| Canada's initiative to decriminalize marijuana is targeted | | | | in effect , the utilization of medical marijuana has been |
| on incurably unwell patients who benefit from the use | | | | decriminalized. |
| of medical marijuana to alleviate unbearable indications | | | | Each segment provides direction for how a person |
| of chronic and terminal illnesses. The Marijuana Medical | | | | can get get approved, license renewals, and the |
| Access regulations ( MMAR ) lists precise rules for | | | | amounts of medical marijuana that may be in |
| Canadians to follow. | | | | possession at any one time. The latest statistical data |
| The ( MMAR ) gives the Canadian health care system | | | | kept by the Canadian government ( July 2008 ). Show |
| a legal method to control people who use, cultivate, or | | | | there are 1476 physicians authorized to prescribe the |
| store marijuana for medical purposes. The court order | | | | drug, while the number of Canadians allowed to |
| included a stipulation targeted at getting the Canadian | | | | possess, grow, or store it is 2812. |
| government to move on this issue. This clear message | | | | Marijuana Growers |
| from the court was step one in creating the MMAR. | | | | The grower must make an application to the Canadian |
| By 2001, the new medical marijuana regulations were | | | | government with complete identification papers and |
| in effect. | | | | plans for growing medicinal marijuana for the Canadian |
| Research into the benefits of medical marijuana by | | | | medicare system and individual patients. Although |
| modern scientists began in the 1800's and William | | | | Canada has its own government-controlled herb |
| Brooke O'Shaughnessy of the Medical College in | | | | growing company it is possible for private voters to |
| Calcutta is credited with the 1st research and | | | | grow marijuana under the new rules. |
| introduction of the curative features of marijuana to | | | | A plan for production and outlets for disposal must be |
| the Western medical community. During this time it | | | | included in the application so that the growing of the |
| was useful in relieving many evidence of protracted | | | | drug can be controlled and the amount of drug can be |
| sickness. Although research continued to show the | | | | monitored. For each license to grow medical marijuana, |
| medicinal benefits of using the plant, new laws were | | | | a limit to the amount a grower can produce is set. The |
| beginning to be implemented in numerous countries that | | | | amount of drug produced must match the distribution |
| concentrated on the use of illegal drugs. Marijuana | | | | points permitted by the Canadian regime. All the steps |
| became one of the drugs included by these new rules | | | | in cultivation are monitored and tracked according to |
| and regulations and as a consequence the power to | | | | the new MMAR laws. The Canadian medicare system |
| use it for medical purposes was taken away by | | | | is partially answerable for working with government |
| executives that wished to curb the use of illegal drugs | | | | agencies to insure that the regulations do not make a |
| by its citizens. | | | | bigger illegal marijuana problem by having legal |
| By dumping a right to use marijuana legally, it changed | | | | growers producing too much of the drug which might |
| into a black market product. Even though it was key to | | | | find its way into the illegal markets. |
| the relief of many enfeebling symptoms of chronic and | | | | American law makers should consider some of the |
| terminal illnesses, these laws made it illegal to use, | | | | marijuana laws implemented by other states as a |
| grow, or store the plant even for private use. Even | | | | guide to make our marijuana laws. But then again that |
| possession of the plant was illegal. Due to the result of | | | | would make sense... |
| the criminalization of marijuana.now that the MMAR is | | | | |