Winnipeg bylaw put end to large medical marijuana grow-ops [Video]

A Winnipeg bylaw to crack down on large medical marijuana grow-ops seems to be working.

In 2022, the City of Winnipeg passed a bylaw banning designated growing facilities in residential neighbourhoods after residents complained about the smell.

Now it appears since the city placed these restrictions, no one has applied for a licence to grow.

“They could see this coming down the pipe, the people who were doing this,” said Coun. Ross Eadie.

Under federal rules, people can apply to grow medicinal pot for other people.

However, in 2022 the city banned these types of grow-ops from residential neighbourhoods.

Eadie said the bylaw closed a federal loophole that allowed people to grow hundreds of plants in a single house prompting neighbours to complain about odours and the potential to attract crime

“Over time we began to notice a horrific, pungent odour that just hung over our backyard,” said homeowner Laurie …