FIRST REPORT: Ohio activates medical marijuana patient registry, but wait continues
Prospective patients watched an initial Sept. 8 state deadline pass without the product in dispensaries. And the wait will continue, Ali Simon, public and policy affairs liaison with the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, said last week.
“What’s important to recognize is — we’ve seen this in other states as well — it’s going to be a very small batch initially of medical marijuana made available,” she said. “But then as more and more cultivators have harvests, we’ll see more and more product reach the shelf into the early months of 2019.”
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Patients must have one or more 21 qualifying conditions, which include Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The number of doctors certified to recommend medical marijuana in Ohio reached 336 last month. Of those, about 30 reside in the Miami Valley, according to State Medical Board of Ohio records.
When up and running, Ohio dispensaries are allowed to sell 90-day supplies of medical marijuana as oils, tinctures, plant material, edibles and patches. Patients are allowed to vape plant material but forbidden to light up.
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