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Itsshrovetuesday t1_iwsocey wrote

Reply to comment by Calint in Democrats win control of Pennsylvania state House · Spotlight PA by dotcom-jillionaire

It's not that easy in PA. It's kind of a bureaucratic cluster fuck to get medical MJ here to be honest.

Only doctors with medical mj certification can prescribed it. If your doc doesn't have that cert you have to see one who does and usually you wind up paying out of pocket for the consult because most of those docs don't take insurance. Typically can run between 175 to 200 bucks and then another 50 bucks for the medical card itself.

Recreational would just be so awesome for everyone (except maybe those consult groups making absolute bank off MJ appointments)

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chaqalaqalaqa t1_iwsso70 wrote

It’s actually really easy to get one for anxiety.

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dackinthebox t1_iwwdujn wrote

Sure, if you do all of the things the comment you’re replying to said. It’s still a pain in the ass, and definitely isn’t “easy” for everyone.

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Calint t1_iwspjln wrote

So $250 a year to get medications that you need? I am def all for rec marijuana, but if someone needs it for medical reasons that doesn't seem so bad.

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BeatsMeByDre t1_iwss6wc wrote

That's just the doctor. Then the card and then you actually have the buy the ridiculously overpriced stuff.

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Jicama_Minimum t1_iwstjxa wrote

How much is like an 1/8th? I haven’t bought any for like ten years so it may have inflated naturally anyways but back then an 1/8th of good stuff was around $50

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InsaneAss t1_iwuh0jq wrote

You can look at online menus with prices for pretty much any dispensary. Here’s one example: https://www.ayrwellnessdispensary.com/shop-montgomeryville?dtche%5Bcategory%5D=flower

Plenty of 1/8s available in the 30s. Or even 1/4s in the 50s.

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Jicama_Minimum t1_iwuh7q0 wrote

So why is comment OP saying the stuff is rediculously overpriced? Have street prices fallen? Seems like those prices are good to me

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BugMan717 t1_iwuhjco wrote

Cause they don't know what they are talking about. Sounds like they checked into it when they first legalized medical in PA when it was hard to get and expensive and never looked again.

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InsaneAss t1_iwuhdxq wrote

The prices have actually fallen a lot over the last two years. They were pretty bad for a while before more competition could open. That person was probably going by old info.

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dankocybinchungi t1_iwtifsf wrote

My brother went to Kindmdpa.com recently, it's $75 for an appointment and it's over the phone. You literally just have to say you have anxiety. However i've had it since around 2018 or so when it first started because I have autism and that was WAY more strict and I actually had to go in person and fax my medical records to them and everything so i'm kinda jealous lol.

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ANAHOLEIDGAF t1_iwt1h9t wrote

Literally a 2 minute phone call and the cost of a bag of weed for peace of mind and CYA.

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_Shrimply-Pibbles_ t1_iwuddip wrote

It’s the easiest thing possible. Can do it on your phone in about 10 minutes. I can’t overstate how ridiculously simple it is.

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_iwv8dq0 wrote

Sure it's not hard but I wouldn't necessarily say it's super easy either.

the things I have to do to get med MJ in PA

  1. get medical records from primary doctor showing eligible condition/diagnosis.
  2. sign up on the PA medical marijuana website and pay $50 to get a patient number so I could schedule a 5 minute phone call with a certified MJ doctor
  3. pay $175 to a certified MJ doctor to read the documents my primary doctor provided and say "yep, sounds like you need weed"
  4. wait for MJ doc to validate the script on PA medical MJ website
  5. wait 1 month for medical MJ card

Things I have to do to get MJ in CA

  1. be 21
  2. go to weed store

It's a bureaucratic nightmare. Recreational MJ would certainly remove pretty much all that bureaucracy.

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_Shrimply-Pibbles_ t1_iwvaa2f wrote

I registered, got approved and was waiting for my card to ship within 30 minutes without leaving my house. No records needed. If that’s not super easy I dunno what to tell ya.

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_iwvfcfr wrote

did you just recently get approved? You're not kidding, that's pretty fast. nothing at all what I experienced.

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_Shrimply-Pibbles_ t1_iwvfrsx wrote

Not recently but know people who have. Similar experiences. They went through veriheal.

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_iwvga6l wrote

nice - well I'm glad to hear that perhaps some of the red tape bureaucracy has eased a bit. Got mine back in 2020 so maybe covid played a role in my experience. Just felt like it took forever, was hard to identify who was actually a legit consultant, card took several weeks to get to me once approved.

Glad to hear that perhaps that isn't the norm for patients today.

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indisposed3000 t1_iwwqgj5 wrote

I got my card in March 2022. Registered online, scheduled a phone appt online for later that day w/an approved doc, anxiety diagnosis made based on online registration with Dr. and 5 minute call, no supporting medical records required. I believe it took 6 days from Dr’s appt to receive my card in the mail. I think card was $50 and appt was $150?

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Mr_Worldwide79 t1_iwuet4t wrote

This is inaccurate. Head over to r/PaMedicalMarijuana

Can get a certification over the phone for $75 and a 1-2 minute appointment.

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Itsshrovetuesday t1_iwv56ob wrote

it's not inaccurate because it's what I had to do. I imagine the appointments are cheaper now because the market is a little more saturated with doctors who have received that medical marijuana cert. Prior to it being wide spread there was a bit of a mark-up for those appointments. I paid $175 for my appointment in 2020, plus $50 for the card itself.

The whole process is a chafe. You have to sign up on the PA med MJ site to get your patient number, you need to get your documents from your primary care Dr. (or referring dr. who diagnosed you), provide that to the consult MJ dr. (which yes, you can do on a 2 min phone call which I guess is the most convenient part of this process) Those consult drs. don't diagnose you, they just confirm the diagnosis your referring dr. made is one that can be treated in PA with med MJ. Then you wait about a month to get your card after approved. Then repeat every year.

Recreational weed is far more convenient than all that nonsense.

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DoodManBro t1_iwvpwry wrote

You are correct on the costs but I went from scheduling an online session to having my card in the mail in about a week. It's very easy

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ConkHeDoesIt t1_iwwlpn1 wrote

It's super easy to get a card. I don't have mine anymore because I stopped using it, but I just used the service "veri heal" and got one pretty quick. The conversation with the prescriber was over the phone and lasted probably less than 2 minutes. It's incredibly user friendly.

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