Gordon intends to draw from his Botany experience to produce high quality organic medicinal marijuana for his patients. He also wants to offer something else.
"I've been though this. I understand. It's about more than just medical relief," Gordon said.
Taking the time to talk with his patients and offer emotional support will be an important component, he said.
With a psychology degree and a background in massage therapy, Tina Valenti, uses a holistic approach to treating her patient's debilitating medical conditions.
"My goal is achieving balance and connection with them," Valenti said.
Her services include access to marijuana in various forms in addition to therapeutic massage, and mental and emotional support. She works closely with a team of diverse and progressive doctors and health care practitioners in an effort to make a variety of resources available to them in their approach to daily wellness.
She wants to see more focus on the overall health of medical marijuana patients.
So does the Colorado Board of Health. In response to Colorado's growing number of licensed patients and care-givers it's proposing new rules to regulate medical marijuana care-givers.
Currently, there are more than 4,000 registered patients in Colorado, and 68 percent of them have designated a primary care-giver to have substantial responsibility for managing their care and grow marijuana for their medical needs as opposed to growing it themselves.
The Board of Health wants to require care-givers to provide other services to their patients besides marijuana-related ones, including transportation, housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping and making medical care arrangements for patients.
A five patient per care-giver limit is also being considered.
In June, a hearing will be held in Denver to receive public comments on proposed rules further defining the term, "care-giver" and clarifying the phrase in Amendment 20, "significant responsibility for managing the well-being of a patient."
Staff writer Emily Johnson can be reached at news@collegian.com
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