--- title: Marijuana" Canadians Can Grow Medical Weed at Home description: The government announced Thursday it will start allowing people with prescriptions to grow small amounts of medical marijuana at their homes canonical: https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-11T20:00:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:56:17.590Z article:section: Health og:title: Canadians Can Now Grow Medical Marijuana at Home og:description: Some gardens in Canada are about to get a little more interesting. og:url: https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt936c7d09c61104bf/6988a210428a9e3603cd3df1/gettyimages-470944306.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6016 og:image:height: 3384 og:image:alt: canada medical marijuana grow at home og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Canadians Can Now Grow Medical Marijuana at Home twitter:description: Some gardens in Canada are about to get a little more interesting. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt936c7d09c61104bf/6988a210428a9e3603cd3df1/gettyimages-470944306.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Canadians Can Now Grow Medical Marijuana at Home > Sponsored content. 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Diegocardini—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Aug 11, 2016 8:00 PM UTC Canadians still can’t legally grow or sell cannabis for fun, but the government [announced Thursday](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/health-canada-sets-rules-for-patients-wanting-to-grow-medical-marijuana/article31377683/) it will allow people with prescriptions to grow their own medical marijuana at home. Depending on their needs, patients can grow on average two plants outdoors or five plants indoors (reasoning that the settings yield significantly different amounts). Health Canada said this “provides an immediate solution” for complying with [federal court order](http://time.com/4236753/canada-ends-pot-growing-ban/) that the government make medicinal marijuana more affordable and accessible and to those who need it, reports the _Globe and Mail._ The rules change should allow sick people to grow the full amount that they are prescribed. The new regulations are probably temporary, as Canada is [expected to legalize](http://time.com/4364344/justin-trudeau-marijuana-weed-legal/) the distribution and use of recreational marijuana next year. \[[_Globe and Mail_](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/health-canada-sets-rules-for-patients-wanting-to-grow-medical-marijuana/article31377683/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/"},"headline":"Canadians Can Now Grow Medical Marijuana at Home","datePublished":"2016-08-11T20:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:56:17.590Z","description":"Some gardens in Canada are about to get a little more interesting","url":"https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/","keywords":["Drugs","Canada","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt936c7d09c61104bf/6988a210428a9e3603cd3df1/gettyimages-470944306.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt936c7d09c61104bf/6988a210428a9e3603cd3df1/gettyimages-470944306.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"canada medical marijuana grow at home","caption":"canada medical marijuana grow at home","creditText":"Diegocardini—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4449091/canada-grow-your-own-medical-marijuana/","name":"Canadians Can Now Grow Medical Marijuana at Home"}}]}] ```