Health Canada Proposes Amendments to MMPR

jgz1006

jgz1006

Active Member
"These amendments would require licensed producers of marijuana for medical purposes to regularly report to provincial and territorial medical and nursing licensing bodies which doctors and nurses are authorizing marijuana and in which quantities. The reporting will enhance their oversight by ensuring they have the ability to monitor for high dosages, multiple medical authorizations and multiple registrations with licensed producers, and can take appropriate action such as investigation, or discipline."



http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=index&crtr.page=1&nid=856859&_ga=1.53528360.1681756433.1395419050
 
Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

Well-Known Member
Thanks for posting! This is bad news for the Skype doctors, LP's needing more patients, and patients that will require a prescription in the future......the more scrutiny on the doctors, the tougher it is going to be to get a prescription. When the provincial bodies see how many prescriptions the Skype doctors are handing out, it'll be game over.
 
R

rpanon

Active Member
wwwwooooooooooooooooooowwwww

KISS GOODBYE TO THE DREAMS OF LP'S WHO THOUGHT THIS WOULD EXPAND TO A SYSTEM LIKE CALIFORNIA. THE MARKET WILL REMAIN TINY BECAUSE COLLEGES WILL "DISCIPLINE" DOCS WHO SIGN TO MANY AUTHORIZATIONS. NORMAL DOCS WON'T WANNA SIGN FOR SUFFERING THE SAME PUNISHMENT. THE DOC WILL SAY THAT HE/SHE DOESN'T WANT THEIR LICENSE IN JEOPARDY.
 
R

rpanon

Active Member
I can imagine a patient going to a doc and asking for mmj and the doc responding with "oh sorry, i already signed one this year and don't want to risk it"
 
P

PeaceTrees

Active Member
Yeah.... not sure how this is going to go. They want the system to be successful, but what is HC's definition of successful? If it was just lots of patients, they wouldn't have done this eh
 
R

rpanon

Active Member
can't wait to see all of these lp's crying cuz they only have a couple of thousand clients. those clients will also probably be really sick like have cancer, aids etc.
 
johny sunset

johny sunset

Well-Known Member
I always figured it would be a matter of time before they pull back on the reins at bit on this whole thing.

What a joke.
 
Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

Well-Known Member
PeaceTrees said:
Yeah.... not sure how this is going to go. They want the system to be successful, but what is HC's definition of successful? If it was just lots of patients, they wouldn't have done this eh
Click to expand...
I think this is an attempt to appease to provincial bodies, who are far from happy with the MMPR and are pushing back big time.
 
P

PeaceTrees

Active Member
But the really sick patients can't really be customers for LP's, Health Canada should know that. These really sick people need to be allowed to grow their own because how can they afford LP pricing for hundreds of grams a month? They should work towards easing off on how hard it is to get a prescription or this whole program is going to fall apart, really sick people do not represent a demographic that the LP's want, its the people who want it for "anxiety" and "back pain" and "depression" that will form a solid client base.

For fucks sake just legalize it, let people grow 5-6 plants and let the LP's enjoy the recreational market rather than fight to profit off patients
 
Last edited:
R

rpanon

Active Member
you think tweed with all its millions would have enough money to beat these hc amendments and lobby colleges. think again.
 
G

gb123

Well-Known Member
It'll be legalized before things like this happen. Doctors will freak out. LP's will complain. Patients will go to jail.

Sorry HC... but....you're gonna have to change your tune! :)
 
j0yr1d3

j0yr1d3

Well-Known Member
So no more over 5 gram prescriptions and no more multiple LP registrations by the looks of what they are trying to do. I like how half the article/news is how "marihuana is not an approved medicine" and propaganda about public health/safety, in true HC fashion.
 
R

rpanon

Active Member
Yup, I totally agree. The failure of the MMPR will only hasten and further the call for legalization. Actually, this bit the cons on the ass. It would have been in their interest to have the mmpr succeed like in america cuz then they could have said 'oh, who needs legalization when we have this viable medical market where it belongs'. Instead, its failure will bring legalization sooner then later.
 
Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

Well-Known Member
I think this is one of the reasons for the delay in approving any new LP's and stalling currents applicants......HC knows this will severely restrict access and limit the market.
 
bigmanc

bigmanc

Well-Known Member
going to be a very competitve business, i expect only the greenhouse ops (if any) to survive, its going to come down to who can offer the cheapest/quality per gram and keep there operating costs down. I wonder what the salaries are rite now for LP workers or managers lol
 
C

CannaReview

Well-Known Member
Wow I'm not fan of the LP's but this gov is royally screwing them right after giving them a license and letting them spend all that time and money to set up their businesses. Hopefully investors outside of Canada will realize how toxic the Harper gov is.
 
Agracan

Agracan

Well-Known Member
If you think you'll get a script after this passes. GOOD LUCK.
PeaceTrees said:
Yeah.... not sure how this is going to go. They want the system to be successful, but what is HC's definition of successful? If it was just lots of patients, they wouldn't have done this eh
Click to expand...
They don't want this to be successful. At every point they say how its not a Health Canada approved drug and they have been FORCED to deal with it by the court. This is being torpedoed at every corner. It would seem to me now that the a lot of the issues LP's are having are a result of the antipathy of the government.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top