The use of medical marijuana in
Colorado, while legal, still poses problems for people who have been
recommended by doctors to use the drug to manage pain caused by
accidents or long-term illnesses such as cancer or AIDS. Access to
the drug remains difficult, since most users reside on the western
slope and travel to dispensaries on the Front Range is hard for some
who are too sick to travel or grow their own.
In 2000, Colorado
voters passed an amendment to allow patients who were recommended by
a doctor to possess less than two ounces or grow up to six plants to
help with the management of pain. Although doctors are allowed to
recommend patients to the State Health Department, they are not able
to prescribe medical marijuana in Colorado. With over 5,000
registered medical marijuana users in the state, getting from the
recommendation to the actual product has been a difficult process.
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