The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's recent rejection of nearly 2,000 medical marijuana patient licensesover a quiet rule change caused such an uproar that the department promised to temporarily reinstate licenses for around 1,300 MMJ users -- among them Larry Shurtleff, who suffers from stage 4 cancer. But he remains confused and anxious over the state jerking him back and forth.

"This has been just about unbearable on me," says Shurtleff, 53. "One day, I think everything's going good, and then I get shot back down again. I really don't know what's going on."

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