Government of Canada to Take Proactive Approach to Marijuana Advertising Enforcement

News Release
For Immediate Release

New direction will mean Health Canada will actively monitor for advertising violations

August 1, 2015 - Ottawa, ON - Health Canada

The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, today announced she has directed Health Canada to take a more proactive approach to monitoring illegal advertising of marijuana by non-regulated parties. This will be done using existing authorities under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Health Canada will proactively monitor all forms of marijuana advertising and promotion, and will issue compliance letters in cases where violations are identified. Continued violations may be referred to law enforcement. The department will also be more active in working with businesses to ensure that they are aware of the rules around advertising marijuana for medical purposes. Businesses and individual Canadians will be provided with an opportunity to file complaints about illegal advertising for follow-up.

Consistent with Health Canada’s commitment to openness and transparency, information will be made available on the Health Canada website on advertising activities being investigated and actions that have been taken.

Quick Facts

• Marijuana is not an approved drug or medicine in Canada. The Government of Canada does not endorse the use of marijuana, but the courts have required reasonable access to a legal source of marijuana when authorized by a healthcare practitioner.
• With the rise in number of illegal marijuana dispensaries, including mail-order and web-based services that don’t have physical locations, advertising for their services has also become much more common in recent years.
• To date, Health Canada’s activities around illegal marijuana advertising by non-regulated parties have been primarily complaint based. Under the new approach, the department will be more proactive in identifying and addressing cases of illegal advertising.
• In addition to more traditional advertising in print, radio and television, Health Canada will monitor web sites for various businesses, including dispensaries, to identify any advertising that may be taking place.
• Regulated parties such as licensed producers of marijuana for medical purposes are allowed to conduct limited advertising of basic information that is non-promotional, as long as they do not violate applicable advertising prohibitions.

Quotes
"The law is quite clear that dispensaries, whether they are online or a store-front, are illegal and they should not be allowed to advertise these illegal services. I have directed Health Canada to take a more proactive approach to compliance in order to protect the health and safety of Canadians."
The Honourable Rona Ambrose
Minister of Health

Associated Links

• Information on Marijuana for Medical Purposes

Contacts
Michael Bolkenius
Office of the Honourable Rona Ambrose
Federal Minister of Health
613-957-0200

Health Canada
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talk about a fucking giant waste of money...

Awww you beat me to it, I was just logging in to post this BS.
I was going to call her a bitch , but I do not want to offend Women, And I can not call her a Woman or a Lady because clearly she is not,so I will go with this.
Does this jack ass of a person ever stop flabbing at the lips about how Cannabis is bad, she is like the dude from South Park who always says "Drugs r Bad Ummm Kay" Holly shit this ass can not do real work for Canadian regarding health matters but she can flab all day about how "Marihuana is Bad Ummm kayyyyy" Holysheepshit.

Sounds like they plan to surf the net all day looking for illegal pot ads...lol...my tax dollars at work.

no man... they can use bill c-51 and micro filter anything they want..
truth be known...they already have years of it stored so if businesses stop now...it won't matter. They're already caught. It's only a matter of time. They just have to find a reason to go after them and voila they have a new batch of illegals to jail fine ..what have you...
I know a cyber security business. They spoke about how easy it is on many occasions

thinking about this last grasp for power..

ITS UTTER BULLSHIT... there is not a law enforcement officer or court that will see any of these trumped up charges go to court.
Its utter crap I tell ya... its only barking as loud as she can.
NOTHING WILL BE DONE!!! Watch and see!

That whore wants a war. I'm hoping a horrific traffic accident will come her way. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bitch. Her laying there suffering....sounds quite appropriate to me. Just like she'd have you do.

Does that mean hc can be sued for lying on those public service announcements.

I dont know why they dont just light wheel barrows full of cash on fire right on parliament hill.
Same fukkin thing cept no one gets to roast marshmallows.

torontoke said:

I dont know why they dont just light wheel barrows full of cash on fire right on parliament hill.
Same fukkin thing cept no one gets to roast marshmallows.

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or consult the patients and use the $$ on knowledge instead of feeding it to lawyers

doingdishes said:

or consult the patients and use the $$ on knowledge instead of feeding it to lawyers

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Knowledge and government don't go hand in hand lol money is the only thing gov gives two shits about and this gooberment loves wasting money