The New Mexico Department of Public Health released some potential adjustments to the current rules governing the medical marijuana program in the state, and they didn’t go over very well with pro-marijuana supporters.
Some of the new rules include: decreasing the amount of plants that patients are allowed to grow, new background checks, and increased annual fees.
If the state chooses to implement these new rules, many patients, including those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are worried that they will lose their medical marijuana licenses because they are unable to pay these new fees and will then be forced to find medicine on the black market again.
The Don’t Take Away My Medicine Campaign was enacted in 2012 in order to try and put a voice to all of those suffering. Mike Pell, a member of the group and former army sergeant says, “Since veterans are forced outside the VA to get a medical provider to refer them to the medical cannabis program it is already a lot of work for vets to maintain their active patient status.” He goes on to say, “I grow my own medicine because I can’t afford to purchase all the medicine I need from licensed producers, now the department wants to cut in half what I am allowed to grow for myself. The proposed changes are a terrible blow.”
NM Proposes New Controversial Rules for Medical Marijuana Program
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