Adequate Supply

March 11, 2014

"Last Friday, Santa Fe District Judge Sarah Singleton agreed to send [Secretary Retta] Ward a writ of mandamus compelling the secretary to 'take steps to ensure an adequate supply' of medical cannabis to patients in the program, which is supposed to be enforced under the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act that legalized medical marijuana in New Mexico.

If Springer disputes that that DOH still isn't meeting patient demand by September, Ward will then have to prove the contrary in front of court."

http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog- ... enses.html

The Compassionate Use Act defines an adequate supply as "...an amount of cannabis, in any form approved by the department, possessed by a qualified patient or collectively possessed by a qualified patient and the qualified patient's primary caregiver that is determined by rule of the department to be no more than reasonably necessary to ensure the uninterrupted availability of cannabis for a period of three months and that is derived solely from an intrastate source."

Isn't it past time for the DOH to re-examine what constitutes an adequate supply for medical cannabis patients?

In Canada...

Those patients will be permitted to possess up to 150 grams of marijuana, the decision says. That amount is too limiting, says Alison Myrden, who uses cannabis to ease the symptoms of multiple sclerosis and tic douloureux, a nervous system disorder that causes facial pain. “Patients like me use 150 grams a day, so I’m concerned” says Myrden, who smokes marijuana and consumes it in oil, edibles, teas, tinctures and creams. “That’s only one day of medication for someone like me,” says the Burlington woman who’s also a spokesperson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. “Many of us are prescribed anywhere from three to 200 grams a day, all across the country. So patients like me, with higher limits, are definitely losing out.” The 150-gram limit on possession means Myrden can never have more than a day’s worth of medicine on her at one time. (per 420magazine)