Anyone attempting to get grow licence?

[FeloniousPunk]

Read The Task Force report on the legalization of cannabis in Canada. Guys thats is the group of people the Government appointed to research and then give a report to the Government on how to legalize Cannabis in Canada and all that. It has a section for medical cannabis. They specify that in order to keep the legitimacy of patients using cannabis for real medical purposes, the current legislation must still exist or a new legislation must come into force when the new law comes in legalizing it for everyone. The reason for this is to ensure patients are not being seen as just another "pot smoker" so to speak. They did a huge survey as well as a ton of research from multiple countries who have already legalized it(including the states in the US.) Its a good read but if u dont read it all, it is long, read the medical cannabis chapter at least. Stay informed people. Also it does not say you will be inspected no matter what, it says they have the right to come and inspect whenever they want doesnt mean they will come visit you every month. There is a reason why the ACMPR is there and they say it is working and it should stay or replace with something similar to protect patients. Research it and read before jumping the gun guys.

Thanks for the input npstrs.

I have read the Task Force report and refer to it as often as needed. I was hoping to establish if they have ever inspected anyone. I suspect they have because I saw application stats that said they had rejected several hundred ( I think the number was in the mid 300's).

And yes if they follow the report, MMJ will be protected. Here are the recommendations of the Task Force regarding medical cannabis:

The Task Force recommends that the federal government:
•Maintain a separate medical access framework to support patients
•Monitor and evaluate patients' reasonable access to cannabis for medical purposes through the implementation of the new system, with action as required to ensure that the market provides reasonable affordability and availability and that regulations provide authority for measures that may be needed to address access issues
•Review the role of designated persons under the ACMPR with the objective of eliminating this category of producer
•Apply the same tax system for medical and non-medical cannabis products
•Promote and support pre-clinical and clinical research on the use of cannabis and cannabinoids for medical purposes, with the aim of facilitating submissions of cannabis-based products for market authorization as drugs
•Support the development and dissemination of information and tools for the medical community and patients on the appropriate use of cannabis for medical purposes
•Evaluate the medical access framework in five years

The last recommendation along with the elimination of the designated grower (if I'm reading this right) are the issues that concern me most. I believe the review in five years is in response to the position of the CMA (and the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada, the national association representing medical regulators).
The Canadian Medical Association wants physicians out of the programme. This is probably the biggest opposition to MMJ. The CMA doesn't feel they have enough scientific evidence for their members to prescribe cannabis.

Here is the link for the Task Force Report:

A Framework for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada

You can click on "Chapter 5: Medical Access" if you don't want to read the whole report.

Peace.

 

[npstrs]

The issue of a designated person is too many are selling rather than providing for patients. Rejection happends for many reasons. Follow the rules you will be ok. As for the physicians some are well informed some arent i think it should be hecked see what the physicians knowor dont but yet if your physician does not have authority prescribe then another person(physicians or specialists in cannabis medicine) that will be authorized by health canada. This hopefully will get physicians to get more informed so they can prescribe it if they have the knowledge and skill where i live there are only a couple doctors that prescribe it the others have no knowledge whatsoever. My dr is an hour away from me and he has knowledge about cannabis and its medical value (he practices in a town of 2000 ppl) yet my city of 50 000 has maybe 2 or 3 drs that prescribe it. Its tough when some are old school and dont think its a medicine thats the big issue i believe the task force has found

 

[wiley420]

I thought dr.s got paid x amount for each prescription they write. Now that's just what I heard now saying that an if it's true do they also get paid for writing a mmj prescription ? It's all about money. The gov don't give 2 shits if mmj helps people or not as long as they get their money. They just trying to figure out how to do that before moving forward. That's just my opinion however


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[npstrs]

So this is how it works. A dr prescribes you a pharmaceutical. His name is on the prescription. That company who makes.the drug gives that dr x ammount each time. But with fannabis its not owned or manufactured by any pharmaceutical cuz u cant patent a plant itself therefore 0 $ is goven to the dr for a cannabis prescription.

 

[wiley420]

An that right there is why a lot of dr.s dong prescribe mmj I'd say. It's called greed imo


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[npstrs]

Yupp

 

[npstrs]

Ok everyone after like 14 ish weeks. My license finally came in today. Dont get discouraged but it does take a long time longer than i would like to see but its in so im happy hopefully everyone else who is waiting will get theirs soon as well

 

[npstrs]

I ordered plants from THC Biomed last week on tuesday, and I got a call today they will be here wednesday during the day, they have a 2 day purolator express shipping for the plants as they are not allowed more than 2 days for shipping for plants. the price for 6 plants, shipped and everything was 295 taxes included. this is probably the cheapest place to get plants.

Also note, when they pack them, their packaging is in sets of 3 so 3, 6, 9, etc. so if you are going to order like 7 or 8 plants, might as well order 9 because for 1 or 3 plants its the same price, same goes for 4 to 6 plants and 7 to 9 and so on, so it goes up every 3 plants for shipping so to make the most out of your order might as well fill all the slots with plants. was gonna order 8 but then i would of ordered 9 and that would have been a lot more so i started with 6 for now.

will post a thread and pics when i get them in so you can see how they are packaged and what they look like and everything.

 

[JPinkman]

"I'll buy it at a high price"
- Merchant, RE4

Seems to be priced accordingly with the general LD prices, wich is to say a little high. Props to you for going all legal, all the way. I did too except for my seeds.

 

[npstrs]

I am going to buy seeds also from tweed to get more variety but I will see how the plants go and may also buy more clones in the future

 

[Ahemait]

Picked up some sensi star and original cheese from canntrust, $20/seed.
Talked to aurora, fiat person a few months ago said they'd have seeds, recent person said she thought they were doing clones.

Will post when I plant them

 

[npstrs]

Ingit seeds from tweed 6 seeds for 85 bucks. And i also got 6 clones from thc biomed for 295$

 

[anduin1]

Now with how harsh the new bill is, Im going for my grow license. I don't want to be relegated to 4 plants or 30 gram limits. I'm not going to order from LPs either, just get the license and grow. For those of you who already have theirs, how do they calculate how many plants you can have? Someone told me it was based on the amount of grams per day so if you can convince the doctor to prescribe like 4 grams a day, how many plants does that entitle you to grow? I've always been a hobby grower and it kinda sucks this new law doesn't have any stipulations for people like myself and others so I have to find loopholes.

 

[npstrs]

Its section i believe 172 or around there. Theres a formula. I have 2 grams a day im allowed 10 plants

 

[JPinkman]

Indoor g/dayX5
Outdoor g/dayX3

The lowest Rx Ive ever seen was .3g/day and the highest Ive seen was 10/day.

In the cases Ive seen, it isnt about convincing anyone anything. You basicly need solid documented proof of your condition. This is easier for some things then others. Then you need to prove that Cannabis is the safest effective treatment. Then your Dr. Should perscribe an approprite dosage. It will be different for everyone.

As a side note I'll say that I've met many Dr.s on board with medical cannabis and not one of them would perscribe it to someone planning on smoking it. Smoking is unhealthy. The Dr.s like vaporisers, edibles and topicals.

 

[FeloniousPunk]

Hi All,

To start here is the calculator on the government's website (thanks to whoever posted it before!)

Calculator for the production of a limited amount of cannabis for medical purposes

I found a chart that might be easier here:

Growing Marijuana Legally | Van Isle Medical Marijuana

So I've decided to suck it up and get my grow license. Now here is my question. Where do I send the forms?

Peace.

 

[npstrs]

Xobeman posted it b4. I just knowthe section its in in the ACMPR

 

[Scrogdawg]

So I've decided to suck it up and get my grow license. Now here is my question. Where do I send the forms?

I'm not sure. For a $20 fee my doctor took my completed ACMPR forms and handled everything for me.

 

[npstrs]

Ok when u get the forms. Its on the health canada website. Download them fill them out on the computer. Print and sign..the first page is like a greetings page it tells you where to send it all and a # to call to see how ur application is going. Not trying to sound mean. But a simple google search would have given you all the info. Same for any ACMPR stuff. Easier to ask of course for ACMPR as it has a ton of info in its long ass list of pages but other things are easy. Google is your friend lol

 

[anduin1]

Indoor g/dayX5
Outdoor g/dayX3

The lowest Rx Ive ever seen was .3g/day and the highest Ive seen was 10/day.

In the cases Ive seen, it isnt about convincing anyone anything. You basicly need solid documented proof of your condition. This is easier for some things then others. Then you need to prove that Cannabis is the safest effective treatment. Then your Dr. Should perscribe an approprite dosage. It will be different for everyone.

As a side note I'll say that I've met many Dr.s on board with medical cannabis and not one of them would perscribe it to someone planning on smoking it. Smoking is unhealthy. The Dr.s like vaporisers, edibles and topicals.

I won't be seeing a regular doctor. My family doc won't even consider it and I've had to make an appointment with one of those drs the cannabis clinics hire on which also means I don't have an appointment until sometime in the summer because of the sheer volume of people they're seeing.