A specialized medical marijuana clinic is coming to Kitchener and is set to open at Glasgow Street in September.

That's thanks to new rules introduced in April of 2014 that allow any doctor to prescribe medical marijuana. Prior to this, approval from the federal government was required.

The new clinic will be operated by Canadian Cannabis Clinic, a medical office with doctors that specialize in assessing patients who may benefit from medical marijuana use.

Ronan Levy, the director of Canadian Counsel Clinics, says a lot of Canadian doctors don't feel comfortable prescribing medical cannabis due to a lack of knowledge and understanding about the drug.

"The reason we exist is rather than a doctor just having to say no to his patient, we now give them an option to say, I won't do it, but I can refer you to a specialized clinic," said Levy.

In most cases patients require a referral from a family doctor before meeting with the clinic's specialists, Levy said.