There are still shortages the producers have gotten better at producing flower bud but the number of patients is still growing but the number of producers are not.Have heard that that DOH is saying that there is no need for more producers because there so many ppls that are producing there own flower. That is not true yes there are a lot of ppls out there but I think if it is checked out that only a 1/4 of those ppls are really able to produce enough flower for themselves.What happens is that patients get the license thinking that they will grow there own meds but things go wrong which is not hard to do and then get discouraged and don't continue to try. I tell any one that asks that if they have never grown it will take at least 1 and 1/2 years to get the hang of it.