A news release breaks down new rules for Canada’s medical marijuana regulations

Beaches Compassion

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A news release breaks down new rules for Canada’s medical marijuana regulations:

  • the process for applicants and health care practitioners will be streamlined, eliminating the need for individuals to provide Health Canada with their personal information or apply to the department for an Authorization to Possess;
  • personal and designated production by individuals in their homes will be eliminated on March 31, 2014;
  • current options to access marihuana for medical purposes will be replaced by regulated, commercial Licensed Producers who will be able to produce a variety of strains, thereby offering more choice to individuals who use marihuana for medical purposes;
  • Licensed Producers will have to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements such as quality control standards, record-keeping of all activities as well as inventories of marihuana, and physical security measures to protect against potential diversion;
  • Licensed Producers will distribute marihuana for medical purposes to the registered client via secure courier;
  • storefronts or retail outlets will not be permitted;
  • for the first time, nurse practitioners will be able to support access to dried marihuana for medical purposes, if permitted within their respective province or territory.
Health Canada says licensed producers will have to meet thorough security and quality control requirements:

  • They employ a quality assurance person with appropriate training, experience and technical knowledge to approve the quality of their dried marihuana;

  • Their production site is indoors, and not in a private dwelling. This would reduce the risk of diversion posted by outdoor production and would reduce health and safety risks associated with producing marihuana in a private dwelling;

  • The production site includes restricted-access areas, which would include all areas where a licensed activity is conducted with marihuana and cannabis other than marihuana (i.e. lab, production room, etc);

  • Access to the production site is controlled at all times and includes 24/7 visual monitoring systems and an intrusion detection system to detect unauthorized access;

  • Key personnel hold a valid security clearance, issued by the Minister of Health; and,

  • They have provided a written notification of their application, providing details regarding the location of the production site, to the local police force, local fire authority and local government.
Since its introduction in 2001, Health Canada’s Marihuana Medical Access Program (MMAP) has grown from under 500 authorized users to more than 30,000 today.




 

maximum

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We already know all this man. They are just summarizing the proposal the final changes are announced on the 19th. Or supposedly through email earlier.
 

Shawns

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I e-mailed them for a early copy with still no response so I'm not sure this is true everyone will probably have to wait till the 19th
 
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