MN Medical Cannabis Businesses See Jump in Pain Patients

Minnesota’s struggling medical marijuana market could be poised for dramatic improvement thanks to a surge in new chronic pain patients, who have become the second-largest group of enrollees in the state after becoming eligible for the program on Aug. 1.

According to figures released by Minnesota’s Office of Medical Cannabis, roughly one-third of the state’s patients, or 847 people, are registered based on recommendations for chronic pain, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The newspaper added there are more pain patients than…