Patients tell me shutting down medical marijuana dispensaries could force some people to turn to unsafe alternatives.
Sarah Sanderson relies on cannabis as a safer more effective alternative to pharmaceutical drugs.
"I have chronic pain, i have fibromyalgia, i have a cyst in my brain that the CBDS and THC help stop my seizures and keep me from using opiates."
Patients do not want to be forced to turn to the black market while they wait for the state to put new licensing rules in place.
They want to keep using the dispensaries they're comfortable with.
"No trash, no nothing, and my building is a professional building."
Patients fear closing dispensaries will end up backfiring.
"It's not going to be good for the society as a whole, its gonna bring the bad crime back."
The board member who suggested the delay points out that the dispensaries are illegal right now. he wants to ban anyone that stays open past September 15th from applying for a license when the state starts taking applications in December.
Sanderson says that's just taking a step back.
"We always wanna keep looking forward instead of moving people back."
