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Alternative course of Action: A. Alternative #1 – Do nothing and keep current legislation When it comes to medicinal cannabis and its regulation, we have the chance to keep the current legislation. This would include requiring potential patients to visit a certified doctor or practitioner in order to receive an official license. After obtaining this license the patient can then take their license into the government distribution facility . Once they have taken it in, the dosage will be confirmed in accordance to what the doctor prescribed and the dosage will be sent back to the patient. The patient is responsible for rolling the leaves in order to smoke it. i. Pros: Although the majority of patients are not comfortable with the†¦show more content†¦B. Alternative #2 - Allow all types of medicinal cannabis to be distributed only by government-regulated facilities. While current legislation prohibits medicinal marijuana from being taken in any other form than smoking, the demand for edibles is on a steady rise and has been proven, in various research studies, to be far more beneficial than smoking it. Unfortunately, for the patients that are licensed to use medical cannabis and would like to consume it in a different form they are restricted to smoking it. A good way of resolving this issue would be for facilities to allow licensed consumers to purchase their dosage on the spot. These facilities should continue to be government regulated, however they should be unrestricted to the form of the medicine. i. Pros: By using the second alternative, the government can still control the distribution of medical marijuana in Canada. If there are specialized facilities that are still government regulated they can continue to monitor when and what form of the medicine, they purchased and their intentions of usage. This will allow for accurate qualitative and quantitative reports. Additionally, many of the non government regulated dispensaries would be shut down ensuring the government that the purchases are for medicinal use only. Lastly, by introducing this method of