The Legal Way of Applying for a Medical Marijuana Card

Are you a patient who really need medical marijuana for the treatment some life-threatening disease? Is medical marijuana legalized in your state? If yes, this article will help in getting the compulsory medical marijuana card so that you get the medical marijuana treatment in accordance to the medical marijuana laws of your state. Following are tips to help you in getting a legal medical marijuana card.

First of all, you must consult a licensed doctor of your state. In order to get eligible for the medical marijuana treatment, you must be suffering from a chronic, life-threatening, and severe or specific type of disease that can be only cured by medical marijuana. Upon consultation, the licensed doctor will first diagnose your medical condition and then he or she will give you a recommendation that you medical condition can be improved by medical marijuana while mentioning the reasons for which you are eligible for medical marijuana treatment.   For this, the he or she will have to fill up a form that will authenticate the requirement of the recommendation of medical marijuana treatment. Now, you need to submit this form to the concerned health department of your state that handles all such matters.

As medical marijuana is still classified as Schedule I drug under the federal laws, a doctor can’t prescribe and because pharmacies only dispense medicines that are prescribed by doctors, you can’t buy medical marijuana from a commercial establishment. Each of the 16 States has its own medical marijuana laws in addition to their own medical marijuana dispensaries.

After getting all required medical documents, you can apply medical marijuana card. Every medical marijuana laws will require you to deposit a registration fee in addition to your identity proof and age proof such as your driving license, social security card etc.

Once you get your Medical Marijuana Card, you are responsible to use medical marijuana for the sole purpose of your own personal medicinal use. If you live in the State of California, the medical marijuana laws of the state allow you to grow your own marijuana. If you live in other medical marijuana states of U.S., it is strictly against laws and you need to buy from a licensed medical marijuana dispensary.