{"id":119789,"date":"2017-04-18T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119789"},"modified":"2017-04-18T11:30:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:30:47","slug":"medical-marijuana-soon-becoming-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=119789","title":{"rendered":"Burgum signs medical marijuana measure into law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96623\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MedicalMarijuana1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MedicalMarijuana1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MedicalMarijuana1-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/MedicalMarijuana1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a comprehensive measure that regulates the state\u2019s voter-approved medical marijuana initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican signed the bill Monday night. The Senate and the House earlier had gotten the needed two-thirds majority to amend the citizen initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, called the North Dakota Compassionate Care Act, won 65 percent voter approval in November. It allows the use of marijuana as medicine for people who suffer from debilitating illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The voter-approved version allowed far more freedom for citizens to grow and smoke the plant. Lawmakers removed provisions for growing it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Medical marijuana will soon be legal in North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>Legislators approved a regulatory plan last week after voters approved the drug last fall. The state health department is aiming to have a system operating in a year, with registered patients able to get the drug from eight state-approved dispensaries. Two state-approved manufacturers will make it.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of rules for producers, dispensers and users.<\/p>\n<p>State law lists 17 qualifying medical conditions, along with terminal illnesses. Users will need authorization by a doctor or nurse practitioner and certification by the state.<\/p>\n<p>Approved medical marijuana forms include capsules, a topical product for the skin or hair, a tincture solution and a patch. Patients can smoke it if a health care provider recommends it.<\/p>\n<p>The state won&#8217;t regulate pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a comprehensive measure that regulates the state\u2019s voter-approved medical marijuana initiative. The Republican signed the bill Monday night. The Senate and the House earlier had gotten the needed two-thirds majority to amend the citizen initiative. The measure, called the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119901,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119789\/revisions\/119901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}