Suspensions re-instated for Colorado doctors who recommended high medical marijuana plant counts
Four Colorado doctors accused of over-recommending high plant counts for medical marijuana patients have had their suspensions re-instated, after a judge reversed course and tossed out their lawsuit.
The decision means the doctors will go through with administrative hearings in the hopes of having their suspensions lifted. An attorney for the doctors says an appeal of the lawsuit’s dismissal is also likely.
The four doctors — Gentry Dunlop, Robert Maiocco, Deborah Parr and William Stone — were suspended last month. The Colorado Medical Board said they made medical marijuana recommendations to more than 1,500 patients with authorizations for those patients to grow at least 75 plants each. The standard number of plants a medical marijuana patient can grow is six, but doctors can recommend more if they think it is medically necessary.
The Medical Board said the doctors’ recommendations weren’t up to accepted medical standards. The suspensions meant the doctors...
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