Canada puts in new rules for prescribing medical marijuana to veterans

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The Canadian government is slashing the limit on how much veterans can be prescribed under federal rules, from 10 grams per day to just three, and putting a hard cap on how much marijuana should cost, at $8.50 a gram.

That brings the rules in line with Health Canada recommendations, and may help curb runaway costs for the Veterans Affairs Canada drug insurance program.

VICE News wrote last week that the program was facing staggering cost overruns, while fears abound that veterans were being prescribed far more marijuana than needed.

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