How do you get medical marijuana? In North Carolina
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In July 2014, North Carolina enacted the North Carolina Epilepsy Alternative Treatment Act (HB 1220), creating a pilot program that allows medical use of CBD-rich oil only for registered patients diagnosed by a neurologist at one of four universities as having intractable epilepsy. The CBD-rich oil authorized by the law for patients to access must contain at least 10 percent CBD, no more than 0.3 percent THC, and must have no other psychoactive components. Patients admitted to the state’s extremely limited program must demonstrate that at least three other treatment options have not been successful in addressing the underlying health condition. The law stipulates that access is only through a registered caregiver who must be a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, and who must obtain the CBD oil in a state with reciprocity to purchase medical cannabis products. Most medical cannabis jurisdictions that honor reciprocity for other state registration cards do not allow patients/caregivers from out of state to purchase any medical cannabis products. In 2015, Governor McCory signed HB 766 into law, legislation amending 2014’s HB 1220 to expand the types of qualified physicians who may recommend state-authorized medical cannabis products to patients to include any board-certified physician certified in neurology and affiliated with any state-licensed hospital. The bill also changed the required THC/CBD percentages for medical cannabis from greater than 10 percent CBD and less than 0.3 percent THC to greater than 5 percent CBD and less than 0.9 percent THC. Finally, the law enhanced patient privacy, but also included a sunset clause ending the state’s medical cannabis program in 2021 if studies fail to show therapeutic relief from CBD.
North Carolina’s program limits patients to cannabidiol preparations with 0.3 percent or less THC, in compliance with USDA hemp standards. The state has yet to authorize CBD product production or distribution. The state provides for no method of safe and legal access.
As a state licensed and certified neurologist affiliated with a state-licensed hospital you may recommend or approve, on a case-by case basis, the use of non-psychoactive hemp extracts acquired by a registered caregiver from another jurisdiction for the treatment of patients that have not responded to three or more treatment options overseen by the neurologist. Under North Carolina law, neurologists meeting these criteria are exempt from all criminal and civil penalties related to recommending the use of cannabis extracts. In order to register with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS"), the patient's caregiver will need a written statement from you stating: the patient has been examined and is under the neurologist's care, the patient suffers from intractable epilepsy (epilepsy that has not responded to three or more treatments), and the patient may benefit from treatment with hemp extract. The statement must also include your name, address, and hospital affiliation must be provided to DHHS by the registering caregiver, and DHHS is required to treat this information as confidential.
The North Carolina Compassionate Care Act has been making its way through the legislative process, and there is still a chance that the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state will reach a vote on the Senate floor in 2021.
Support for legalizing medical marijuana is gaining momentum among residents and lawmakers in North Carolina, and a program granting access to cannabis to treat symptoms related to cancer, PTSD, epilepsy and more is likely just around the corner!
In order to qualify for a North Carolina Medical Marijuana Card so you can legally purchase medical marijuana from one of the dispensaries once they are open, we expect that the qualifications will be similar to the following:
If the North Carolina Compassionate Care Act passes as submitted to the state Senate, you’ll be able to get approved for a medical marijuana card if you have been diagnosed with one of the following conditions:
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