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Board hears program update, raises concerns about dispensary pharmacist role and medical product availability
Summary
The Board received program statistics from Lila McKinley and discussed pharmacist consultations, product shortages for medical patients, concentration caps and the need for clinician and pharmacist education; members asked staff to arrange informational sessions with pharmacists, dispensary operators and growers
Lila McKinley, director of the agency’s cannabis program, told the Board of Physicians on May 16 that the program has grown and provided current enrollment and supply figures.
McKinley said the program has about 1,892 registered practitioners and 34,006 registered patients, and reported there are 35 hybrid dispensaries (facilities serving both medical and adult-use customers), two cultivators and six microcultivators now supplying the market.
Board members raised operational concerns during an extended discussion. Several physicians said medical patients sometimes cannot obtain lower-dose or combination…
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