Colorado aimed to crack down on youth access to cannabis concentrates. Doctors say their jobs are being threatened instead – By Thy Vo (Colorado Sun) / February 7, 2022
Vibrant Health, a clinic in Colorado Springs, has shut down after 12 years, citing a bill passed by lawmakers last year. Other doctors say they will no longer see cannabis patients.
Anew Colorado law aimed at keeping young people from buying and reselling highly potent THC concentrate has sparked concerns from doctors who recommend medical cannabis about how the new provisions could jeopardize their ability to practice medicine.
The law, which has some doctors saying they have stopped working with medical cannabis patients altogether, requires that patients obtain written “certifications” from doctors in order to access marijuana concentrates over a new daily limit. Doctors must include new information on those forms like a patient’s address, maximum THC potency level, dosage, directions for use and a daily authorized quantity.
Previously in Colorado, doctors would recommend cannabis rather than prescribe it, in keeping with a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that protects a doctor’s right to “recommend” and discuss the health benefits of cannabis as part of a doctor-patient relationship.
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