Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday signed a bill into law that will ease access for medical cannabis patients in the nation’s capital.
Known as the Medical Marijuana Self-Certification Emergency Amendment Act of 2022, the measure will allow patients who are in the medical cannabis program to “self-certify” their qualifying condition for the treatment.
That means, effective immediately, those patients will no longer need to receive a recommendation from a doctor in order to receive a medical cannabis card.
Bowser hailed the new ordinance as a victory both for patients and medical cannabis providers.
“We have made it a
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