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jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 09:29:06 PM
Is there anything else I could buy from them without a prescription to be considered a customer?
 
Meatzilla
2011-12-13 11:30:54 PM
jaylectricity: Is there anything else I could buy from them without a prescription to be considered a customer?

Medical Cannabis dispensaries do not provide "prescription" medication. Consideration for service is based on a doctor recommendation and not a prescription as it is against Federal Law for a doctor to prescribe marijuana. Most reputable dispensaries won't even let you in the door and onto the premises without the verifiable doctor recommendation. So the short answer is, "No."
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:39:25 PM
There won't be anything left to give away by Friday.
 
fusillade762
2011-12-13 11:42:03 PM
Hope you've booked a train ticket or rented a car to drive back home. Or were you planning to smoke it all before getting back on the plane?
 
clipperbox
2011-12-13 11:44:32 PM
sorry in advance for threadjacking, but doesn't j.lo look like she's giving her self a goatse?

l.yimg.com
 
The Shatner Incident
2011-12-13 11:45:09 PM
fusillade762: Hope you've booked a train ticket or rented a car to drive back home. Or were you planning to smoke it all before getting back on the plane?

Greyhound does little in the way of searches. I've been on the Loser Cruiser a lot and not once have I been searched for contraband.

/I'm a young, white female, so YMMV
 
Mixolydian Master [TotalFark]
2011-12-13 11:48:07 PM
2 miles away! I have a friend with a card. I'll pass on the info
 
BurnShrike
2011-12-13 11:48:18 PM
I'm pretty sure you can get more than a gram in most cities quite easily for far less than a plane ticket to Sacramento.

It's not like the War on Drugs has made them hard to obtain or anything.
 
Caesar's Ghost
2011-12-13 11:51:14 PM
grass is good
 
Omnivorous
2011-12-13 11:51:31 PM
It's not like the War on Drugs has made them hard to obtain or anything.

Any economist --: liberal or conservative -- would say that the War on Drugs has made drug traffic profitable.
 
beer4breakfast
2011-12-13 11:52:22 PM
And the Obama administration shows yet again 'Hope and Change' was just an ad campaign.
 
cbcs
2011-12-13 11:56:45 PM
beer4breakfast: And the Obama administration shows yet again 'Hope and Change' was just an ad campaign.

Thank you.
 
Devo
2011-12-13 11:57:41 PM
Omnivorous: It's not like the War on Drugs has made them hard to obtain or anything.

Any economist --: liberal or conservative -- would say that the War on Drugs has made drug traffic profitable.

So regulation is good for business?
 
m2313
2011-12-13 11:58:04 PM
Omnivorous: Any economist --: liberal or conservative -- would say that the War on Drugs has made drug traffic profitable.

That's the only reason it's still going on.
The street gangs that deal and kill are the mirror image of the street gang in blue that kills and imprisons for "legal" profits.
Both sides are making a shiatton of money for private industry and individuals, legally or not. And both sides blatantly disregard the law when it comes to what they feel like doing, the police often far more violently and harmfully than marijuana users and dealers.
Say what you want about marijuana dealers, at the end of the day, most of them are not breaking and entering and then kidnapping you for a personal behavior you indulge in.
 
Kahabut
2011-12-13 11:58:10 PM
Having been to a couple of dispensary in CA (bay area), I can safely say a few things.

These guys are selling DRUGS
Good drugs
and all you need is a CA user card, which will cost you 2 minutes of paperwork and about 5 minutes with a doctor that is going to charge you $125 or so. If you go to a "hemp con" you can get a card RIGHT THERE and use it to buy drugs five minutes later.

One wonders about the doctors that have signed a few thousand user cards...

Oh, and the prices are generally inline with street pricing. Sometimes cheaper. Generally top notch stuff.

fsb
My aunt (lives in Washington (state)), asked me once if it was true that people had road side stands to sell pot in Oregon. And I laughed and said that we don't have road side stands, but we do have delivery. The family all laughed and on went the holidays circa 2005. Fast forward, and I live in CA and they DO have road side stands selling pot. Who knew?
 
m2313
2011-12-13 11:58:44 PM
Devo: So regulation is good for business?

In this case, yeah.
That's the only reason the WoD is still going on.
 
Tony_Pepperoni [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:02:11 AM
One Gram, One Gram?
That's it?

/I'll pass
 
Degenz
2011-12-14 12:05:45 AM
The Shatner Incident: fusillade762: Hope you've booked a train ticket or rented a car to drive back home. Or were you planning to smoke it all before getting back on the plane?

Greyhound does little in the way of searches. I've been on the Loser Cruiser a lot and not once have I been searched for contraband.

/I'm a young, white female, so YMMV

At the Salt Lake City station they lined us all up and searched everything before boarding. They were taking away meds if you didn't have them properly stored in a labled bottle and ID to prove it was yours. Assholes took a way a hot 24 oz Bud Ice I had in the bottom of my duffle bag, too.
 
MrEricSir
2011-12-14 12:14:05 AM
Kahabut: and all you need is a CA user card, which will cost you 2 minutes of paperwork and about 5 minutes with a doctor that is going to charge you $125 or so.

Wow, you got ripped off. There's adds in the local alt-weeklies for doctors who charge $40.
 
Notabunny
2011-12-14 12:19:57 AM
fta "It's not just tacos anymore,"

But we can still get tacos, though, right?
 
Pizilla
2011-12-14 12:24:25 AM
No Bud Porn?

howtogrowmarijuana.com

weedsmokersguide.com
 
Kahabut
2011-12-14 12:26:08 AM
MrEricSir: Kahabut: and all you need is a CA user card, which will cost you 2 minutes of paperwork and about 5 minutes with a doctor that is going to charge you $125 or so.

Wow, you got ripped off. There's adds in the local alt-weeklies for doctors who charge $40.

No one got ripped off, the case I know about was a cancer patient seeking relief and that was what her normal doctor charged her to sign the papers. YMMV

I don't need a card to buy pot, at least I never have before.
 
marfar
2011-12-14 12:30:50 AM
beer4breakfast: And the Obama administration shows yet again 'Hope and Change' was just an ad campaign.

And the dispensaries prove yet again they have no interest in only dealing with medical patients.
 
SnakeLee [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:33:48 AM
As a card carrier for over a year now, all I have to say is "no thank you" to that sausage fest. Holy shiat is that going to be a lame party.

/Having a card is the greatest thing ever though
 
Infobahn
2011-12-14 12:35:47 AM
Damn, I am in Roseville. I have a 420 doc a block away. Maybe its time.
 
Quadruple Entendre
2011-12-14 12:40:53 AM
Soooooo much money could be saved, and so much revenue could be raised, if only pot were legalized.

I personally hate pot - I hate coughing, and I hate feeling lethargic - but FFS, it's a hell of a lot safer than alcohol.
 
MrEricSir
2011-12-14 12:43:57 AM
Kahabut: No one got ripped off, the case I know about was a cancer patient seeking relief and that was what her normal doctor charged her to sign the papers. YMMV

That's terrible! And it sounds like a perfect example of what's wrong with health care in this country. You've got cancer, and your doctor wants you to pay $125 to spend 10 seconds scribbling on a piece of paper?! It's not only heartless, it's just plain absurd.

I don't need a card to buy pot, at least I never have before.

Who said anything about a card? A doctor's recommendation is just a piece of paper. You do not need a card to buy medical marijuana in CA.
 
beer4breakfast
2011-12-14 12:43:57 AM
marfar: beer4breakfast: And the Obama administration shows yet again 'Hope and Change' was just an ad campaign.

And the dispensaries prove yet again they have no interest in only dealing with medical patients.

Not true, he ones in northern California are extremely strict about requiring a card. It's not the reason the IRS and DoJ is trying to shut them down.
 
boobsrgood [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 12:58:27 AM
Thank you, federal idiots, for creating thousands of scumbag black market jobs by using prohibition when we already know it doesn't work and creates crime. God forbid you legalize this baby asprin and force all these smelly douchebags to get real jobs. I could use a grower or two to paint my house instead of just driving its value down by growing $200/oz plants all over my neighborhood.
 
bikerbob
2011-12-14 01:06:21 AM
Grow your own. With an MMJ card you can grow LEGALLY. Even if they shut down the dispensaries, so what. It doe's hurt to chop your babies down at harvest time after loving and caring for them for months.
A smile comes when you sit and trim chunker "nugs" and think about your next crop.
 
The Shatner Incident
2011-12-14 01:06:49 AM
Degenz: The Shatner Incident: fusillade762: Hope you've booked a train ticket or rented a car to drive back home. Or were you planning to smoke it all before getting back on the plane?

Greyhound does little in the way of searches. I've been on the Loser Cruiser a lot and not once have I been searched for contraband.

/I'm a young, white female, so YMMV

At the Salt Lake City station they lined us all up and searched everything before boarding. They were taking away meds if you didn't have them properly stored in a labled bottle and ID to prove it was yours. Assholes took a way a hot 24 oz Bud Ice I had in the bottom of my duffle bag, too.

It's Mormonland. Do you expect any less from people that have a mandated 4% ABV for beer and believe that magic underwear can protect you from fire, magic, and Satan?
 
beer4breakfast
2011-12-14 01:07:55 AM
The Shatner Incident: 4% ABV for beer

It's actually 3.2%
 
The Shatner Incident
2011-12-14 01:09:55 AM
beer4breakfast: The Shatner Incident: 4% ABV for beer

It's actually 3.2%

It's 3.2% by weight. 4% by volume.
 
TwowheelinTim
2011-12-14 01:11:29 AM
Around these parts, if you're buying it, you're not doing it right.
 
The Shatner Incident
2011-12-14 01:14:06 AM
TwowheelinTim: Around these parts, if you're buying it, you're not doing it right.

*checks profile to see if from Humboldt*

Yep. Awesome.
 
Gone In 26 Minutes
2011-12-14 01:15:40 AM
boobsrgood: Thank you, federal idiots, for creating thousands of scumbag black market jobs by using prohibition when we already know it doesn't work and creates crime. God forbid you legalize this baby asprin and force all these smelly douchebags to get real jobs. I could use a grower or two to paint my house instead of just driving its value down by growing $200/oz plants all over my neighborhood.

Most people who grow actually do have real jobs. Pot's just a side business since it's relatively easy to maintain once you get set up. I'm afraid legalizing it won't give you a sudden spike of slave labor to paint your shiatty high ranch and live out your bourgeois dreams.

/Knows many pot growers
//Most are actually pretty well adjusted, middle class folk that just really like to smoke pot
///Doesn't blame them. Everybody could use a little now and then.
 
bikerbob
2011-12-14 01:24:07 AM
The Shatner Incident: Degenz: The Shatner Incident: fusillade762: Hope you've booked a train ticket or rented a car to drive back home. Or were you planning to smoke it all before getting back on the plane?

Greyhound does little in the way of searches. I've been on the Loser Cruiser a lot and not once have I been searched for contraband.

/I'm a young, white female, so YMMV

At the Salt Lake City station they lined us all up and searched everything before boarding. They were taking away meds if you didn't have them properly stored in a labled bottle and ID to prove it was yours. Assholes took a way a hot 24 oz Bud Ice I had in the bottom of my duffle bag, too.

It's Mormonland. Do you expect any less from people that have a mandated 4% ABV for beer and believe that magic underwear can protect you from fire, magic, and Satan?

Utah, less than 1 oz = 6 mo's + $1000.00, 1oz.+ to 1 lb. = 1yr + $2500.00. I use MMJ for Migraines (it works) but I never take meds with me when I visit. They burn you for MMJ with a card.
 
A Young Rory Calhoun
2011-12-14 01:54:52 AM
BurnShrike: I'm pretty sure you can get more than a gram in most cities quite easily for far less than a plane ticket to Sacramento.

It's not like the War on Drugs has made them hard to obtain or anything.

www.pastemagazine.com

Yeah, they'll probably have some on them to share if you stick around after a show.
 
buckeyebrain
2011-12-14 01:57:10 AM
Gone In 26 Minutes: /Knows many pot growers
//Most are actually pretty well adjusted, middle class folk that just really like to smoke pot
///Doesn't blame them. Everybody could use a little now and then.

I just love how potheads' solution to everything is to make everybody else a pothead.

/Lives in the Sacramento area
//Getting a kick out of these "dispensary" closures
 
OOBE Juan Kenobi
2011-12-14 02:03:10 AM
In memoriam for all the medical marijuana dispensaries...

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SirEattonHogg
2011-12-14 02:13:41 AM
Having had lived in Sacramento for a few years back in the 90's, let me just say that for me to book a flight to Sacramento, it'd have to be free cocaine they were giving out.

Just saying...
 
PsychoLaurie
2011-12-14 02:20:07 AM
I wish we had dispensaries here in Hawai'i. You can get the card, but word is it allows you & another person to grow like two plants each. As someone who is not a greenthumb, I'd rather pay to make sure it's grown correctly ... Hopefully one day we'll just like Peter Tosh said, "Legalize It."
 
MistyRexx
2011-12-14 02:45:57 AM
So Hilarious- I'm flying to Sacramento Friday for a weekend in the bay area culminating in Monday Night Football at the Stick,
 
Atomic Spunk
2011-12-14 03:12:27 AM
PsychoLaurie: I wish we had dispensaries here in Hawai'i. You can get the card, but word is it allows you & another person to grow like two plants each. As someone who is not a greenthumb, I'd rather pay to make sure it's grown correctly ... Hopefully one day we'll just like Peter Tosh said, "Legalize It."

There was a bill introduced in the last congressional session to allow dispensaries, but unfortunately, it died. It's a shame that a state as progressive as ours is still behind the curve when it comes to an issue like this.

I've remember reading in Honolulu Weekly about what it takes to get a card here. They said the physicians who will allow patients to get a card all require that they transfer your medical records to them and appoint them as their primary physician before they even examine the patient to determine if they qualify. The reporter wasn't willing to go that far so that's where the story ended.

I'd love to grow on my own, but knowing my luck, I'd get busted or somebody would just steal it from my yard. It sure would be nice to be able to drop in to Foodland for bread, milk and a quarter oz. of "smoky treats". Who knows, maybe one day....
 
Gone In 26 Minutes
2011-12-14 03:18:09 AM
buckeyebrain: Gone In 26 Minutes: /Knows many pot growers
//Most are actually pretty well adjusted, middle class folk that just really like to smoke pot
///Doesn't blame them. Everybody could use a little now and then.

I just love how potheads' solution to everything is to make everybody else a pothead.

/Lives in the Sacramento area
//Getting a kick out of these "dispensary" closures

What about people that aren't potheads, but acknowledge that some people could use some chemical intervention every now and then? Never smoked a joint in my life, but can still see how it's helped people cope with pain (both physical and emotional) and make them better adjusted people in a situation they normally wouldn't be. Are you mad that they're enjoying their lives just a little bit more with no real medical drawbacks (except the possibility of being arrested) than you because they have something to let them forget their ills once and a while, or are you just mad that your own inhibitions prevent you from doing the same? It's fine to abstain because you're generally against mind altering chemicals of that type entering you (like myself,) but denying the good it's done for a lot of people and having a haughty attitude by stereotyping them all as poor, deadbeat nobodies is short sighted and downright stupid of you.

/Your doctor probably smokes weed
//Your lawyer probably does too when he isn't snorting coke to keep himself awake
///Your network admin DEFINITELY smokes weed
 
krackpipe
2011-12-14 04:31:53 AM
MistyRexx: So Hilarious- I'm flying to Sacramento Friday for a weekend in the bay area culminating in Monday Night Football at the Stick,

That will likely be a good game. FTA, some people may be more into staring at the video display than others.
 
I Mash Grains
2011-12-14 09:19:04 AM
Kahabut: My aunt (lives in Washington (state)), asked me once if it was true that people had road side stands to sell pot in Oregon.

I was driving on one of the desolate roads in Maui about 15 years ago right before the road turned into requiring 4 wheel drive vehicles only. I slowed down a lot since the road was getting bumpy, and out of the bushes ahead of me pops a Hawaiian guy waving some buds that were as long as my arm. It was quite a sight.
 
Mishno
2011-12-14 09:44:05 AM
"Medical" marijuana "dispenseries". Yeah, right.
 
NextChapter [TotalFark]
2011-12-14 11:41:45 AM
Posted this on the web site.

Speaking as a nurse, I am absolutely for having cannabis legalized nationally for medical use. It has been proven over and over again to be more effective and has fewer negative side effects than many of the other medications doctors prescribe from pharmaceutical drug companies.

It has the added benefit of being able to be smoked. Since the active ingredient is absorbed through the lungs, it's not rejected by the body. When someone is experiencing vomiting and diarrhea, it can be hard to have the medication stay in long enough to take effect. The only other way to have it done is by injection.

I would also like to see this prescribed to those who have GAD. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The antianxiety meds that are given, benzodiazepines, can be addictive and are often abused. Getting off of those can be a nightmare for people. Sometimes people will self medicate with alcohol. Both can require having to go into the hospital to get detox from to prevent seizures and DTs. This has never been the case with cannabis.

Why this is even a issue is unbelievable. I can say that it is absolutely more about politics than it is about science.

Also, just for the record, I personally do not use it.
 
offmymeds
2011-12-14 12:05:31 PM
beer4breakfast: And the Obama administration shows yet again 'Hope and Change' was just an ad campaign.

B-b-but...gateway drug! Dangerous narcotic!!!
 
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