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He also discussed the medical marijuana issue and where that’s at right now.
“This is a, in my opinion, huge failure of the legislature that’s taking place right in front of us,” Suthers said.
In a year’s time he said the medical marijuana registry has gone from 1,500 people to 60,000 and will probably soon be up to 100,000 because there are about 1,000 applications per day.
The problem came when the board of health voted four to three not impose the five patient per care-giver limit that had been set before. After that vote, dispensaries started to show up saying they’re the primary care-giver for 1,200 to 1,300 patients.
Suthers noted there are 17,500 doctors in Colorado and only 800, a little less than 5 percent, have issued any recommendations. Out of those 15 doctors, the majority have a disciplinary restriction on their license and can’t prescribe medicine.
Suthers said the legislature needs to statutorily limit the number of patients per care-giver. Also, the doctors should have to be in good standing, meaning they don’t have any disciplinary restrictions. Plus, he said people should be required to see a doctor and get a physical exam.
Unfortunately right now, Suthers said, they are statutorily going to embrace a dispensatory system. He noted that as of Tuesday, any power of local government or the voters of local government to reject dispensaries has been taken away.
“I think it’s a huge public policy mistake to embrace dispensaries,” Suthers said. “I think it’s going to have profound societal implications.”
AG: Suit to protect individual rights - Journal Advocate
He also discussed the medical marijuana issue and where that’s at right now.
“This is a, in my opinion, huge failure of the legislature that’s taking place right in front of us,” Suthers said.
In a year’s time he said the medical marijuana registry has gone from 1,500 people to 60,000 and will probably soon be up to 100,000 because there are about 1,000 applications per day.
The problem came when the board of health voted four to three not impose the five patient per care-giver limit that had been set before. After that vote, dispensaries started to show up saying they’re the primary care-giver for 1,200 to 1,300 patients.
Suthers noted there are 17,500 doctors in Colorado and only 800, a little less than 5 percent, have issued any recommendations. Out of those 15 doctors, the majority have a disciplinary restriction on their license and can’t prescribe medicine.
Suthers said the legislature needs to statutorily limit the number of patients per care-giver. Also, the doctors should have to be in good standing, meaning they don’t have any disciplinary restrictions. Plus, he said people should be required to see a doctor and get a physical exam.
Unfortunately right now, Suthers said, they are statutorily going to embrace a dispensatory system. He noted that as of Tuesday, any power of local government or the voters of local government to reject dispensaries has been taken away.
“I think it’s a huge public policy mistake to embrace dispensaries,” Suthers said. “I think it’s going to have profound societal implications.”
AG: Suit to protect individual rights - Journal Advocate
