana use and instead focused on helping chronic pain patients improve their ability to function autonomously and return to work.

In 2016, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario amended their policies to offer support for “cautious and compassionate prescription” of medicinal cannabis and to comply with Canadian court rulings requiring “reasonable access to a legal source of marijuana.”

As the medical director of a prominent pro-cannabis clinic, Dr. Mike Hart has been invited to speak at Continuing Medical Education events throughout Ontario as well as medicinal cannabis industry events across Canada, including the Cannabis Life Conference and O’Cannabiz. At the LIFT & Co Cannabis expo in 2016, Dr. Hart gave a keynote presentation on the efficacy of medicinal cannabis on patients with PTSD.

Dr. Hart opened ReadyToGo Medical Clinic's downtown London location in 2017.