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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.


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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, but the Auditor General's Office indicated it was uncertain if any of the certifications were the result of fraud.


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Poll reveals Arkansas voters split over medical pot plan

Poll reveals Arkansas voters split over medical pot plan

Medical marijuana buds in large prescription bottle with branded cap on black background (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto)LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas voters were narrowly split over a proposal to legalize medical marijuana before the state Supreme Court disqualified a competing measure from next week's ballot, according to a poll released Wednesday by the University of Arkansas.Forty-nine percent of respondents who identified themselves as likely voters in the annual Arkansas Poll supported Issue 6, which would allow patients with certain medical conditions to buy marijuana from licensed dispensaries.Forty-seven percent opposed the measure, while four percent didn't know or declined to say how they felt.