Health Canada sets rules for patients wanting to grow their own marijuana

OTTAWA – Revamped federal rules to allow Canadians to grow their own medical marijuana are likely to form part of the government’s overall plan for legalization of the drug, the federal justice minister says.

The new rules will allow people who have been authorized by their doctor to use medicinal cannabis to grow a limited amount of marijuana for their personal use, or designate someone else to grow it for them.

Those rules will be taken into account by a federal task force struck to craft recommendations on how to…