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Doctors Writing Medical Pot Recomendations Before Dispensaries Open

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None of the 56 medical marijuana dispensaries planned for under the state’s new program are operating yet.

But that’s not stopping some doctors from writing recommendations for patients who can ultimately use the drug when it does become available. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles explains.  

There are nearly 300 doctors who have been certified by the state to recommend medical marijuana for patients with 21 specific conditions. Connor Shore represents a group of eight doctors throughout the state who are already doing that.

 We are seeing patients, getting them ready so they are ready to enter the dispensaries as soon as they open in the coming months.”

 

The state’s medical marijuana program was supposed to be fully operational earlier this month but there was a long list of problems that kept that from happening. And there’s no timetable, at this point, for when dispensaries will open.

 

 

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