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Connecticut residents suffering from a variety of severe illnesses can now legally purchase medical marijuana due to a law that went into effect Oct. 1. The act, which the state General Assembly passed on May 5 and signed into law several weeks later, makes Connecticut the 17th state to permit medicinal marijuana use. According to the law, patients who wish to use medical marijuana prescriptions must first be diagnosed with at least one of several conditions enumerated in the law and then complete an online registration process before they can legally purchase the drug. Eligible patients, however, will have to wait several months before purchasing marijuana in Connecticut, as the state has yet to license any dispensaries. “There are thousands of people in Connecticut who will likely benefit from this legislation as they struggle with debilitating and life-threatening illnesses,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said in a May press release. Under the law, conditions that make one eligible for medicinal marijuana prescriptions include cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epi-
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