The Delaware Medical Marijuana program was first institutionalized in December of 2011. This system allows qualified medical marijuana patients to purchase, consume, and grow marijuana without facing any criminal charges. The patient must first obtain a doctor’s recommendation stating that Marijuana would indeed treat their illness or disease. There are many diseases and disorders that classify a patient for a Medical marijuana card, a few of them include; Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Glaucoma, Multiple Sclerosis, Anxiety disorders and more.
Once a patient has obtained his/her physician’s recommendation, he/she can go to the department of health and apply for a Delaware Medical Marijuana license. With this license a patient will be eligible to grow and purchase marijuana in order to treat his/her debilitating condition. In Delaware as of February all Medical Marijuana Dispensaries have been halted due to a threat from the Department of Justice.
In essence what the Department of Justice said was they “might” target legal dispensaries and process them despite the fact that in the state of Delaware Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes is legal. This is an outright violation of state rights. None the less the Delaware Medical Marijuana program might be lacking dispensaries, but caregivers and patients still have a legal right to access their medication.
Currently the only method a patient can use to obtain medicine currently is either by growing it or having their primary caregiver grows the plants for them. In Delaware a patient can have up to six ounces of useable marijuana.
In addition the Delaware Medical Marijuana program permits out-of-state patients to also participate within the program and will not be subjected to arrest if caught with Marijuana. The patient must always carry his or her Marijuana license when ingesting cannabis in order to avoid any legal repercussions.
The State of Delaware is one example of how the Federal government undermines the efforts of the states. Even though currently there are seventeen legal Medical Marijuana states, the Department of Justice continues to raid dispensaries and compassion centres. All of these dispensaries have proper paperwork and is not breaking the law in any way and there should be absolutely no reason why the Federal government would think otherwise. None the less, under the Obama administration more dispensaries were raided than under the Bush administration so it is important that you should ensure that everything is done legally and as per existing laws so that you don’t land in a problem.
Even though America is becoming more open to the idea of full scale legalization, the Federal government is fighting it tooth and nail. The reason why the Federal government is so blatantly against the legalization of Marijuana is because there are corporate interests involved. Most of the major donations directed to prohibition of Marijuana come from tobacco and alcohol companies which kill more people per day than Marijuana has ever done throughout human history.
The Delaware Medical Marijuana programs is part of a movement that is opening a new page in history of humanity, soon we can expect, commercial and industrial marijuana to come into the scene.
Once a patient has obtained his/her physician’s recommendation, he/she can go to the department of health and apply for a Delaware Medical Marijuana license. With this license a patient will be eligible to grow and purchase marijuana in order to treat his/her debilitating condition. In Delaware as of February all Medical Marijuana Dispensaries have been halted due to a threat from the Department of Justice.
In essence what the Department of Justice said was they “might” target legal dispensaries and process them despite the fact that in the state of Delaware Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes is legal. This is an outright violation of state rights. None the less the Delaware Medical Marijuana program might be lacking dispensaries, but caregivers and patients still have a legal right to access their medication.
Currently the only method a patient can use to obtain medicine currently is either by growing it or having their primary caregiver grows the plants for them. In Delaware a patient can have up to six ounces of useable marijuana.
In addition the Delaware Medical Marijuana program permits out-of-state patients to also participate within the program and will not be subjected to arrest if caught with Marijuana. The patient must always carry his or her Marijuana license when ingesting cannabis in order to avoid any legal repercussions.
The State of Delaware is one example of how the Federal government undermines the efforts of the states. Even though currently there are seventeen legal Medical Marijuana states, the Department of Justice continues to raid dispensaries and compassion centres. All of these dispensaries have proper paperwork and is not breaking the law in any way and there should be absolutely no reason why the Federal government would think otherwise. None the less, under the Obama administration more dispensaries were raided than under the Bush administration so it is important that you should ensure that everything is done legally and as per existing laws so that you don’t land in a problem.
Even though America is becoming more open to the idea of full scale legalization, the Federal government is fighting it tooth and nail. The reason why the Federal government is so blatantly against the legalization of Marijuana is because there are corporate interests involved. Most of the major donations directed to prohibition of Marijuana come from tobacco and alcohol companies which kill more people per day than Marijuana has ever done throughout human history.
The Delaware Medical Marijuana programs is part of a movement that is opening a new page in history of humanity, soon we can expect, commercial and industrial marijuana to come into the scene.
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