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Health Canada Announces Producers Allowed To Sell Oils And More

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 08:45

Health Canada announced today in a group call with all Licensed Producers that the regulatory agency are immediately issuing a section 56 exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), which will allow licensed producers to produce and sell “cannabis oil and fresh marijuana buds and leaves in addition to dried marijuana”.

The announcement has been expected since the recent Supreme Court ruling that patients have the right to use medical marijuana in all its forms, not simply the ‘dried bud’ form previously allowed under the MMPR, although the announcement today has caught many by surprise. It was expected the regulator would be waiting some time before such an announcement. Fresh marijuana leaves and buds will allow those who wish to, for example, juice their marijuana.

Currently, those allowed to possess marijuana under the MMPR are limited to 150 grams in total. The new rules state that the quantity of fresh marijuana buds or...

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