Med pot bill marks only second vote override victory of 2019
(WorldNews Politics)

CONCORD - The New Hampshire Legislature overrode Gov. Chris Sununu`s veto of a medical marijuana bill on Thursday, marking just the second override of 2019. The override ended the mandate that patients have had to have a three-month provider relationship before they got the pain-relieving drug. State Sen. Tom Sherman, D-Rye and a licensed gastroenterologist, said patients don´t have any wait to get opioids, antipsychotics or many other medications with far more serious side effects than marijuana. Making those with chronic pain wait means they could get addicted to painkillers and that increases the risk of overdose, Sherman said `With therapeutic cannabis, we are waiting three months. What...