Quote Originally Posted by ZionsLion
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.