Exactly right Lightgreen2k. As new, more permanent rules will come into effect as early as next spring I would prefer not to be on the hit list. They haven't really done much in the way of inspections or enforcement of the old MMAR grow rules but who knows what may happen under the new regs. I live in a rural area so if Hellth Canada gave out info to the local cops about licensed growers in the area they got plenty of time to drop by and check me out. I'll just keep growing on the QT.
The opportunity came up for me to get a doctor's recommendationfor medical pot while in BC so I grabbed it up. Didn't cost me anything but gas money to drive an hour to the clinic so I went for it. Wasn't sure if there was a fee until it was all over but he just billed my Alberta medical for 2 visits just the same as if I went in for any other complaint. I've hit on all the doctors here since the MMAR first came out but never got no joy. The gov't here has always dissuaded doctors from signing people up so with all the imported docs, South Africa mostly, we have up here they didn't want to rock the boat. One even told me that smoking pot would drive me insane. lol
No joke JungleStrike. When Harper started the legal producer scam he tried to stop home growing with people that got their permits to grow under the old MMAR rules. About 40,000 or so were licensed and told by April 1st 2014 they had to have shut down their grows and destroy any supplies of pot they had stashed away. As if! lol A supreme court ruling on the Allard case got a continuation of the old rules so those that had permits could continue growing.
A recent ruling has extended home growing for those of us that have recently got the docs OK under the rules now called Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations or MMPR. That's what it's called on the letter I have at least tho the name has changed again to Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations is the new name or ACMPR.
Getting that form from the doc doesn't allow the holder to grow. You still have to apply to Hellth Canada to be legal to grow for yourself or up to two others using
this form. http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/alt/pdf/drugs-products-medicaments-produits/buying-using-achat-utilisation/cannabis-medical/access-acces/personal-production-personnelle/registration-form-formulaire-inscription-eng.pdf.
For each gram per day the doctor signs you up for you are allowed to grow 5 plants indoors or 2 outdoors. Some mix is allowed so you could start plants indoors to move out in the spring I guess but I'm not sure if even the gov't knows how that works exactly. So with my 8g/day permit I'd be allowed 40 plants inside. Not bad.