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Patients and advocates press for medical program overhaul, urge repeal of vertical integration and lower fees
Summary
Patients, providers and advocates urged the committee to pass H.163/S.83 to modernize Massachusetts' medical marijuana program: remove vertical integration, cut capital and fee burdens, and allow out-of-state medical reciprocity.
Patient advocates, providers and business representatives urged the Joint Committee to favorably report H.163 and S.83, bills that would modernize the state’s medical cannabis program by removing vertical-integration requirements, reducing licensing fees and allowing out-of-state medical-card reciprocity.
Patients told the committee they rely on medical access for chronic conditions and are losing local dispensaries. "If medical dispensaries keep disappearing, and new ones are barred by entry hurdles, how do we expect this program to survive?" asked Frank Shaw, a medical patient who said…
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