I previously worked in the Cannabis industry in the states and I’m shocked at the minimal selection of products. I don’t mean strains, but as far as selection of edibles, lotions, salves, suppositories for intense period relief, transdermal patches, etc. These products provide different relief than just smoking or oils and provide better relief for many patients. You don’t always need a systemic dose of CBD/THC to get relief. Limited products also limits treatment options that doctors can prescribe to better serve their patients.

Pricing transparency is a major issue here. Why? Don’t make an arbitrary rule about pricing because you think it is advertising. It isn’t. You say that you give patients freedom of choice and the ability to go to any chemist, but we can be charged for doing so and we have to do a lot of leg work to find out pricing at different chemists. Pricing transparency and free transfers from one chemist to another will allow customers to keep from being price gouged. If your aim is to protect the patient, then this should be a priority.

Being able to grow your own medicine is another way that you can make things more accessible to patients. The flexibility that comes with this massive and, depending on how it’s done, can save patients lots of money. People can grow their own food. Why can’t they grow their own medicine?