Manalapan Doctor Approved to Recommend Medical Marijuana

State grants first permit to grow marijuana.

State officials released a list of more than 100 physicians authorized to recommend medical marijuana to patients, including Family Practice physician Dr. Alexander Goldberg of Taylors Mills Medical in Manalapan. This is a move that could make the drug legally available to patients in three to four months. A second permit is needed before the facility can start selling the pot. “The Department is committed to ensuring that medicinal marijuana is safely and securely available to patients as quickly as possible,” Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary E. O’Dowd said in a statement. In the registration process, physicians with verified credentials submit the name, address and condition of the patient they are treating, which generates a…

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