I’ve been working on this article the past few weeks and was hoping to share it to give a look into growing medically “by the book” in Canada:
Current regulations in Canada means medical patients can only purchase cannabis seeds from Licensed Producers. But out of the 69 that can sell seeds, none have and CBD strains and no immediate plans to offer them.
The frustrating thing is no one running things here seems to understand how crazy this is. CBD isn’t covered by health insurance, and if you’re poor and in pain, the only option you have is to grow your own. (It’s the only option I have.)
If you’re Canadian, please spread the word. I know all of us know how to access seeds on the ‘other’ markets, but most people don’t and won’t because there’s always a bit of risk when you’re doing Bitcoin transactions for seeds. The mom whose kid needs CBD needs the government to help her, not harm her, and letting LPs ignore medical patients is causing harm.
I’ve been in touch with breeders like Dutch Passion who told me their products will be hitting the Canadian market “sometime” in 2019, but man, we need a response from the Canadian government and the Licensed Producers about this.
Thanks so much for your time guys. I’ve only been around a few months but this is a great community.