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Check out this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/30/colorado-attorney-general_n_272227.html

Apparently in Colorado, there are 10,000 Medical Cannabis patients. The latest issue is that there are claims that these patients for the most part are being seen by a small number of Cannabis Physicians. In other words, they are concerned that docs are “raking it in” by seeing tons of patients every day.

For example, it is claimed in this article that a number of the docs see 10% of the state’s cannabis patients. This would represent approximately 1000 patients per year.

So, let’s assume that there are only 10 Cannabis Docs in Colorado (many more in reality). If each of these docs saw 10% of the state’s patients, that would be 1000 patients per doctor. As there are approximately 250 work days in a year, this would mean that each doctor is seeing 4 patients per day. This is certainly NOT very rushed. :) Assume it is double, and a solo doctor in Colorado sees 8 patients daily. This would mean that he/she is seeing 20% of the state’s patients. This would allow each patient nearly one hour.

So, is an investigation warranted? I doubt it considering that most primary care docs see 30 or more patients per day!!

So, where should the investigation begin?

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