The Puerto Rico Health Department has enacted a series of amendments to its medicinal cannabis regulations that impose new restrictions on doctors, patients and businesses while allowing municipalities to operate cannabis dispensaries, announced advocacy group Puerto Rico Legal Marijuana.
Looking to lay the groundwork to advance the growth of the medicinal cannabis industry, Puerto Rico will host the second edition of Puerto Rico MedCann.Biz, an interdisciplinary forum that will bring together all the components of this new treatment alternative for patients with debilitating medical conditions in the island.
Step by step, Puerto Rico’s medical cannabis industry is getting off the ground. It promises benefits for patients and opportunities for entrepreneurs to create new companies and jobs.
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