"POT DOCS" WORRYING COLO. HEALTH OFFICIALS

DENVER (AP) - A handful of doctors are writing almost all of
Colorado's referrals for medical marijuana.

Now state health authorities are asking for new guidelines for how
doctors refer patients to pot.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says that
just 15 doctors account for 73 percent of all the state's marijuana patients.

But the egancy is barred from turning over those doctors' names to
law enforcement. Instead, the department is asking state lawmakers to
write rules clarifying when doctors can refer patients to marijuana.
That would make it easier for state health authorities to refer
suspect doctors to the state Board of Medical Examiners.