Obtaining your Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Recommendation
Residents of Pennsylvania that have certain medical conditions have been able to legally purchase medical marijuana for a terminal illness; cancer; HIV/AIDS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease; multiple sclerosis; epilepsy; inflammatory bowel disease; neuropathies; Huntington’s disease; Crohn’s disease; post-traumatic stress disorder; intractable seizures; glaucoma; autism; sickle cell anemia; severe, chronic, or intractable pain; dyskinetic and spastic movement disorder; or addiction and substitute therapy- opioid reduction since April 2018. In 2021, three new conditions (cancer remission therapy, damage to nervous tissue of the brain, and neuropathies associated with nervous tissue damage) were added to the list of qualifying medical conditions. The Pennsylvania Department of Health, which oversees the medical marijuana program, has the authority to add medical conditions to the list, so if yours is not listed, check back regularly.
Interested patients will have to register with the state and receive a patient ID number that is checked with your PA driver’s license, undergo a telemedicine appointment with one of our doctors that has been authorized through the Pennsylvania Department of Health. 420ID submits the results of your consultation with your patient ID number on your behalf as part of our service. Patient identification cards cost $50 annually. Applicants may be able to get a discounted card through the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program (MMAP) if they participate in Medicaid, PACE/PACENET, CHIP, SNAP, and WIC programs.
License holders can purchase a 90-day supply packaged as 192 medical marijuana units. The 90-day supply is divided into two 45-day fill periods. Each medical marijuana unit is the equivalent of 3.5 grams of dry leaf, one gram of concentrate, or 100 milligrams of THC infused into a pill, capsule, oil, liquid, or topical cream, lotion, or gel from as many as 173 dispensaries across the state. The patient or caregiver can only return for a new 90-day supply when all but a 7-day supply has been exhausted. Medical cannabis can only be vaped and not smoked and cannot be sold in the form of edibles.
Patients under the age of 18 must have at least one caregiver (and up to two) registered to pick up their cannabis-based medication. The caregiver must be 21 or older and cannot have a criminal record or conviction relating to the sale or possession of drugs, narcotics, or controlled substances in the last five years. An approved caregiver must live in Pennsylvania and have a valid driver’s license or identification card and can help up to five state-registered patients. Caregivers must have a background check including fingerprints before being approved. The approval process for caregivers takes lover six weeks from start to finish.
A caregiver can also administer medical marijuana at their child’s school providing the Patient Authorization Letter is on file and the caregiver notifies the school administrator prior to each instance he or she will be coming to give the medication. The school is required to provide a safe and secure location for the caregiver to administer the medication. Caregivers of minors are also allowed to legally purchase medical marijuana from another state, territory of the United States or any other country. Caregivers should be mindful if purchasing out of state that marijuana is still against the law at a federal level, and surrounding states do not have reciprocity with Pennsylvania, meaning you are not protected if you are stopped by law enforcement.
Employers cannot discriminate against workers or discipline or fire them based on their status as medical marijuana patients. They can, however, discipline employees for using or being under the influence of medical marijuana at work, as well as bar workers from performing dangerous jobs while under the influence.
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If you are approved your digital recommendation will be uploaded to the state. Once the state approves your digital card can be downloaded and your ID will be mailed to your address.
The 420ID recommendation is different from the medical marijuana cards you will get from other states. 420ID handles the whole process online, so no wasting time sitting in a doctor’s waiting room to get your application approved. 420ID also helps you complete your applications for your recommendation. A medical marijuana recommendation has its perks but a 420ID recommendation has even more! Don’t settle for anything less!
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It is still illegal to grow your own marijuana at home, but a bill has recently been introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate, SB1024, the Medical Marijuana Home Cultivation Bill. This bill will allow patients over the age of 21 to grow up to six cannabis plants from seeds purchased at a Pennsylvania licensed dispensary. in an enclosed and locked space at their homes.
The following are just a few of the advantages to having a medical marijuana card after recreational cannabis use is legalized.
Bypass the lines with “VIP Dispensary Access”: The last thing someone who is suffering from a physical or mental issue wants to do is wait in the long lines with recreational users that will occur.
Priority Access to Inventory: Again, because you are not having to wait in line, you get the best selection available every time you go into the dispensary with your medical card.
Medical Users Can Buy More: Those with a medical marijuana card can purchase up to eight ounces of marijuana buds or its equivalent per doctor/nurse practitioner prescription (limit 2 prescriptions and cards) for up to 16 ounces of product.
Custody Protection: Medical marijuana users and their caretakers cannot be stopped and charged for possession.
Tax Savings: Medical marijuana is not subject to any taxation. If recreational marijuana is approved later this year, you can be sure that it will be subject to the standard 6% sales tax, local sales taxes where applicable, and possibly a sin tax similar to the alcohol tax.
When you contact 420ID to help you apply for your medical marijuana card, you will need to provide your full name, date of birth, Pennsylvania Address, Telephone Number, Pennsylvania ID and be 18 years of age or older. Your appointment with one of our online doctors that holds an active Certificate to Recommend with the State Medical Board will take less than 30 minutes and you will have your card in just a couple of weeks and you will be able to go into any dispensary in the state.
The 420ID card is different from the medical marijuana card you get from the state of Pennsylvania. The card provided by the state is paper (that you have to print off yourself) like your Social Security Card. Ours is plastic like a credit card. 420ID handles the whole process online, so no wasting time sitting in a doctor’s waiting room to get your application approved. 420ID also helps you complete your applications for purchasing medical marijuana. A medical marijuana card has its perks but a 420ID card has even more! DO NOT settle for anything less!
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