Big cannabis growers urge senators to ban commercial outdoor growing
The federal government’s consulting task force had recommended Ottawa should allow for outdoor commercial growing
Ipolitics (Canada)
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Canada’s medical cannabis industry is making a push in the Senate to ban large-scale outdoor cannabis cultivation. Allan Rewak, the executive director of the Cannabis Canada Council, an industry association that represents licensed producers of medical marijuana, urged senators Wednesday to prohibit large-scale outdoor cultivation in the government’s pot legalization legislation. But others have made the push for the government to open up outdoor pot cultivation to reduce the carbon footprint of growing weed indoors. “There are significant environmental costs to indoor production, including electricity usage,” he said. “Outdoor production can mitigate some of these problems and should be considered an option.”
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