U.S. Medical Marijuana States Report Card Published

By Gillian Jalimnson for Hemp Gazette

46 U.S. states and three territories now have medical cannabis laws – and they vary greatly. In what must have been a monumental effort, Americans for Safe Access recently graded them all on a 500-point scale.

The states and territories were graded on five general categories, each worth 100 points:

• Patient Rights and Civil Protection
• Access to Medicine
• Ease of Navigation
• Functionality
• Consumer Safety and Provider Requirements

Criteria for scoring was based on a series of more than 100 public meetings across the U.S. as well as surveys of ASA’s 100,000+ members.