The main change is to eliminate personal production in favour of licensed commercial producers who would be inspected and audited by Health Canada. Spokesperson Stéphane Shank said the government just finished a consultation period on the changes last month. The government is now analyzing the results, with a plan to implement the changes by March 31, 2014. Currently there are three types of medical marijuana licences — authorization to possess, personal-use production (can only produce for yourself), and designated-person production (can produce for someone authorized to possess). The licences to possess marijuana or grow marijuana for yourself require a medical declaration by a doctor. Doctors are supposed to ensure patients have severe pain or other health problems that cannot or should not be treated by a conventional treatment. Someone with a recent criminal record for drug activity cannot get a licence to grow for someone else. Health Canada requires a criminal conviction to revoke someone’s licence. However, Shank said the government cannot readily provide statistics about how many licences have been revoked. Learn more: turismoassociati.it/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=3327#ixzz2c1RYxChm
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:52:53 +0000
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