The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is “in the preliminary stage” of developing a plan for implementation of West Virginia’s medical marijuana law, according to state officials, and has devoted a section of its website to frequently asked questions and more information.
Only one agency responsible for nominating a member to the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board has publicly announced the nominee — Joe Hatton, deputy commissioner for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture.
Gov. Jim Justice signed Senate Bill 386 — permitting doctors to recommend marijuana for medicinal purposes and establishing a regulatory system in West Virginia — into law on April 19. The law states that no patient or caregiver ID cards will be issued until July 2019.
Lawmakers gave the DHHR’s Bureau for Public Health oversight and tasked the bureau with creating an online source of public information.
Read more at the Charleston Gazette-Mail
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