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Health Canada Forms, Guide and
Information to Produce Cannabis at
Home
Register here to grow cannabis
at home for your own medical purposes.
The medical authorization
form for your doctor to fill out is here.
How to commercially produce,
distribute and sell cannabis legally
in Canada.
The Access to Cannabis for
Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR)
Facts: The Access to Cannabis for
Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR)
August 2016
On August 11, 2016, Health Canada
announced the new Access to
Cannabis for Medical Purposes
Regulations (ACMPR).
These new regulations will replace
the Marihuana for Medical
Purposes Regulations (MMPR) when
they come into force on August 24,
2016, and are being implemented as a
result of the Federal Court ruling
in the case of Allard v. Canada.
These new regulations will allow for
reasonable access to cannabis for
medical purposes for Canadians who
have been authorized to use cannabis
for medical purposes by their health
care practitioner.
What has changed under the ACMPR?
The largest single change is the
introduction of provisions that will
allow Canadians who need access to
cannabis for medical purposes to
grow cannabis at home for their own
medical purposes, or designate
someone to grow it for them.
Health Canada believes that the
addition of these provisions
enabling individuals to produce
cannabis for their own medical
purposes at home will provide for
accessibility and affordability, and
address the issue of reasonable
access identified by the Federal
Court.
What does this mean for health
care practitioners?
The ACMPR do not change the role of
health care practitioners in Canada
in the administration of this
program. Health care practitioners
remain responsible for authorizing
the use of cannabis for medical
purposes.
Updated guidance for
health care practitioners can be
found on Health Canada's website
that may aid in determining the
proper
daily amount/dose for
patients requiring cannabis for
medical purposes. Several provincial
health care regulatory authorities
and the College of Family Physicians
of Canada have also issued
guidelines or guidance for health
care practitioners.
What does this mean for Canadians
who use cannabis medically?
Individuals authorized to use
cannabis for medical purposes by a
health care practitioner will have
the option of growing cannabis at
home for their own medical purposes,
or designating someone to cultivate
it for them.
Patients will also continue to have
the option of purchasing safe,
quality-controlled cannabis from one
of the 34 producers licensed by
Health Canada.
With the appropriate medical
document from their health care
practitioner, individuals can apply
to
register with Health Canada to
grow cannabis at home for their own
medical purposes or to designate
someone to produce it for them.
With registration, individuals will
be allowed to grow a limited number
of plants based on a formula that
takes into account the individual’s
daily dose (i.e. quantity authorized
by their physician) and the average
yield of a plant under certain
growing conditions, such as indoor
or outdoor growing.
Click here to find out home much you
can grow under the ACMPR based on
your prescription.
Individuals who were previously
authorized to possess and/or produce
marijuana under the former
Marihuana Medical Access Regulations
(MMAR) and who meet the terms of the
Federal Court injunction order may
continue to do so until the Court
orders otherwise.
Individuals covered by the
injunction who wish to change the
terms of their license, such as a
change in address or designated
producer, will be able to do so by
registering with Health Canada under
the new regulations.
Additional information on how to
register, including forms, will be
available soon.
What does this mean for Licensed
Producers (LP)?
The 34 Licensed Producers across
Canada, which are currently
supplying close to 70,000 Canadians,
are expected to continue to be the
main source of safe,
quality-controlled cannabis for
medical purposes.
In addition to continuing to provide
access to dried or fresh marijuana
or cannabis oil, these licensed
producers will now also be the only
legal source of starting materials
(seeds or plants) and interim supply
to individuals who are registered
with Health Canada to produce or who
have designated someone to produce
for them, a limited amount of
cannabis for their own medical
purposes.
Do the regulations allow
storefront operations?
No. Access to cannabis for medical
purposes is only permitted under the
terms and conditions set out in the
regulations. Storefront operations
selling marijuana, commonly known as
“dispensaries”
and “compassion
clubs” are not authorized to
sell cannabis for medical or any
other purposes.
These operations are illegally
supplied, and provide products that
are unregulated and may be unsafe.
Illegal storefront distribution and
sale of cannabis are subject to law
enforcement action.
The only legal commercial source of
safe, quality-controlled cannabis
for medical purposes in Canada is
through purchase directly from one
of the
34 producers licenced by Health
Canada.
Is Health Canada contemplating
other changes?
What do these regulations mean in
terms of the Government’s commitment
to legalize, strictly regulate and
restrict access to marijuana?
These regulations provide an
immediate solution that is necessary
to address the issue of reasonable
access identified by the Federal
Court within the six month deadline
that the Court provided. These
changes should not be interpreted as
being the longer-term plan for the
regulation of access to cannabis for
medical purposes, which is presently
being determined as part of the
Government’s commitment to legalize,
strictly regulate and restrict
access to marijuana.
These new regulations will continue
to be evaluated to ensure that
individuals authorized to access
cannabis for their own medical
purposes have reasonable access.
Health Canada is also committed to
studying other models, including
pharmacy distribution, to provide
access to cannabis for medical
purposes.
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