A crackdown intended to keep medical marijuana out of the hands of crooks will mostly take it away from needy patients, says a Winnipeg grower.
Steven Stairs says his homegrown remedy has helped treat his glaucoma so well that his ocular pressure is healthy and normal.
He’s licensed to grow his own medicine, and has been since 2009, but the federal government is phasing out the program in favour of having small businesses retail medical marijuana, at market rates.
“So the government won’t have anything to do with it,” he notes. “But part of the new regulations is that they’re eliminating patients’ right to grow and that has serious consequences — financial, legal, and social.”
For one, the father of two says he’s not sure how he’d pay street rate for pot, $10/gram, when he’s used to growing it for $1/gram. He doubts Pharmacare will start paying for it.
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