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1 doctor OK'd medical pot for 11,810 patients

1 doctor OK'd medical pot for 11,810 patients

A single doctor certified 11,810 medical marijuana applicants in 2015, according to a new state audit.(Photo: Frederic J.Brown / Getty Images)Lansing — A single Michigan doctor certified 11,810 medical marijuana applicants in 2015, according to a new state audit released Thursday.


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2nd try at medical pot amendment gains support in Florida

2nd try at medical pot amendment gains support in Florida

TALLAHASSEE — A proposed amendment to the state constitution to legalize medical marijuana has gained widespread support in Florida two years after falling just shy of passing.Most state polls have support for Amendment 2 above the 60 percent threshold needed for approval.A similar measure was on the 2014 general election ballot and received 58 percent.


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Audit finds doctor approved 14 percent of Michigan's medical pot applicants

Audit finds doctor approved 14 percent of Michigan's medical pot applicants

Audit finds doctor approved 14 percent of Michigan's medical pot applicantsLANSING — A Michigan physician granted medical marijuana eligibility to more than 11,800 patients in a single year, which amounted to 14 percent of the total number of people who applied for certification in the state that year, according to an audit released Thursday.The audit, which argues that the state is not adequately monitoring doctor approvals in its medical marijuana certification system, said that physician certified an average of 45 patients per weekday during the 2014-15 fiscal year, when roughly 84,000 patients applied for a registry card.Twenty-two other doctors certified a total of nearly 47,000, or 56 percent, of the applicants, which averages out to eight per weekday.