Virginia regulators are asking patients to complete a “satisfaction survey” about the state’s medical marijuana program.
The Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (CCA) said the questionnaire is designed to help officials “hear from the people who know Virginia’s medical cannabis program firsthand.”
The survey includes questions about how often patients use medical marijuana, what types of products they consume and where they obtain it from—including whether they go to retailers in other states.
Responses will help CCA have a “better understanding of the patient experience and help identify opportunities to strengthen the program,” the agency said, noting that last year more than 114,000 individual patients purchased medical cannabis from a licensed dispensary in Virginia.
“Patients bring an important perspective to the medical cannabis program because they experience it firsthand,” Jamie Patten, CCA’s acting head and chief administrative officer, said in a press release. “We want to make sure we are listening to that perspective and using what we learn to make meaningful improvements.”
The survey asks patients about what conditions they use medical marijuana for and how much money they typically spend on it, as well as when and how they obtained a medical cannabis recommendation and whether it was from
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