New Mexico's medicinal marijuana program is running dry.

The state has only 11 growers to satisfy the demand of the 2,000 patients prescribed cannabis for chronic illness.

This position leaves many patients rationing medication or turning to the illegal market, while the state wants to ensure that its program for growing cannabis remains legal, said Len Goodman, executive director of NewMexicann, a nonprofit organization that grows medicinal marijuana.

Goodman said his company distributes to about 750 patients but said he cannot provide enough for all of them.

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