Documentation rules for medical marijuana tightened
Medical marijuana law modified
Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation Friday that could make it a bit more difficult for some patients to get a recommendation for medical marijuana.
The law requires doctors who write most of the recommendations to document how they know the patient and their medical needs.
A 2010 voter-approved Arizona law allows anyone with certain medical conditions to get a doctor’s certification to obtain up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana every two weeks.
At last count nearly 66,000 Arizonans had state-issued cards allowing them to make purchases from state-licensed marijuana dispensaries.
Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, said it turns out the vast majority of the recommendations come from naturopathic physicians.
A report last year found all but four of the top 24 recommending doctors were naturopaths. And one naturopath alone last year did almost 3,000 certifications.
State law prohibits the health department, which keeps the records and...
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