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Home-Grown Medical Marijuana: The New Rules for Canadians

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 08:21

As of Aug. 24, the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) replace the 2013 Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), which replaced the 2001 Marihuana Medical Access Regulations.

The new rules set out a framework for commercial production by licensed producers, like the MMPR, but like the former MMAR, allows patients to produce a “limited amount” for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them.

The 34 licensed producers will be the only legal source of “starting materials” — seeds and plants.

People who want to use medical cannabis still have to get a document from an authorized health-care practitioner specifying a period of use of up to one year and a daily quantity of marijuana in grams.

Authorized patients can then register to buy from a licensed producer or with Health Canada to grow their own or have someone else grow for them. That person...

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