Medical cannabis advocates launch effort to make it more affordable for patients
and last updated 2021-04-20 22:33:17-04
SALT LAKE CITY â In the parking lot of Dragonfly Wellness, a DJ played music as people picked up pamphlets at booths and celebrated 4/20.
While some celebrate the unofficial holiday dedicated to all things marijuana, others revel in a hard-fought political battle to get medicine. Utah s medical cannabis program is growing, but advocates worry a lot of patients are still being left behind. If we go back to March 2 [2020], the day the medical cannabis program opened? There were 17 medical cannabis patients in the state of Utah that could legally access, said Narith Panh with Dragonfly Wellness, a medical cannabis pharmacy in downtown Salt Lake City. Now? We have almost 26,000 patients and that number is growing. We expect by the end of the year at least 50,000 medical cannabis patients to be in the program.
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SALT LAKE CITY A year after Utah implemented its medical marijuana program, lawmakers are proposing bills that they say will reduce issues with the current law one that would let any doctor recommend marijuana and another that would allow marijuana to be prescribed for those addicted to opioids in pain settings.
Among its larger changes to the law, SB170 would allow any doctor to recommend medical marijuana to up to 15 patients without becoming a qualified medical provider in the Utah Medical Cannabis Program. It would also add podiatrists to the list of specialists who can recommend the plant for pain conditions.