Laura Woodward
A Saskatoon medical marijuana facility fears their business will be at risk as the federal government moves to legalize weed.
“Once it is legal, I don’t think medical patients will use the medical
system,” said Lauren Taylor, an information specialist at Saskatoon’s
National Access Cannabis centre.
NAC helps people access medical marijuana through their physician.
Taylor speculates, when weed is legal, more options of strains in the
recreational market will be available and, therefore, fewer people will
choose the medical route.
“We can educate people on the strains and the dosing, we can help them
navigate that world, but why they would buy it from a licensed producer?
I don’t know that there is any incentive,” Taylor said.
The medical marijuana market is limited, according to Taylor, but once
the drug becomes legal, more marijuana forms like edibles, tinctures and
locations will be accessible.
How pot will be sold after legalization is not yet clear. The Liberal
government announced Thursday it would let the provinces decide the
retail rules for retail environments.
The government is aiming to legalize marijuana by July 2018.
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