Patrick McClellan was thrilled when he learned that his home state of Minnesota was legalizing medical marijuana in 2014. For McClellan, a former chef who had been on disability since he developed a rare form of muscular dystrophy, the drug provided the best relief for his painful muscle spasms.
He said he spends about $125 to $150 a month on black market weed. The equivalent product purchased through the state program would cost him about $500, McClellan said. “I would say affordability is the number one barrier to access,” said Debbie Churgai, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, a Washington D.C.-based organization that advocates for safe and legal access to medical marijuana.In a handful of states, including Utah, Colorado and Missouri, it costs less than $50. New Mexico issues its cards free of charge. But in three states – Minnesota, Arizona and Oregon – it costs at least $150.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Oklahoma has cheap weed, $20 3.5's is the norm but the cards are $150 a year. Fair enough.
For good stuff in Washington 3.5G its for $45. That’s insane!!!
For two 7g, i pay $180. That’s disgusting.
Far out high pot prices scrambling patients' condition their condition is in
I know a shit ton of smokers and only a couple people legally buy. Old time pot smokers wont pay the ridiculous amount of taxes (and it really is) when they can call the same ole street dealers or grow themselves.
It’s not so much the cost of marijuana itself. In Florida it’s so expensive to go to the doctor and get a license and you have to do it every six or seven mos some doctors make you come back every three months and they want like They want $300. Seniors in Florida cannot afford it
They constantly sell laws as legalization. But really all they are is tax and regulate. They are playing off the gullibility and stupidity of people.
your old plug before you got your card like:
Make all prescriptions affordable!
Marijuana should be as legal as ice cream and apple pie, but 'Reefer Madness' still exists here in America even though the vast majority of us favor legalization. Our politicians are corrupted by ignorance and bribes.
People wanted to do like 75%+ taxes to make them pay for a every program possible.
Dispensary’s are a racket
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