Changes to medical marijuana laws reflect desire to reduce risk: Health minister

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Changes to the laws for medical marijuana growers could reduce the risk of abuse, the country’s Health minister said Friday.

Leona Aglukkaq the process has begun to change the laws by beginning public consultations into a list of proposed changes the department has prepared, Postmedia reports.

Some of the changes include eliminating individual and private growers. Under the current system, eligible people apply to Health Canada, which then issues the licence.

People in the dispensing community who have been hearing about the impending change say it's unconstitutional, and removes the rights of medical cannabis patients to produce their own cannabis.

Health Canada's proposal is based on recent complaints from mayors and councilors across the country who say the current system poses dangers when growers don't follow local electrical, health and safety bylaws.

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