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On the Board of Registration in Medicine taking so long to reinstate the license of Dr. John Nadolny …<br />
KK: [I was] quite surprised. We thought after the appeal was won, John would immediately be reinstated<br />
and it dragged on for about another six months—six months of torture for Canna Care and more importantly<br />
[for] John’s family.<br />
On the fear of Canna Care Docs getting shut down in Mass …<br />
KK: We stood up to [the] pressure, but our entire team—over 100 team members—felt it. A lot of gray hairs<br />
… We didn’t know if we were going to make it. Quite frankly it was a blow we didn’t know if we would recover<br />
from. This time last year was hands down the most difficult time Canna Care has ever seen, and [that] John<br />
Nadolny has ever seen, and Nadolny outside of cannabis has been practicing medicine [as an ER doctor] in<br />
the Commonwealth for over 30 years with an unblemished record until this. A political persecution.<br />
On Canna Care Doctors donating nearly half-a-million dollars of free medical recommendations to veterans<br />
and other patients in financial straits …<br />
KK: One of our core principles at Canna Care Docs is to ensure that no patient should stay in the black<br />
market for just financial reasons, and that principle has served us and [the patient] population very well.<br />
I’d also like to call out Massachusetts dispensaries. It’s time for them to step up to start servicing our patients<br />
as well … we’re out here alone in the woods [offering] discounts to veterans … We have to figure out a way<br />
to cover the costs for veterans. (Note: Sage Naturals in Cambridge offered $225 ounces all weekend on three<br />
strains—Rocklock, TheOG18, and White Walker Cush—and also have a year-round 15 percent discount for<br />
veterans. -MC)<br />
On recreational legalization stepping on the medical marijuana market …<br />
KK: It’s different in every state. In Massachusetts, I’m certainly not worried about it. I think medical has a long<br />
shelf life. We’re going to have to adapt; we believe patients in the Commonwealth will continue to be<br />
patients. Naturally we’ll lose a percentage of our base, but we feel medical will be here for the long haul …<br />
Especially with Massachusetts being such a medical state, this is really the forefront for medical cannabis on<br />
the whole, where the marriage happens between mainstream medical society and cannabis …<br />
The evidence is overwhelming at this point … There’s no doubt that narcotic usage goes down when cannabis<br />
usage goes up …<br />
A healthy cannabis market, where patients are [sold] ounces of cannabis for $200, that’s where we are<br />
headed.<br />
Mike Crawford is a medical marijuana patient, the host of "The Young Jurks" on<br />
WEMF Radio, and the author of the weekly column The Tokin' Truth, which is<br />
produced in coordination with the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. He<br />
formerly wrote the column Blunt Truth under the name Mike Cann.<br />
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