MA: Cost of “flawed” medical marijuana process
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Two years after Massachusetts’ medical marijuana law went into effect, not one dispensary has opened. The 22News I-Team discovered what’s gone wrong and how much it’s cost us.
Governor Charlie Baker’s administration has revamped the medical marijuana process and new applications will begin to be accepted on June 29th.
18,512 patients have been certified to receive medical marijuana in Massachusetts. The state has reviewed and approved 9150 patient registrations. Two years after Governor Deval Patrick implemented the law, there isn’t a single dispensary open.
(What did the previous administration do wrong?)
“Well I’ve said for a long time how the previous administration went about the medical marijuana process let’s just call it odd, okay… flawed,” said Governor Baker.
In June of 2014, the state’s Department of Public Health rejected 9 of the 20 medical marijuana applications it initially approved due to misleading claims or allegations of...
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