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.
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.
Nine months after being selected to participate in the government’s public healthcare program, insurance provider MCS has reportedly walked away in a move that could affect more than 800,000 beneficiaries.