North Dakota Begins Issuing Medical Marijuana Cards

Medical marijuana could become available in eastern North Dakota within a few weeks, with dispensaries operating statewide by early fall.

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New Haven Register

January 22, 2019

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota began issuing medical marijuana cards this week to patients and caregivers after nearly two years of work developing and implementing a distribution system for the drug approved by voters in 2016.

Medical marijuana could become available in eastern North Dakota within a few weeks, with dispensaries operating statewide by early fall.

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