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It's not lost on me that every day I come to work, I'm in 

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violation of federal law. [ SOUND ] Good afternoon, 

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thank you for calling Vireo Health. This is 

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Aashna. If you look around, 

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we don't have pictures of Bob Marley, we're not playing 

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his music. This is the setting of a doctor's office, of a 

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neighborhood pharmacy. [ MUSIC ] 

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The perception 

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around marijuana And there's a stigma that's been a 

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huge hurdle for us. Typical to New Yorker's, we were 

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doing it in our own style. Somewhat similar to 

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Minnesota, but a very cautious strict approach. Not 

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every physician can recommend cannabis. Only those 

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who have gone through a special training that is 

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offered by the New York State Department. Of health. 

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The dispensaries is where patients come, nd are able 

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to purchase their medicine so long that they have a 

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medical marijuana ID. And a recommendation 

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from their physician. Currently there are only ten very 

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severe debilitating diseases that we can serve patients 

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for in New York. [ UNKNOWN ] examples would be 

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HIV, cancer, epilepsy, sever 

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spinal injury with spasticity, ALS. And in New York, 

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we're allowed Three forms of these medications. The 

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first, which most closely resembles a medication, is the 

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capsule form. Second would be an oil form, that we 

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are using probably most with out pediatric patients. 

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The final form that we offer here is the vaporizer. 

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Because cannabis is a schedule one drug Is considered 

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federally illegal, medical cannabis products are not 

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eligible for prescription drug coverage. That means 

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that patients who come through our doors are paying 

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out- of- pocket. And can pay anywhere from two to 

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three hundred dollars a month. We're taking something 

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that's been sold illegally for decades, and now we're 

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creating a real market for it. [ MUSIC ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ]