In pain and tired of waiting for legal marijuana
For more than a year, Sheila Gerstenzang has carried the card in her wallet: "Medical Marijuana Patient."
But she's yet to purchase a single bit of marijuana.
After a year of frustration and more than $200 out of her pocket, she gave up and let her card expire in May.
Months of delays in opening the first legal Las Vegas-area dispensary have cost investors money and frustrated advocates. But the effect on patients has been the most cruel.
There are more than 9,300 active marijuana cardholders in Nevada, including almost 6,700 in Clark County. There also are an untold number like Gerstenzang who have given up, at least for now.
Nevada's first dispensary opened July 31 in Sparks. But in Clark County, where nearly three-quarters of the state's population lives, patients are still waiting.
Gerstenzang, who is in her 60s, has progressive scoliosis and spinal stenosis that cause nearly constant...
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