yes, the California med process was very simple and straightforward. it fact, i got a flyer from this girl that i bought some bud from near the park one day that explained the whole process and got me started. :rasta:

the doctor I went to was in the back of a coop so I had to go past all the counters of bud to get to his office :smokin:. the doc is this laid back really cool dude with a pony tail. I was kinda high already at the time and almost got paranoid thinking he was a cop or something :stonedthis was right after 215 and the coops were being busted daily at that time). it just seemed too good to be true. but i started talking to him about how i like to smoke a little bit a of good bud and then stretch out and how it helped me relax my muscles and let them stretch out. We talked for about an hour but it seemed really quick i was enjoying. I did not find this out until years later, but it turns out he is a very well known doctor in his field. he is famous for his research on cannabis and relaxation of the muscles.

at that time you could get a med card from one of the private card providers, like the Oakland Cannabis Buyers Club, which is where I got mine. they were really cool there. as soon as my letter and id, etc. all checked out they issued me my very own buyers club card and told me about the secret room in the back of the Bulldog coffee shop a few doors down, so i walked down there and showed my card, went in the back and had my mind blown. :jointsmile:

just to be clear .. when i called it all bs, i meant just the whole idea that free people have to go thru such hoops just to use this natural herb is bs. an herb so natural that our own human bodies have evolved a unique neural synaptic site that is specific to the cannabis molecule. for some of us, our bodies seem to need this natural molecule for normal eating, sleeping and relaxing functions, yet we have a handful of radical prohibitions that will have you locked up if you try to grow and consume it. they have built a massive centralized 'authority' that functions solely to perpetuate itself by any means needed to maintain their black market monopoly. even if it means atf agents arming drug cartels to rub out the competition and controlling our lawmakers like loose change in their pockets. :twocents:

I've actually heard a lot of good comments about the medical approval process in many of the med states on this forum. so even if we do see full legal cannabis in our life time, maybe the medical cannabis doctors can continue for those who would like a doctor's advice. but, for the rest of us, just open up shop and sell it, there is no need for the gov to have an inquisition about it. :twocents:

and yes, New Mexico is a beautiful place to live, irregardless of the mmj program. But, personally, I'm thinking Colorado if you want to grow legally right now with no questions asked.