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OTTAWA — The cost of providing medical marijuana to the country’s injured soldiers under a Veterans Affairs program jumped to more than $4.3 million this fiscal year, an increase of 10 times what was spent last year.

And the number of ex-soldiers eligible for taxpayer-funded, prescribed pot more than quadrupled to 601 patients, according to figures released by the department.

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The cost to federal taxpayers of providing medical marijuana to injured soldiers increased by 10 times in the current budget year to $4.3 million, according to figures released by the Veterans Affairs department. Here is a look at some of the facts and statistics:

601: veterans enrolled in 2014-15.

116: veterans enrolled in 2013-14.

64: veterans enrolled in 2012-13.

$4.3-million: cost of the program 2014-15 (to March 1, 2015).