The U.S. Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) estimate that 48 million Americans suffer with food poisoning annually. Another CDC statistic reveals that 128,000 U.S. citizens are hospitalized yearly with food poisoning, and 3,000 suffer death due to a foodborne illness.
New Hampshire. The State of New Hampshire has a legalized medical marijuana program, which allows legal medical marijuana patients to receive a marijuana recommendation from a certified physician, apply for a State-issued New Hampshire Medical Marijuana ID Card, and grow and/or purchase marijuana for medicinal use per state guidelines.
Marijuana's use by qualifying patients had been quasi-legal in Colorado for almost a decade, since voters amended the state constitution in 2000 to allow it. But there were no statewide regulations governing its sale and distribution. The federal ban still trumps Colorado's state law, but enforcement was light.