here we go folks LMAROTFF
and this shit being pushed by who? who else?..LP's of course!
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With cannabis now legal in Canada, and readily accessible online and in specialty stores, is it time for the federal government to dump the regulations that allow people to grow their own medical weed?
While the law only allows for four plants to be grown on a property for recreational use, a person growing under Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) could theoretically grow an unlimited number.
The determining factor is how many grams per day are prescribed by a physician and approved by Health Canada. One website, touting the ability to refer a patient to a "compassionate" physician for a prescription, suggested an application to Health Canada for 95 grams a day would likely be approved.
That would allow a licensee to grow more than 440 plants indoors – and the rules permit up to four registrations at the same location.
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Recent stories in Simcoe.com of neighbours of individuals growing cannabis reveal the need for change. Wasaga Beach resident Stephen Bennett, who lives next door to a large-scale grow-up that’s permitted under ACMPR, said he was surprised someone would be allowed to grow at that magnitude.
Tottenham resident Stephen Bonney spoke to Simcoe.com earlier in February about his experience living next door to a medical cannabis facility: “The odour from this plant just stinks like 10,000 skunks.”
The issue has caught the attention of municipalities, which are otherwise powerless to control an activity that is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is asking Health Canada to strengthen the rules and regulations for growing medicinal cannabis. One of the proposed changes suggested by FCM would force a person to get a municipal bylaw compliance certificate before growing cannabis for personal use.
The Canadian Association of Police Chiefs has also called for changes to cannabis legislation, and called on the government to merge the rules for recreational and medical use “to provide consistency and assist in reducing opportunities” for cannabis to make it onto the black market.
In a submission to Health Canada in 2018 on the government’s proposed approach to cannabis regulation, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) also recommended a single approach for both medical and recreational cannabis.
“Those who have experienced a two-system approach in Washington and Colorado have remarked on the challenges of having dual standards and regulations (e.g., purchase and possession quantities, taxation levels) and the contribution to the grey market,” the submission read.
In making the overall argument that there needs to be a broad public health policy approach to cannabis, the CMA’s position is that the medical profession does not need to be involved “as a gatekeeper once cannabis is legal for all, especially given that cannabis has not undergone Health Canada’s usual pharmaceutical regulatory approval process."
Now, more than a year after the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana, and with neighbours, municipalities and police seeking changes, it is time to review the ACMPR in order to level the playing field.
and this shit being pushed by who? who else?..LP's of course!
PPPPPHHHHTTTTT
With cannabis now legal in Canada, and readily accessible online and in specialty stores, is it time for the federal government to dump the regulations that allow people to grow their own medical weed?
While the law only allows for four plants to be grown on a property for recreational use, a person growing under Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) could theoretically grow an unlimited number.
The determining factor is how many grams per day are prescribed by a physician and approved by Health Canada. One website, touting the ability to refer a patient to a "compassionate" physician for a prescription, suggested an application to Health Canada for 95 grams a day would likely be approved.
That would allow a licensee to grow more than 440 plants indoors – and the rules permit up to four registrations at the same location.
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"The law is broken": Wasaga man wants stronger rules for medical pot growers
Recent stories in Simcoe.com of neighbours of individuals growing cannabis reveal the need for change. Wasaga Beach resident Stephen Bennett, who lives next door to a large-scale grow-up that’s permitted under ACMPR, said he was surprised someone would be allowed to grow at that magnitude.
Tottenham resident Stephen Bonney spoke to Simcoe.com earlier in February about his experience living next door to a medical cannabis facility: “The odour from this plant just stinks like 10,000 skunks.”
The issue has caught the attention of municipalities, which are otherwise powerless to control an activity that is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is asking Health Canada to strengthen the rules and regulations for growing medicinal cannabis. One of the proposed changes suggested by FCM would force a person to get a municipal bylaw compliance certificate before growing cannabis for personal use.
The Canadian Association of Police Chiefs has also called for changes to cannabis legislation, and called on the government to merge the rules for recreational and medical use “to provide consistency and assist in reducing opportunities” for cannabis to make it onto the black market.
In a submission to Health Canada in 2018 on the government’s proposed approach to cannabis regulation, the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) also recommended a single approach for both medical and recreational cannabis.
“Those who have experienced a two-system approach in Washington and Colorado have remarked on the challenges of having dual standards and regulations (e.g., purchase and possession quantities, taxation levels) and the contribution to the grey market,” the submission read.
In making the overall argument that there needs to be a broad public health policy approach to cannabis, the CMA’s position is that the medical profession does not need to be involved “as a gatekeeper once cannabis is legal for all, especially given that cannabis has not undergone Health Canada’s usual pharmaceutical regulatory approval process."
Now, more than a year after the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana, and with neighbours, municipalities and police seeking changes, it is time to review the ACMPR in order to level the playing field.
