Monday, September 10, 2012

Buying Legal Marijuana in United States

Legal Marijuana is a concept that is growing in popularity every single day. Already with the Medical Marijuana community a pseudo state of legality has been implemented in States that allow patients to use Marijuana as medicine for a wide array of diseases and conditions. Currently there seventeen states that have adopted Medical Marijuana laws and roughly ten other states in the process of passing legislation.
In order to abide by the Marijuana laws within any given state it is imperative that patients obtain Medical Marijuana cards, which specifies that they have been authorized by a physician that cannabis is an adequate treatment for their illness. Each state has their own unique set of Marijuana Laws and it is strongly advised to be informed about those laws in order to steer away from any legal issues that may arise.
The concept of Legal Marijuana might even be pushed from its current “pseudo legality” to a full scale legalization and regulation of the substance. Currently the Federal government considers Marijuana a Schedule I drug, meaning that is has “no medical value and a high potential for abuse”. Even though the latter might be true, current research indicates that Marijuana effectively deals with more than 200 diseases and conditions including, in some cases, completely curing inoperable cancer.
States such as California, Colorado and Washington will be voting this November to see whether full scale legalization could be in effect. This would mean that the term “Legal Marijuana” soon might be reduced to just “Marijuana”. Colorado and California are two of the states that have most support towards full scale legalization and have very active Medical Marijuana Laws in place. Currently in California you can find more than one thousand unique dispensaries scattered all over the state.
But what would happen to the Medical Marijuana industry when Legal Marijuana becomes a reality? Many people believe that the industry would crash but the exact opposite is true. In the case of a full scale legalization effort Marijuana would be divided into three divisions; Medicinal, Commercial and Industrial.
Commercial Marijuana might not be as “pure” as Medical Marijuana would be due to the process of cultivation within the Medical field. When growing Medical Marijuana the entire process is scrutinized, all clipping and curing occurs in sterile environments and the absolute care for purity is one of the highest priorities. In regards to commercial cannabis the quality and purity would not require such vigorous scrutiny.
Also, in the case of a full scale legalization effort, we will begin to see more specific strains being developed that will target specific illnesses and conditions. Under a Legal Marijuana system we might see the eradication of Medical Marijuana cards due to the fact that anybody would have access to the plant. Medical Marijuana cards might still be effective in accessing pure Medical Marijuana within dispensaries.
The fact that marijuana laws are changing is a great advance for humanity due to the horrific side effects of prohibition.  The possibility of completely eradicating most cancers will also become a real possibility the moment that cannabis is completely legalized. One can only hope that it occurs sooner than later.

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