Newbie with questions

hi everybody

I've been reading the forums for a while now and you all seem like a great bunch of folks. I'm going for my recommendation on Saturday for migraines and chronic pain from a car accident. I have a few questions I hope some of you can answer.

After I get my prescription, do I have to get a state ID card and / or a county id card? I've been reading the state and county web sites and I'm a little confused.

I live in Riverside. How much do the id cards cost?

Also does anyone here make tea or tinctures? I can't afford a vaporizer and I don't want to smoke if I can avoid it.

hi everybody

I've been reading the forums for a while now and you all seem like a great bunch of folks. I'm going for my recommendation on Saturday for migraines and chronic pain from a car accident. I have a few questions I hope some of you can answer.

After I get my prescription, do I have to get a state ID card and / or a county id card? I've been reading the state and county web sites and I'm a little confused.

I live in Riverside. How much do the id cards cost?

Also does anyone here make tea or tinctures? I can't afford a vaporizer and I don't want to smoke if I can avoid it.


No you don't have to get a state card that shows you are a register patient. It does help a lot, because in the weekends most doctors are gone, so the co-op you go to wont register you because they must register with your doctor but they card will give you your own I.D. # so you don't have to worry about it.

I.D. cards are free in L.A. I don't know about Riverside

When you make tea it most of the time made with the steams (its always good to hold steams atill you get a lot) You Can make butter with the buds and make your own foods with it and get fu$k out. You can go on the web and find out the formual for it. If not pm me.

Cards are NOT necessary! However if you decide not to get one, carry a copy of your doctor's letter with you.

As for recipes-

International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums - Cannabis Recipes

There's gotta be something you can enjoy in there!

- Granny:hippy:

So I don't need a county or a state ID card? Should I get one anyway for law enforcement?

From what I've been reading here it looks like the medicinal bud frin co-op's is a lot more expensive than what I've used before. Is it really that much more potent? Is it worth the extra cost?

Thanks for your help!

On who you are! I likely won't ever need one- I'm a 60 year old grandmotherly type teacher's aide- chances are I'm not going to be suspected of toking! (Plus I trust the local rural gov about as far as I could toss the county courthouse!) Usually when I see the cops it's either a neighbor's domestic violence, or a DARE officer at school! I live quietly and don't cause trouble.

Who are you? Male? Female? What is your race? (Yes, dang it, that still matters! :( ) Do you drive less than optimally? Dress conservatively? Hit the clubs frequently? Party a lot? And all that jazz! Think about it- how often are you going to be interacting with the cops? Base whether you will need a card on that.

The prices at the clubs are a temporary inconvenience. You can grow now! We don't have clubs out in the boonies (only one was shut down years ago), so I can't tell you how the cannabis is, but the quality most likely will be more consistent than street weed!

-Granny:hippy:

I just got my recommendation! I'm so excited! It was pretty easy. They also recommended a company that issues ID cards that is not a government ID card. Anyone know about that?

Anyway, I need to get some more money saved up before I make my first trip to a dispensary. Plus I need to save up for a vaporizer.

To answer your questions Granny, I'm middle aged caucasion. I'm about as far from being a "police magnet" as you can get. Maybe I'll just skip the whole ID card thing if I don't need it.

Enjoy that first "paranoia free" joint/ firecracker/bhang- whatever.

There is another medical site you might enjoy- treating yourself .com (all one word). A somewhat older crowd than here, so you might feel at home there, too. I enjoy both sites for different reasons. :D

The card is likely a dispensary card- usually they set you back a few bucks and are good only at that dispensary. But it is better than nothing! I just keep a 1/2 sized photocopy of my rec stashed deep in the bottom of my huge purse.

-Granny:hippy:

Tincture, man, tincture. Check out Master Wu's Green Dragon thread in the Concentrates subforum. Great stuff. Butter's good too. There's reams of information on this forum & various other marijuana forums - of course you have to wade through a fair bit of junk to find it...