Patients, families may pay up to $500 a month for marijuana
Published 9:47 am Wednesday, December 17, 2014
ST. PAUL — Minnesota patients seeking medical marijuana come July 1 can expect monthly bills of $100 to $500 for their treatment, according to estimates from the state’s manufacturers.
With no hope of insurance covering even a fraction of those bills, the potentially high costs will leave some patients and their children with the painful choice of cutting expenses elsewhere or forgoing a chance at relief.
“At the upper end, it would be impossible. I don’t have $500 left over at the end of the month,” said Sarah Wellington, a St. Paul middle school teacher hoping to treat her multiple sclerosis with medical marijuana. “That’s over half my mortgage.”