Ohio senators are trying once more to overhaul the state’s medical marijuana system. That effort stalled out last session after passing the Senate.
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“I know a lot of patients who venture up to Michigan to purchase their medical products because they’re cheaper and they’re usually higher quality, which is illegal,” Zafer said. “We need to keep Ohio patients in Ohio by offering those high quality products at a competitive price.”“This program is dying. The numbers tell us this,” he said. “From last month’s numbers to this month’s numbers, we’ve lost 3% of the patient population.
Once again, the proposal establishes a Division of Marijuana Control, or DMC, in the Commerce Department charged with program oversight. The Board of Pharmacy would continue running the drug database, but it would hand off dispensary licensing and patient registration to the new division. Schuring noted they picked up that idea from Maryland’s system. An recent report from the independent patient advocacy organization Americans for Safe Access ranked Maryland first among state programs. Ohio’s ranked eighth.
“We feel that it needs fixed,” he went on. “At the end of the day, those who need medic medical marijuana, have to pay an inordinate price to get their medication to the point where it’s not competitive in the marketplace.”Speaking after Tuesday’s hearing, Schuring readily agreed with the assessment that Ohio’s medical marijuana program is dying. “I think the evidence shows that,” he said.
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