Coming across a medical marijuana card during the early days of my state’s medical marijuana program was actually more challenging than it is these days.
There was no online portal whatsoever for applying for a state-issued medical marijuana card. You really had to send a physical application in the mail, & I had to wait a long time the first time on a rejection because I cropped my photo the wrong way entirely. It was a fairly serious nightmare attempting to deal with these drawbacks just to achieve access to legal medical cannabis. I know it was a two month wait after I had to send a new application in to service the tiny drawbacks with the initial one. It was relatively exciting when I finally was able to get the reply envelope. I was also starting to panic in my mind with the fear that it would be another rejection. I’m actually so happy that the letter was simply informing me that my application was accepted & approved by the Office of Medical Marjuana Use. The envelope also happened to contain my proper medical marijuana card. Nowadays this process is something that occurs in no time. You fill in the application online, pay digitally with a credit card, & then you’re approved very quickly. The OMMU emails you a temporary medical marijuana card you can utilize at pot shops until your proper one shows up in the mail. It couldn’t be more easy to apply for & renew your medical marijuana card in this state. I’m pretty cheerful that the OMMU has gotten rid of the absurd paper applications of the 20th century. It was a nightmare for their employees, as the date information had to be inputted manually by them. Now that it’s finally digital, the patients do a fair amount of the data-entry work that used to be worked on by the employees.