Quick Hits with Dr. Adam Rothschild, PGH MMJ – A cannabis medicine physician prescribing in Pennsylvania

Business of Cannabis wanted to explore some of the similarities – and differences – between what happens in Canada and what is happening in other places. To do this, over the next few weeks we will be interviewing patients, physicians, regulators and operators in other jurisdictions. Our first Quick Hits on this front comes from Pennsylvania – where a new medical regime came into effect in 2017. We checked in with Dr. Adam Rothschild, a Pittsburgh-based, board certified in family medicine and also runs PGH MMJ – where he prescribes medical cannabis to patients. When we spoke with Dr. Rothschild, we described how doctors are able to certify themselves to prescribe cannabis as well as why, he believes, physicians are resistant to prescribing cannabis to patients.