THAT HELPS PEOPLE SHED FAT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF JULY AND
THE FIRST DAY PATIENTS CAN USE
THEIR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
LEGALLY.
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, THEY
OPENED IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
STATE LAW REQUIRES MARIJUANA BE
SOLD IN LIQUID OR PILL FORM
NOW.
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US THE
MEDICATION PATIENTS RECEIVED
AND THE SET BACK ONE MARIJUANA
GROWER IS ALREADY FACING.
HERE IS HIS MEDICINE.
Reporter: THE WAIT IS OVER.
THEY HAVE SEEN SEIZURES AND
PAIN AND THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC.
HE HAS EPILEPSY.
NOT LIKE BOOKS AND BOOKS OF
RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE,
BUT THERE ARE TONS OF PARENTS
OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD
SUCCESS.
Reporter: THE FIRST PEOPLE
IN LINE OVERNIGHT AT THE
DISPENSARY WERE PEOPLE WHO
WORKED FOR YEARS TO SEE IT
LEGALIZED.
IT IS CONTINUE TO GET
EVERYBODY INCLUDED AND THAT WE
GET OTHER CONDITIONS INCLUDED
AND THAT WE GET THE PHYSICIANS
TO CERTIFY THE PATIENTS WHO
CURRENTLY QUALIFY.
Reporter: YOU CAN'T BUY THE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN MINNESOTA
UNTIL A DOCTOR CERTIFIES YOUR
CONDITION AND YOU COMPLETE YOUR
PROCESS WITH THE STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
HER SON HAS HUNDREDS OF
SEIZURES A DAY DUE TO EPILEPSY.
IT COULD INCREASE HIS
QUALITY OF LIFE TREMENDOUSLY.
IT COULD EXTEND HIS LIFE.
Reporter: THE STAFF IS
SEEING PATIENTS AT THEIR EAGAN
DISPENSARY.
IT WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR
ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
SIMPLY OPTIMIZING THAT
TREATMENT AT THIS POINT IN
TIME.
WE ARE PATIENTS FIRST AND
ALWAYS PATIENT FOCUSED
ORGANIZATION AND THESE ARE
COMPLEX MEDICINES AND COMPLEX
PREPARATIONS.
THERE ARE NINE APPROVED
CONDITIONS INCLUDING CANCER
EPILEPSY, MS, CROHN'S DISEASE
AND GLAUCOMA.
ONLY 223 DOCTORS ARE SIGNED UP
ACROSS THE STATE TO CERTIFY
PATIENTS AND ONLY 90 COMPLETED
THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE JUST TWO
STATE APPROVED GROWING
FACILITIES.
EACH WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE FOUR
DISPENSARIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN
GO AND PICK UP THEIR MEDICINE.
IT WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE
HOW THIS PROGRAM GROSS IF IT
DOES.
THERE IS CONCERN HOW THE
MARIJUANA MIGHT AFFECT OTHER
DRUGS YOU TAKE.
PATIENTS SAY THEIR DOCTORS
DON'T KNOW.
THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE
WHAT ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE
MADE AS THE DAYS AND WEEKS GO
BY.
MANY WILL CHECK WITH THEIR
DOCTOR REGULARLY.
THAT IS WHY SOME DOCTORS ARE
