How do you find a dispensary?

[Trichromaster]

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Trichromaster Reviewed by Trichromaster on 11-14-2009. How do you find a dispensary? Hi everybody, I just got my MMJ permit, and now I am confused....how do I find a dispensary? I live out in no mans land..SE Washington State. Any advice? Thank You Rating: 5

[cannabeastie]

It amazes me how information gets garbled after it is repeated numerous times...

The STATE does not have or issue a card. CA, OR, probably others, have cards issued by the state (Like a drivers license)

WA has at least 3 (Doc in a box) companies who issue Authorizations. As a service to their customers, they issue an ID card. This is just a handy version of your Authorization and has no more or less significance than having your full sized authorization handy.

As far as the person who stated that they didn't understand the mandate to grow your own or have a caregiver and the caregiver can't smoke.

This is how our law was written to serve PATIENTS and not greedy "Compassion Clubs" The truth is that growing for your self is not as hard as people make it out to be, and is exponentially more rewarding.

uh, I beg to differ. Growing your own, IS as hard as people make it out to be, I made it through two harvests, with about 3 ounces to show for it; off of 2 harvests, times 15 plants each, that's 30 plants... Yes, cannabis is a weed, and yes it grew well, but getting it to flower worth a damn, that's another question... Cannabis has very specific environmental requirements, and if you (a medical patient) can't meet those requirements, it's not going to do what you (a medical patient) want it to, which is to secrete various cannabinoids in large enough quantities over a large dense flowering framework. Now, if we were asking cannabis to provide for us the stongest known natural fiber, those conditions would be relaxed significantly. However, if you can't keep the temperatures in your growing area under 80 degrees farenheit, and I assure you, doing that indoors is much harder (expensive) than you might think, you will NOT be able to grow medical grade cannabis. Indoor horticultural gear DOES NOT come cheap. If you don't happen to live somewhere good for growing outdoors, which is pretty much most of America, you MUST grow indoors. Additionally, the law states that cannabis must be concealed from the public, further neccesitating indoor horticulture. Believe you me, growing your own is simply not within the capabilites of many, if not most, patients. Or at least it's out of mine. Most expensive hobby I ever quit.

[justpics]

according to a friend that owns a horticulture store in CA, just under 90% of people that buy stuff from him return it all and quit growing.


the fact of the matter is that if you stick it out for 2 years, with a budget of at least $1,000 to start. You will be successful. But it takes most people about 2 years, and that $1K only gets you started, you will have recurring expenses, which are less than the meds you should eventually get.

But ya, most don't have 2 years to learn. Or a mentor to make them have success off that bat.

[killerweed420]

Yeah you can look at craigslist and find all kinds of used growing equipment for sale.
I think one of the biggest problems is people try to make it too complicated when they first start. It has a learning curve, the same as anything in life and some people just aren't gardeners.

[tigggerz]

Eventually you will meet enough people to help you out with your problem. I just started growing, so give me some time to help.

[robz123]

My son got his reccomendation yesterday on his very first visit to his new primary care doc. She told him her written reccomendation is all he needed. The Thcf card is for patients that can't find a regular primary care doc to reccomend it. That's how I precieve it anywho.

[postableme]

My son got his reccomendation yesterday on his very first visit to his new primary care doc. She told him her written reccomendation is all he needed. The Thcf card is for patients that can't find a regular primary care doc to reccomend it. That's how I precieve it anywho.

As of June 10, 2010, the hard cards you see from some places are NOT valid as authorizations unless they were done prior to 6/10/10. The ones handed out after that date are pretty much worthless except as a sort of membership card for the clinic it came from.

As of June 10, 2010, a valid authorization can only be printed on tamper-resistant paper, which those hard cards are not. (Some folks have laminated their tamper-resistant authorizations, which I don't recommend. While it doesn't invalidate the authorization, it does make it difficult for LEO out in the field to test the authenticity of the authorization since they can't physically *get* to the paper itself... and I've never seen a policecar with a xerox machine in it to be able to photocopy it to test for the watermarks.)

Some clinics/doctors have begun giving patients small card-sized laminated authorizations printed on the tamper-resistant paper. Those do qualify as valid authorizations, as far as I can tell.

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The law states very clearly what an authorization is:

Chapter 69.51A RCW: Medical marijuana

69.51A.010
Definitions.

(5) "Tamper-resistant paper" means paper that meets one or more of the following industry-recognized features:

(a) One or more features designed to prevent copying of the paper;

(b) One or more features designed to prevent the erasure or modification of information on the paper; or

(c) One or more features designed to prevent the use of counterfeit valid documentation.

(7) "Valid documentation" means:

(a) A statement signed and dated by a qualifying patient's health care professional written on tamper-resistant paper, which states that, in the health care professional's professional opinion, the patient may benefit from the medical use of marijuana; and

(b) Proof of identity such as a Washington state driver's license or identicard, as defined in RCW 46.20.035.

Applicability of valid documentation definition.

The provisions of RCW 69.51A.010, relating to the definition of "valid documentation," apply prospectively only, not retroactively, and do not affect valid documentation obtained prior to June 10, 2010.

[jamessr]

The cards from clinics are "approved" tamper-proof, it is in the law if read correctly.

The key "active" words are -->"**features** designed to prevent".<--<

[postableme]

The cards from clinics are "approved" tamper-proof, it is in the law if read correctly.

The key "active" words are -->"**features** designed to prevent".<--<

If the cards are plastic, then NO, they are not valid authorizations. The law clearly states that authorizations must be printed on tamper-resistant paper, not plastic.

[killerweed420]

They write them on tamper-resistant paper then laminate them.