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<img class="size-full wp-image-4700 alignleft" src="http://swerve.fyi/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tree.png" alt="" width="160" height="160" />Marijuana.Ca offers Canadians helpful and reliable information and resources about marijuana, its therapeutic potential to treat various ailments, studies, organizations and how Canadians can access medical marijuana through the <span style="color: #993300;"><a style="color: #993300;" href="http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2016/2016-08-24/html/sor-dors230-eng.php" target="_blank"><em>Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes (ACMPR)</em></a></span> system in Canada.

The marijuana plant has been used for thousands of years to treat various ailments in ancient China, India and Greece. More recently, there has been a torrent of interest in this complex plant that has garnered the attention of researchers, health practitioners and patients across North America.

In Canada, patients have a constitutional right to access marijuana for medical purposes.  <span class="cwgf-standard-line-height">On August 24, 2016, Health Canada released the new <a href="http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2016/2016-08-24/html/sor-dors230-eng.php" target="_blank">Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations</a> (ACMPR).  There are some significant changes/amendments made to the previous Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR).  We have listed some the most notable changes to the repealed MMPR at the following link:</span> <a href="http://marijuana.ca/index.php/plant/patient_resources/acmpr">Synopsis of the ACMPR.</a>

Treatment decisions are best made in consultation with your health care practitioner. Under the ACMPR, an authorized health care practitioner includes physicians in all provinces and territories, and nurse practitioners in provinces and territories where supporting cannabis for medical purposes is permitted under their scope of practice.

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<a href="http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/drugs-products-medicaments-produits/buying-using-achat-utilisation/cannabis-medical/access-acces/personal-production-personnelle/index-eng.php" target="_blank">Health Canada Registration Forms &amp; Information - on personal home growing for medical purposes</a>

<a href="http://www.marijuanalaws.ca/pdf/HC-ACMPR-med-document-eng.pdf" target="_blank">ACMPR Medical Document Form (that doctors fill out for patients (if appropriate) to access cannabis for medical purposes)</a><strong><a href="http://marijuana.ca/index.php/industry_press/statement-health-canada-concerning-access-cannabis-medical-purposes" target="_blank">
</a></strong><strong><a href="http://marijuana.ca/index.php/industry_press/statement-health-canada-concerning-access-cannabis-medical-purposes" target="_blank">
</a></strong><a href="http://marijuana.ca/index.php/industry_press/statement-health-canada-concerning-access-cannabis-medical-purposes" target="_blank">S</a><a href="http://marijuana.ca/index.php/industry_press/statement-health-canada-concerning-access-cannabis-medical-purposes" target="_blank"><span class="cwgf-standard-line-height">tatement from Health Canada concerning access to cannabis for medical purposes.</span></a>

<strong>For more details pertaining to the new regulations, please review the following links:</strong>
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 	<li><a href="http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/publications/drugs-products-medicaments-produits/medical-security-producing-cannabis-securite-production-fins-medicales/index-eng.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Information Bulletin: Safety and Security Considerations When Producing Cannabis for Your Own Medical Purposes</a></li>
 	<li><a href="http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1110409" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fact Sheet: Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations</a></li>
 	<li><a href="http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/publications/drugs-products-medicaments-produits/understanding-regulations-medical-cannabis-medicales-comprehension-reglements/index-eng.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Understanding the New Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations</a></li>
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New ACMPR /Medical Marijuana regulations are now available @ the <a href="http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2016/2016-08-24/html/sor-dors230-eng.php">Canada Gazette</a>.</span></strong>

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