What Health Canada's New Cannabis Regulations Mean For Patients
Wednesday’s release of Health Canada’s new medical cannabis regulations, the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR for short) brings some big changes for patients. Perhaps the biggest is the reintroduction of statutes that allow Canadian patients to grow for themselves, or to designate someone to grow on their behalf.
While elements of the pre-2014 Medical Marijuana Access Regulations (MMAR) have been reinstated, further clarity has now been provided via the Canada Gazette. Designated growers can be anyone without a previous drug offence in the past ten years, and will be allowed to grow for up to two patients either indoors or outdoors or a combination of the two. Another change from these earlier regulations is the allowance for patients who designate a grower to still participate in the process of growing, curing and perhaps processing their medical cannabis as well.
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