When it comes to getting cannabis prescribed by a doctor in Canada, it's expected that most doctors are going to fearmonger to their patients that the only cannabis they should be purchasing is that from licensed-producers in the country.

Aside from this being the only "legal" route for them to acquire their medicine, many assume that it's also the much safer route. They say that if you choose to purchase something from an unregulated dealer off the street, or from a dispensary exercising civil disobedience, that you will have no idea of knowing what's in it and therefore you are at risk of endangering yourself by consuming a potentially harmful product.

They prefer to promote the authorized licensed producers because they say that ther product is likely to be safer, thanks to being required to meet a variety of Health Canada rules.

But those who have gone with licensed producers in the country don't seem to be any safer, as they have also had problems. And now, those problems might be causing others to reconsider where they get their cannabis.

Multiple class action lawsuits have been recently launched against licensed producers in Canada, such as OrganiGram and Mettrum.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuits are seeking millions of dollars in damages over their claims that they had purchased cannabis that was tainted with harmful pesticides. However, it might be a tough and lengthy uphill battle, as Health Canada has already asserted that any pesticides present in the cannabis would most likely have been such low levels that they wouldn't have caused any harmful effects.

Mettrum and OrganiGram are two of the largest licensed producers in the country at the moment and it's alleged that product tests have already confirmed that the companies were using banned pesticides on the plant: myclobutanil and bifenazate.

OrganiGram and other distributors have already recalled their products voluntarily from the market, after traces of the controversial pesticides were found. And officials with Mettrum have said that it's inexcusable for the pesticide to have been found on their product. They clearly want to maintain higher standards for their products, and they are ready to defend themselves in court.

Legalization has been a long time coming in Canada, and it's said that the people might finally see full realization perhaps sometime this year or next. In the meantime, dozens of dispensaries just this week were raided by police for their refusal to shut down and their persistence on exercising civil disobedience in providing cannabis to those in the community who need it.

While lawmakers in the nation continue to struggle with unfolding their tightly controlled market for "legalization" of cannabis, many members of the public want to see them ease off of wasting valuable resources on raiding dispensaries. After all, it wasn't that long ago (back in 2000) that the Supreme Court of Canada had officially recognized and acknowledge the medical benefits to cannabis. They affirmed back then that prohibiting cannabis violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Sources:

https://nowtoronto.com/news/class-actions-launched-med-pot-patients-sold-pot-tainted/

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/10/tweed-marijuana-rcmp-seizure_n_5126338.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/medical-marijuana-cannabis-health-canada-random-testing-1.3971601

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/medical-marijuana-recall-expanded-due-to-banned-pesticide-being-found/article33643174/

https://news.lift.co/health-canada-issues-type-ii-recall-organigram-products/

http://globalnews.ca/news/3299980/canadian-marijuana-legalization-timeline/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-not-told-about-banned-pesticide-found-in-medical-marijuana-supply/article33443887/