Under the terms of Canada's original medical marijuana law, designated patients were able to grow their own marijuana/pot or allow a designated caregiver to cultivate the substance.  In June, the government change its stand, and now requires that only licensed cultivators can be authorized to grow marijuana/pot under the statute. The move was influence by the government's perception that the current situation is becoming afflicted with a criminal element, where patients and caregivers are selling the marijuana/pot they grow for designated patients to other third parties.

The government also expects to implement new guidelines relating to the places where medical marijuana/pot may be consumed.   The general consensus on this issue is that public consumption will be prohibited.

Finally,  the regulations will be changed to allow for people interested in becoming designated patients to be certified directly from their doctors, as opposed to government agent.