A group representing Canada's doctors says designing marijuana packaging should be left to federal officials and public health experts, not cannabis producers and distributors. The Canadian Medical Association said Monday that product labelling is an important way to educate consumers, especially young people, about the risks of using marijuana. "Ensuring that health products are safe and effective must be a key component of any regulations on cannabis," said the group's president, Dr. Laurent Marcoux. Health Canada applies different levels of scrutiny to prescription drugs than it does to non-prescription medication, natural health products, cosmetics and medical devices — a fact the medical association says is not widely understood. The federal government is expected to legalize recreational marijuana this summer.

Source: CBC News February 05, 2018 18:33 UTC