West Virginia's medical cannabis program continues to grow. The legislation enabling the program passed in 2017, but nothing really got rolling until 2022. Morgantown's first dispensary opened in November that year. Now there are eight in Monongalia County, and 2,162 patients with medical cannabis cards.
Here's a look at some current figures for the state and the local area.
Statewide, patient applications started coming into the Office of Medical Cannabis in 2021, with 4,860. That jumped to 13,986 in 2022 and 17,378 in 2023.
As of Aug. 30 this year, the OMC had received 49,073 patient applications and approved 34,003. Mon's 2,162 patients ranks it second behind Kanawha, with 3,950. Rounding out the top five are Cabell, 1,979; Berkeley, 1,823; Wood, 1,544. The OMC notes that these five have 33% of the state's population but 38% of the cannabis patients.
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