Residents of New Hampshire hoping to overcome the nausea that may be induced by some presidential campaigns that have made the Granite State their second home in the runup to the 2016 primaries can now receive their medical marijuana identification cards, though they’ll still have to wait until the spring to buy pot in the state. Patients there will be able to cross borders with their cards to purchase medical marijuana in nearby states like Maine and bring the pot back home after a woman with terminal cancer sued the state for access to her card.
New Hampshire adult residents were able to get their cards starting Monday, according to WMUR-TV, well ahead of the scheduled opening of the first dispensaries in the state. With their identification cards, patients with illnesses ranging from cancer to glaucoma will be able to possess up to 2 ounces of marijuana without worrying about legal repercussions.
The state Legislature approved the sale and use of medical marijuana in 2013 to help combat those illnesses.
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