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A Joint Appropriations Committee of the Legislature heard from 100 witnesses, mostly about the legalization of adult use cannabis, in a marathon session last week. But the bill that contains changes to the state’s medical marijuana program is the one that will have the most immediate impact on the state.
The bill makes some significant changes to the program:
- Increases monthly prescription limit to 4 ounces
- Allows Advanced Practice Nurses and physician assistants to prescribe cannabis
- Allows dispensaries to become for-profit entities
- Allows for limited non-medical sales
- Reduces the sales tax from the current 6.6 percent to zero over a four-year period
- Allows patients to designate a caregiver to acquire medical cannabis
- Allows for delivery service
