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Canadian Medical Marijuana Patients Authorized to Grow Their Own By Health Canada

The new regulations announced today go into effect in two weeks. But with legalization of the drug looming, today’s rules could soon change again, leaving people in the booming marijuana business still wondering what the future holds.

The former Conservative government scrapped home-grow permits in 2013, bringing in rules that meant the only legal way to get medical cannabis was through mail-order purchases from licensed producers.

Last year, a federal court in Vancouver struck that system down, and the Liberal government said it wouldn’t appeal. Today Health Canada rolled out new regulations, that go into effect August 24th

Under the new rules, patients with an authorization from a doctor can register with Health Canada to grow their own marijuana, or designate someone to grow it for them. They’ll be given a limited number of plants they’re allowed to grow, based on their daily dose, and expected yield of each plant. [Read more at CHEK News]

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