Do New Medical Marijuana Rules Improve on "Angry Tone" of First Draft?

Changes might be coming for Colorado cannabis physicians and the patients they serve – but at least those docs and their clients will have had a say.

On November 19, the Colorado Medical Board will consider, and likely approve, the final draft of guidelines for medical marijuana physicians that would not only bring medical marijuana recommendations more in line with other medical practices, but could also decrease the pool of 100,000-plus medical marijuana patients in Colorado. The guidelines, written by the Colorado Medical Board's Medical Marijuana Workgroup, call for physicians to further evaluate and follow up with potential patients when recommending medical marijuana.

The initial draft of the new guidelines strongly recommended incorporating mental-health background checks and background checks of family and other medical records, as well as imaging studying and laboratory testing for all patients.

Denver-based medical marijuana physician Dr. Peter Pryor was...

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