Joseph Wright, Cannabis King
Wright, 31, director of the Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program
The state’s medical marijuana czar explains the hurdles still facing prescription pot as it goes on sale in Illinois for the first time.
Only 3,300 patients have been approved for the program, which is not even close to what the state expected. Why so few?
The largest projection I’ve seen for the number of patients who could be approved is several hundred thousand, so we are aware that there is a lot of room for growth. Lack of awareness and [doctors’ and patients’ unfamiliarity with the program] are reasonable explanations. In other states, there’s a natural progression in patient count. It starts out low, but as the program develops, it grows.
Are you doing anything to boost it?
We plan to do more one-to-one personal outreach to let people know how the program works, that it follows strict rules, what conditions...
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