Opinion: Access to medical cannabis: a new health care disparity
We need a new federal classification for medical marijuana, so insurance can cover it, and license more dispensaries to provide it. Both would help poor people in chronic pain access…
The vast majority of Americans — nearly 95% of us — support the use of medical cannabis. Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have legalized it, and that number is likely to rise.
But like all swiftly embraced changes in public health, there can be unintended consequences of legalizing cannabis for medical uses. My colleagues and I are seeing this one: the rise of a new health care disparity, because it is harder
