Course available for doctors to be certified to prescribe medical marijuana

In order to prescribe medical marijuana, doctors must pay for an online course, which has some patient advocates worried it will deter physicians from getting certified.

With controversial legislation comes a set of guidelines, and that’s what’s happening with medical marijuana.

“She didn’t have seizures from day one,” Nancy Rivera said of 8-year-old Charlotte Figi.

The Colorado girl had frequent seizures since she was a baby, but now she’s being treated by medical cannabis.

“She’s almost 9-years old, and this was her first day of school ever,” Rivera said. “She has never been to school because of the seizures.”

As a four-time cancer survivor herself, Rivera said she’s ready to see the healing of the plant in New York

“It’s exciting for us, too, because we see there’s hope for kids, too, in our state,” she said.

But before that can happen, physicians must pay $250 for a four-hour...

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