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Colorado rejects PTSD as ailment eligible for medical pot

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 09:53

The vote was the third time the board has rejected petitions to add PTSD to the list. About five dozen PTSD sufferers attended the hearing, some loudly jeering. A few were asked to leave.

"They just told every patient here, 'We don't care about you,' " said patient advocate Teri Robnett after the vote.

Colorado allows adults older than 21 to buy pot for recreational use, with no doctor's recommendation needed. But medical pot in Colorado is taxed at 2.9 percent, compared with at least 19 percent for recreational pot. Medical patients are allowed to possess twice as much marijuana: 2 ounces instead of 1 ounce.

Voters approved medical and recreational legalization.

Colorado had about 113,000 people on the medical- marijuana registry in May, the most recent data available. About 6,300 were under 21.

Patients must get a doctor's recommendation for using pot to treat one of eight debilitating conditions, ranging...

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