MMJ card Wait?

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Let me stop the rumors now.

You don't have to send it certified but it is recommended. Just because you have a certified receipt doesn't mean your local po-po is going to accept it. What I do is not only carry a copy of my Dr recommendation & Application, but also my certified mail receipt, along with a print out from the USPS website showing that the letter was received, and a copy of my check I wrote. I have everything scanned & stored on my hard drive. I also keep multiple copies of everything around (one set in my wallet, one in my glovebox, one set in my grow room)

You don't have to have your red "card" (not really a card more like a certificate/permit) to buy/possess meds, but some dispensaries & caregivers are requiring that you have all the certified stuff to cover their butts especially caregivers!

All my patients have provided me with copies of all their paperwork, just like I have - mostly because I "walked" them through the entire process.

And to trickyricky who started this thread - you sent your paperwork in last January 2009 and still haven't received your paperwork or did you mistype something there? If you sent it in this past January 2010, then it's just barely getting close to 2 months. Patience, grasshopper... :rasta:

I Mailed in my paper work 1-28-09 as of Today(3-22-10), It has not came in the mail yet!!

[denverbear]

At this point the longer the better. The wait on our cards is really costing the state money. Instead of us having to pay $90 a year, our first payment actually gives us more like 18 months. Good for my pocketbook, not so good for the state's.

I do not understand why they do not get more staff for CDPHE, it make no sense at all. It is actually costing them money by not throwing a few more staff members at getting rid of the backlog. There seems to be no logic in our political enviroment so why start now.

you would think that with all the fee's they are collecting they could hire a few more clerks to process the apps....very bad political move I think.
not taking care of business quicker.

[denverbear]

Hey Denver keep a close eye on the mail. My son sent his in Oct 17 and got his card a few days ago. Sounds like your should be there soon.

thanks for the update...now I'm getting excited....

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Does it really matter though? As long as you have the temp receipt you can get meds anyway.....right?

You can have meds in your possession. It's up to the person selling, if they wish to sell to you.

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Hey Denver keep a close eye on the mail. My son sent his in Oct 17 and got his card a few days ago. Sounds like your should be there soon.

That's right about the time when things really started to blow-up! So for those who sent in last Oct, it's been little over 5 months. Guessing that for those who sent in Nov, it'll be 5-6; for those in Dec -6-7 months; in Jan - 7-8 months.... Wonder if they'll ever catch up!

[trickyricky]

Thanks for all the reply's, i did mistype, i mailed my paper work in on 11-27-09 (Oct 27th 2009) 4 1/2 months ago. looks like I'll just keep waiting for my card to get here. Thanks to all, Tricktricky

[Draconian]

You can have meds in your possession. It's up to the person selling, if they wish to sell to you.

Care to tell me which places in Denver would be willing to sell to me without the "official" card? You can PM me if you want, thanks.

[TheReleafCenter]

We'll accept a doctors recommendation, and without receipt of sending.

[copobo]

i thought a bunch of money was appropriated for temp staff to get caught up?

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

Care to tell me which places in Denver would be willing to sell to me without the "official" card? You can PM me if you want, thanks.

Sure but you'll need to explain to me how to pm on here. Haven't been able to figure it out.