in Colorado, access for recreational use also allows people to get around the permitting process temporarily, although the prices go up for non-medicinal use: But thanks to Amendment 64, the marijuana drug legalization act approved by voters in 2012, we were able to legally and safely circumvent the bureaucratic holdup. “A lot of people are in your same situation,” the pot shop staffer told us. “We see it all the time, and we’re glad we can help.”
There are the taxes they are exempted from.
Can I get it for sleep apnea? Loss of appetite? Nerves? As a substitute for evil alcohol? Barn door is wide open to pay the lower rate and they are trying to fast track exemptions.
There were all kinds of quacks writing prescriptions for teachers to cut class when the union wanted a strike.
medicinal marijuana has always been treated at a different tax rate, to no tax if a waiver is obtained from the state. And, actually, MM is point out that they have been stuck in the bureaucratic wait for their medical marijuana card to buy at the lower tax rate, so they instead chose to buy legal, fully taxed marijuana for the time.
recreational marijuana is taxed heavily - near 20% or so.
Yes, there are quacks - for everything. I could get lots of different doctors to prescribe me perfectly “legal” narcotic drugs for a multitude of ailments. No different. You cannot control that - you cannot legislate morality, cannot do it.
No, the retail price is lower for medical.
Medical marijuana qualifying varies from state to state. For CO, it was a joke. For NM, it is quite stringent.