Visits to the state’s eight cannabis clinics doubled in August, the first month that pain patients were allowed into the program.
When Minnesota’s medical marijuana program opened its doors to pain patients this summer, the hope was that people in pain, and a program struggling with growing pains, might be able to help each other.
That was three months ago. Since then, pain patients have rushed to a program that has battled sluggish enrollment and high prices since its launch last year.
Half the people currently enrolled are pain patients, and while it’s too soon to know if that’s enough to save Minnesota’s cannabis program, many patients say the program has already saved them.
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Jennifer Brooks ~ StarTribune.com ~
