Quote Originally Posted by grfxdsnr
My husband and I will be moving to Colorado soon. He does not want to grow his own meds. He just wants to be able to go to a dispensary and obtain his meds. However, he'd like to shop around before he does this. Does he need to choose a caregiver before he gets the card or can he shop around first?

If this allowed under the new rules? It's all so confusing.

Also, how long will he need to be a resident to obtain a card? He clearly qualifies, he has ms and suffers horrible spasms.

Thanks!
While the vast majority of caregivers in Colorado will claim to be 'for the patient', nearly zero caregivers are actually non-profit.

Use this forum and other Colorado MMJ forums to find the caregivers who actually give a shit. Don't use craigslist or the first person you find.

It's very difficult moving forward, for caregivers to have large scale grows. When you get your Colorado MMJ card, have your husband request an 'edible' recommendation, which is a recommendation from the Colorado Dept. of Health stating you can have more than the 6plant/2oz max stated under Amendment 20. Once you have your increased plant reco, then you shop your patient rights (increased plant count) to the type of caregiver you need.

Moving forward, caregivers are capped at 5 patients. They will likely prefer 5 patients who have increased plant counts (up to 99? I'm not sure) instead of regular 6plant patients. But, caregivers who are non-profit and actually taking care of sick people instead of potheads probably won't care about plant count.

I guess my point is, be careful, contact someone like copobo. I don't know him/her, but he seems like a legit contact, or at least someone who knows people who can take care of a legit patient.

Thanks to your hubby for serving, good luck.

edit: I'm sure people will be quick to point out if I am in-accurate. I don't stand behind anything I say. Things are changing by the day, so if I am wrong, I would hope to be corrected, for your sake.