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Index
Chapter 1 ……………….. Obtaining A Doctor’s Recommendation
Chapter 2
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Obtaining a Medical Marijuana Identification Card
Chapter 3
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Starting The Business / Nonprofit
Chapter 4
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Operating The Business
Chapter 5
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Products / Medical Marijuana
Chapter 6
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Revenue
Chapter 7
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Possession, Delivery, and The Law
Chapter 8
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Taxes
Chapter 9
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The Medical Marijuana Program
Chapter 10
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County Guidelines
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Chapter 1: Obtaining a Doctor’s Recommendation
A doctor’s recommendation will allow you to take the next critical step of obtaining a Medical Marijuana Card through California’s MMP Program. No official registration is required to obtain a doctor’s recommendation. Marijuana can be recommended by a doctor for ANY serious condition for which it provides relief; over 250 uses have been reported.
Resource: To see a sample Doctor’s Recommendation go to: http://www.canorml.org/prop/MDRecForm.jpg
WARNING: Beware bogus clinics! Some unethical doctors are charging clients extra for socalled "cultivation licenses" supposedly entitling them to grow more than the normal number of plants. There is no such thing as a "cultivation license" under California law. Any patient with a California physician's recommendation may legally cultivate or possess as much marijuana as they need for their own personal medical use, and no more. No physician can authorize them to cultivate more (they can only testify in court that a certain amount of marijuana is consistent with the individual patient's needs, and they do not have professional competence to prescribe plant numbers).
Resource:To find a California Physician you can go to: http://listings.canorml.org/physicians/listings.lasso
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Chapter 2: Obtaining a California Medical Marijuana