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I got a medical card AMA

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HypeBeast
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Reasons:
-Tired of having to have people buy for me or having to travel to legal states
-Cheaper prices vs rec in legal states that allow reciprocity with cards.
-Can now drive with pot in my car without fear of a misdemeanor.

Some thoughts though:
-Ohio cannabis and products are fucking expensive and low quality. Sure they'll get you fucked but there's limited cultivators so most machine trim the fuck out of their products. The variety of strains is also very limited due to the small number of authorized growers. The start up and annual fees for growers also strongly limits grows here to corporations and rich folk. The only other legal state I've ever gotten product from is Colorado and the quality is on another level out there. The initial requirement they had for dispensaries to grow part of their own product probably influenced the quality out there in a good way through competition.
-Corporate weed grows, which make up most of Ohio, even the small growers, is bad. Bad bad bad. Hopefully this changes soon to have more dispensary grow ops cuz otherwise there's really no point to buy legal when you can literally drive or fly somewhere on vacation, pick up a bunch of stuff, and be golden for less money.
-If you're into edibles or concentrates, prices are 2-3x higher than rec prices in legal states some for identical products!! It's absolutely mind-boggling. Rec should never be cheaper because taxes are more.
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Young_patty
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I’m this situation I wouldn’t even bother with legal weed. Go find a plug that’s gets packs shipped to him and support the local economy.
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HypeBeast
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Young_pattyI’m this situation I wouldn’t even bother with legal weed. Go find a plug that’s gets packs shipped to him and support the local economy.

Tbh buying legally supports more jobs and also state programs so that's more beneficial. But seriously idk how they thought this was a good idea.

Look at the fees:




A level 2 grow might not be too pricey but fuck. Imagine having to fork out 200k a year and always being on the hook for that.
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Rparr
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HypeBeastTbh buying legally supports more jobs and also state programs so that's more beneficial. But seriously idk how they thought this was a good idea.

Look at the fees:




A level 2 grow might not be too pricey but fuck. Imagine having to fork out 200k a year and always being on the hook for that.

Ohio's medical system is a fucking joke.

When it first came up, I looked into possibly trying to become an extractor. The fees are even worse for extractors. They've essentially forced a lot of the small people out.

There was also a massive amount of politics involved in who got cultivator licenses. It will be a very long time until the Ohio medical market can match the price/quality I can find readily online.
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Young_patty
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HypeBeastTbh buying legally supports more jobs and also state programs so that's more beneficial. But seriously idk how they thought this was a good idea.

Look at the fees:




A level 2 grow might not be too pricey but fuck. Imagine having to fork out 200k a year and always being on the hook for that.


Then just find a farmer that’s willing to sell direct on the down low. When Bozeman had only medical weed legalized a ton of farmers were in the same boat- most of them would sell back door to make ends meet so if you know of any smaller farmers it doesn’t hurt to ask if you could just buy straight from them- it’s all tax free too ;D

Buddy and I used to get good deals from one farmer who would sell it to us untrimmed at a discount so we had to trim it up but it was definitely a move for both parties cause we were getting quality bud for the low and he was making more money to support his family in the end.
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HypeBeast
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RparrOhio's medical system is a fucking joke.

When it first came up, I looked into possibly trying to become an extractor. The fees are even worse for extractors. They've essentially forced a lot of the small people out.

There was also a massive amount of politics involved in who got cultivator licenses. It will be a very long time until the Ohio medical market can match the price/quality I can find readily online.

I'd love to have my own dispensary or even just be a cultivator but yeah the politics in that was garbage. The same people that run the city of Columbus and influence Ohio from behind the scenes are the same people who have ownership in some of the companies who received licenses. I remember seeing a job post for an executive level position in a cannabis company a few years ago. I qualified and was vaguely interested so I looked up the company structure. Either at the top, or loosely associated with the top were a few of the Schottensteins who are filthy rich and reside on the boards of many places. I'd bet the Wexners are probably in it some way too in some fashion.
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Lonely
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HypeBeastTbh buying legally supports more jobs and also state programs so that's more beneficial. But seriously idk how they thought this was a good idea.

Look at the fees:




A level 2 grow might not be too pricey but fuck. Imagine having to fork out 200k a year and always being on the hook for that.


I agree it sucks, but even medium-sized grow ops are able to make 750k + in a year. Especially with current prices and demand. The industry is extremely new and exploding. Give it a couple of years to settle down.
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No.Quarter
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How the fuck do you even get a medical card? I’d like to get a card in MT before rec sales open but I don’t even know how the fuck to find a doctor
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Casey
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This issue aside, if I had to live in a place like Ohio I would probably just blow my fucking brains out. What’s the point?
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HypeBeast
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No.QuarterHow the fuck do you even get a medical card? I’d like to get a card in MT before rec sales open but I don’t even know how the fuck to find a doctor

Google it. Seriously. From the start of my appointment to applying and then printing out my card.... 30min start to finish... Just like south park
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Rparr
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CaseyThis issue aside, if I had to live in a place like Ohio I would probably just blow my fucking brains out. What’s the point?


That's why I smoke astronomical amounts of reefer
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freestyler540
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I bought 2g of hash oil from the pot shop in BC. Its all legal and available nation wide.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1004163/The-Legal-Marijuana-Industry-Is-Rigged---Patriot-Act-with-Hasan-Minhaj---Netflix
The weed market is rigged. News in Canada is that Aphria and Tilray are merging to be the biggest pot producer in the world. They both make shitty weed, they shake the product to weaken it and be able to sell more.

I support mom and pop grows. Fuck corporate weed greed.
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Dnolly
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Op, I got my med card in my and you if you find the right dispos you can get eighths quads and occasionally os for below what I would pay on the street, but yea a lotta dispos in mt don’t reallly give a duck and just wanna profit
No.QuarterHow the fuck do you even get a medical card? I’d like to get a card in MT before rec sales open but I don’t even know how the fuck to find a doctor

Also dude literally google it call the number talk to the doctor for 5 minutes and you’ll be set
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