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New medical marijuana grown in large-scale commercial operations will be sold at various price points, federal officials say. “What we’re hearing from producers is there will be quite a range,� Health Canada spokesman Todd Cain said. He said producers expect to offer between four and 30 different strains at different prices, some of them as low as about $3.50 or $4 a gram, adding that’s significantly lower than what medical pot users previously feared. “Supply and demand, once the market is established, will drive the pricing,� Cain said. Pot distribution will be done only by mail or courier, not through any pharmacies or retail outlets. In response to questions about pot being lost
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRICE TO VARY in the mail, Cain noted the existing federally run medical marijuana plant in Saskatchewan already ships product through a combination of courier and mail with a “good success rate.� Shipments will be in the form of dried marijuana only. It will be sent in individual airtight packets of 30 grams each, limited to a maximum of 150 grams per shipment. Cain predicted the new system will close loopholes that allowed abuse while ensuring qualified medical users can legally get marijuana. Users who are prescribed marijuana by a doctor will be permitted to possess 150 grams or a 30-day supply, whichever is lower. There are 35,000 existing permitted medical pot users in Canada.
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“They’re going to take that letter and roll it in product and they’re going to smoke it — that’s what’s going to happen,� predicted Mission Coun. Dave Hensman. He demanded to know how Ottawa justified licensing 700 legal medical pot grows in Mission — a community of 30,000 people — and said he opposes his municipality spending
a dime to clean up the problem. “I’m not going to shut them down and you’re not going to shut them down. So, dude, it’s not going to work.� Cain said privacy restrictions still prevent Ottawa from disclosing permitted grows. He said Health Canada could begin certifying legal producers within weeks and some of the expected 50 to 75 producers to be chosen nationwide are expect-
ed to be in operation well before the official April 1 launch date of the new system. More than 100 licence applications have been received and about 40 are from B.C., most of them located in the Lower Mainland. Hensman said the Lower Mainland doesn’t need that many commercial growers, suggesting more be located elsewhere in Canada.
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