What’s the difference between a Sativa and an Indica?
Indica Therapeutic Benefits:
• Pain Relief
• Facilitate Sleep
• Lessen Headaches and Migraines
• Reduce Nausea
• Reduce Stress and Anxiety
• Reduce Inflammation
• Reduce Intra-Ocular Pressure
• Reduce Seizure Frequency
• Relaxes Muscles
• Alleviate Spasms
• Anti-Convulsant
Sativa Therapeutic Benefits:
* Reduce Nausea
* Encourage Appetite
* Moderate Depression / Elevate Mood
* Lessen Headaches and Migraines
* Generally Increases Focus and Imagination
* Energize and Stimulate
Where can I legally use my medicine?
No patient shall: Engage in the medical use of marijuana in a way that endangers the health or well-being of any person; or engage in the medical use of marijuana in plain view of, or in a place open to, the general public; or use medical marijuana in a car. Law enforcement has informed the Medical Marijuana Registry of the following: Any place outside of the patient’s home is considered public. “In plain view” also includes the patient’s yard or garage if that patient can be seen using their medicine by neighbors.
Why can’t I go to a pharmacy to fill a prescription for medical marijuana?
Pharmacies can only dispense medications that are prescribed. Marijuana is currently classified by the federal government as a Schedule I drug, which means it cannot be prescribed by any health care professional. Amendment 20 allows doctors to recommend marijuana, and it allows patients to grow their own medical marijuana for their private use.
How is my confidentiality protected?
Your confidentiality is protected by law and by the procedures used by the registry. No lists of doctors, patients of caregivers are given out to anyone. Local law enforcement may only contact the registry to verify the information on a specific identification card. The registry database resides on a stand-alone computer and is password protected and encrypted. The office and all of its contents are locked at night when the registry administrator is out of the office.
How does my card protect me?
A patient may engage in the medical use of marijuana, with no more marijuana than is medically necessary to address a debilitating medical condition. A patient’s medical use of marijuana, within the following limits, is lawful: No more than two ounces of a usable form of marijuana; and no more than six marijuana plants, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants that are producing a usable form of marijuana.
Colorado Medical Marijuana Card Registration Requirements:
• Completing an application form for a medical marijuana registry (ID) or identification card
• Sign and date the registry application form
• Have the physician sign and date the physician recommendation form
• Photocopy a legible copy of an approved photo I.D. that establishes Colorado residency.
• Send in a non refundable application fee of $35 (check or money order payable to (CDPHE)
• Send all of the items above to:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or (CDPHE)
in care of the Colorado Medical Marijuana Registry
