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A spot for your pot? Medical marijuana producers want clear advertising rules from Ottawa

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 02/01/2016 - 10:41

OTTAWA — Some of Canada’s biggest producers of medical marijuana want Ottawa to implement advertising regulations similar to those that govern the sale of alcohol, as they await the Liberal government’s long-promised legal recreational market.

A concerted policy push is underway from Tweed Inc., Mettrum Ltd. and Bedrocan Canada Inc. — three licensed producers that operate under Health Canada’s medical marijuana program.

Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press
Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian PressMarijuana is weighed at a medical marijuana dispensary, in Vancouver, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2015.

Bedrocan and Tweed are subsidiaries of Canopy Growth Corp., a combined company that was formed in a merger.

The group wants the government to move quickly to create and implement legislation for a future recreational market in order to avoid a “Wild West”

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