Capital Region entrepreneurs launch website of medical marijuana doctors
It's tough to find a doctor in New York who will recommend medical marijuana.
At the one-year anniversary of the drug being legally available in the state, more than 800 physicians are registered to certify patients to purchase medical cannabis in 19 dispensaries, including three in Albany County.
But over the past year, patients and advocates have consistently complained that finding a registered doctor can be a huge challenge, on top of having a debilitating condition that qualifies them to try the medicine in the first place. A key problem is there's no way for patients to look up a list of registered doctors. Only other doctors can do that.
For patients, as well as the five companies who make the drugs and have yet to see profits, that's been a cause of frustration.
Entrepreneurs John Norris and John Karling, however, saw the problem as an opportunity. They saw something...
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