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Facing more delays, marijuana patients endure

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 16:05

Four years after Delaware medical marijuana legislation passed, patients are still forced to buy pot illegally.

Deb McPherson, of New Castle, is medical marijuana cardholder. She is one of 200 Delawareans certified by the state under a 2011 law to use pot.(Photo: SUCHAT PEDERSON/THE NEWS JOURNAL)

For Deb McPherson, marijuana is medicine. But purchasing the drug is nothing like buying pain pills or picking up a blood pressure prescription at a local pharmacy.

"It's extremely difficult," said McPherson, 47, of New Castle. "You're asking around everyone you used to know in high school. You're hitting people up on social media."

McPherson is one of 200 Delawareans certified by the state under a 2011 law to use pot to treat a variety of conditions — including symptoms of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, HIV and ailments that cause severe pain and nausea.

Another 170 applications are being processed by...

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