In June, the Supreme Court of Canada threw out regulations that restricted patients who receive marijuana to dried forms of the drug, thus opening the door to prescriptions for marijuana cookies, butters, tea and capsules. It was the latest development in Canada’s still-evolving medical marijuana laws. Pot became legal for medical purposes in 2001, with regulations permitting small-scale cultivation. Starting in 2013, the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) required patients to buy the drug from licensed commercial producers. A pending challenge to the MMPR seeks to preserve the right of patients or their caregivers to grow their own pot.
Bad news for home growers, the MMPR created a new medical marijuana industry—and a nascent marijuana bar.
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