An official from Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs said an equipment malfunction led to a backlog in printing around 20,000 cards for medical marijuana patients, according to the Saginaw News.
The newspaper reports the backlog goes back to medical marijuana applications received since last July.
Celeste Clarkson, compliance section manager with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs spoke at a seminar on medical marijuana enforcement in Saginaw Township.
From the Saginaw News:
The state has continued to print up to 800 cards a day for medical marijuana patients and caregivers, but the volume of applications has approaches 1,500 a day. Once an application has been approved, the state has five days to print a card under state rules. The state is reviewing how best to catch up on the backlog, she said... The state has received nearly 200,000 medical marijuana applications through the end of October with 120,597 active patients, according to state figures. The state has 45,531 active caregiver registry card users. A caregiver must have one card for each patient and may have no more than five patients. A caregiver can provide no more than 12 marijuana plants for each patients. The state has denied 14,288 applications, she said. Those denied may reapply.
