Medical Marijuana Goes on Sale This Month. Are You and Your Doctor Ready?
(DNAINFO) Nicole Levy | January 1, 2016 — New York’s medical marijuana program is scheduled to roll out this January, with the opening of four dispensaries in the city.
But there’s a whole sequence of events that has to happen before patients can buy weed in the form of oils, pills, or tinctures — a sequence marijuana advocates have been concerned that the state Department of Health would never set in motion.
Technically, it begins with doctors: they’re obligated to complete a $249 four-hour online course on medical marijuana and register with the New York State Department of Health before they can prescribe pot to patients who have approved medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS and Parkinson’s Disease.