by Angela Kocherga / KENS 5
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Posted on June 6, 2014 at 7:20 AM
Updated Friday, Jun 6 at 7:21 AM
RADIOS, New Mexico — In New Mexico, there’s concern over proposed changes to the medical marijuana program. Concerns include the worry that increased licensing fees will lead to a spike in prices, forcing some patients to buy their supply on the streets.
“I don’t like being an outlaw, but that’s what they’d be forcing us to do,” said Dan Rainey, a Vietnam veteran and marijuana patient.
“Hopefully it won’t happen that way,” said Rainey, who lives on a fixed income.
Compassionate Distributors, the non-profit licensed provider that supplies him and other patients in southern New Mexico, will likely be forced to raise prices due to increase in the New Mexico Department of Health’s licensing fee.
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