Health Canada Marijuana Task Force Q5 - What are your views on the most appropriate production model?

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What are your views on the most appropriate production model? 

Possible Options

1. Production Model: Experience with both home cultivation and government-controlled production in the context of relatively small numbers of medical users suggests neither approach would be in the public interest in the context of the larger numbers of users expected in a legalized market. Therefore, some form of private sector production with appropriate government licensing and oversight could allow for safe and secure production of legal marijuana with adequate choice (both price and strain) for consumers.
2. Good production practices: In general, ingestible products must meet certain quality standards. In the medical marijuana regime, Health Canada has established product content and production controls that have proven effective in minimizing risks to clients. Similarly, safeguards could be put in place to ensure that marijuana is produced and stored in sanitary and secure conditions. There could be strict security requirements to minimize the possibility of diversion. Controls could be placed on pesticides that can be used, and on microbial and chemical contaminants. Marijuana could also be subject to analytical testing so that those consuming can be reliably advised of its contents, particularly amounts of THC and CBD.
3. Product packaging and labelling: The way in which products are packaged and labelled offers an opportunity to minimize the harms of marijuana, particularly for children and youth. Measures to consider implementing include: child-proof packaging to prevent accidental ingestion by children; and, labels on packages to contain both important information about the product (e.g., THC and CBD content) as well as appropriate health warning messages.

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/health-system-systeme-sante/consultations/legalization-marijuana-legalisation/system-production-systeme-eng.php

Neither option.  It's actually been proven that home grown cannabis IS actually safe.  The only reason that there could be problems is that there is a very short supply of professional gardeners and botanical experts to consult.  You could go to a local garden centre, but they wont be able to provide advice on how to grow cannabis (because it's illegal).

If it was simply removed from the CDSA, then actual experience would be known.

Because cannabis does not cause death, there should not be concern about the products.