DENVER—A Denver man who is registered to use marijuana for medical reasons has filed a lawsuit challenging a limit on how many people medical marijuana providers can serve.
AIDS patient Damien LaGoy, 47, filed his lawsuit Friday in Denver District Court against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. He alleges that in a secret meeting in 2004, department leaders crafted a policy to limit providers of medical marijuana to five patients.
Health department spokeswoman Lori Maldonado declined to discuss LaGoy’s charge that the department violated state open meetings law in establishing the policy.
LaGoy, who said his medications cause nausea, said he’s had trouble finding legal caretakers able to accept more patients. He said he has relied on friends supplying him with illegal pot or has passed up his medications to prevent the nausea.
LaGoy is one of 1,350 medical marijuana users registered with the state, according to Brian Vicente, head of Sensible Colorado, a group that promotes medical marijuana.
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Information from: Rocky Mountain News,
