Medical Marijuana Patients May Have Trouble

Minnesota patients hoping to access medical marijuana might have a problem registering for the medicine.

Registration opens Monday and patients are expected to start getting the medicine in July. But doctors and hospitals are shying away from the new program.

The law passed last year requires a physician to certify that a patient has one of nine qualifying conditions.

But many doctors and hospital systems are unsure about medical marijuana’s effects and nervous about violating federal law.

Some facilities may wait to gauge the program’s roll out before giving their patients the OK.