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Health care practitioners should consult their provincial or territorial health care licensing authority's guidelines and policies before authorizing the use of cannabis for medical purposes.
The Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations provide a mechanism for patients to access cannabis for medical purposes with the support of their physician or nurse practitioner (where authorized by provincial regulatory authorities).
Health Canada collects and publishes data on cannabis used for medical purposes under the Cannabis Act, the Cannabis Regulations, and the Cannabis Tracking System Order. Additional data on cannabis is available on the cannabis research and data page. In particular, the amount of cannabis sold for medical purposes is published on a quarterly basis and is available on the cannabis market data page.
Learn how to access or possess cannabis for your own medical purposes and register with Health Canada under the Cannabis Regulations.
Learn how to access cannabis for your medical purposes from licensed producers under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR).
Summary of feedback received from the consultation on the Draft Guidance on Personal Production of Cannabis for Medical Purposes.
Health Canada collects data on cannabis under the Cannabis Tracking System Ministerial Order. Data collected is for these types of cannabis in the legal industry: dried cannabis, edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, cannabis topicals, cannabis plants and cannabis seeds. Data categories includes: medical sales, non-medical sales, packaged inventory, unpackaged inventory and licensed area.
How to access cannabis for medical purposes.
As of November 1, 2018, the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying (the Regulations) require physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists to provide information related to requests for, and the provision of, medical assistance in dying (MAID). This guidance information is intended to support physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists in fulfilling their responsibilities under the Regulations.
The unaudited payments to medical practitioners list is located below and is for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. See "Payments to Medical Practitioners-Guide to Disclosure_Paiements aux médecins-Guide de divulgation.pdf" under Attachments below for further information regarding the disclosures.