Originally published at: Canadian physicians can now prescribe free national park passes as part of medical treatment | Boing Boing
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Better than hooking people on oxy, for sure!
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“I’d really feel better if I had a room with a view doc.”
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this is awesome… we ALL need more time outdoors
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“Ask your doctor if Banff is right for you.”
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SIde effects may include risk of liver failure, premature aging and a world weary outlook on life.
(Based on living in Banff for a season way back).
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On U.S. Federal recreation lands (most sites administered by the Natioanl Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish & Wildlife Service), 36 CFR 71.13(d) prohibits recreation fees for “hospital inmate[s] actively involved in medical treatment or therapy in the area visited.” I’ve never heard of it being used, though. (That law is almost 50 years old, and I’m not sure how they define “hospital” these days; “inmates” is generally defined as “inpatients” in common usage.)
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Now if they will only provide public transportation to these parks it might actually be useful for the elderly or disabled…
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Those Canadians are shaming the USA, again, today.
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“But doctor, I am Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park!”
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This is a good thing, but wouldn’t it be more efficient to just make the parks free for all, rather than require a government-subsidized visit to a doctor in order to get in for free?
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There is a program where permanently disabled people can get a free life time pass to parks, though it’d be good if more had access.
Japanese call the outdoor healing “forest bathing”
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I wonder what will happen when I try to slip that one past Independence Blue Cross???
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“Here is where the birds sing. Here is where the sky is blue.”
I doubt that it is intentional. 
@mycroftb Thanks for a LOL 
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