How To Obtain Medical Marijuana
At the time of this writing, marijuana is still entirely illegal under federal law. As a Schedule 1 drug under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, it is regarded as having high abuse potential and absolutely no medical use. Thus, its possession, sale, manufacture, transportation, and distribution are all deemed illegal according to federal law. We are seeing an increasing number of states that have passed laws to permit the medicinal use of marijuana (to date, there are 14 states along with the District of Columbia: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington). Usually, these laws allow patients to possess and/or cultivate marijuana in small amounts with a doctor’s recommendation. Virtually all small-scale drug offenses are prosecuted under state law meaning that, in essence, patients in medical marijuana states can use their medicine without the threat of arrest (as long as they fo