New York Considering Home Delivery of Medical Marijuana
New York is considering expanding its 9-month-old medical marijuana program by adding more growers and allowing home delivery.
The state Health Department has issued a report recommending ways the program can be improved. Some of those recommendations include:
- Registering five additional growers over the next two years.
- Making it easier for schools and health care facilities to administer medical marijuana.
- Allowing medical marijuana producers to advertise.
- Making more brands available.
- Allowing nurses to prescribe medical marijuana.
The health department said in the report it's also considering making available to the public a list of doctors who have been approved by the state to prescribe medical marijuana. Patients now must find participating doctors through word of mouth or by a referral by their physician.
The department said it also wants to make it easier for doctors to register with the medical marijuana program.
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