Get Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Card for $149

To successfully register for a medical marijuana card you need to present a certain form of ID. Any of the following will be accepted as valid proof of ID in Massachusetts.

• A Massachusetts Driver’s License
• Massachusetts ID Card (with a photograph)
• A U.S. passport or any other documents that proves that you are a resident of Massachusetts
• U.S. military ID or any other documents that prove that you are a resident of Massachusetts

Here’s how you prepare for registering for a Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Card.

• Keep a device around that is capable of scanning and uploading documents like a mobile phone
• The PIN, sent to you by the state program to complete the registration on the official website
• A valid form of identification
• A photograph

The answer to what are Massachusetts marijuana growing laws is that anyone above the age of 21 and over is allowed to cultivate up to six plants inside their house or up to 12 if there are two or more people residing in the space.

The plants need to be grown in a place that is either protected by a lock or some other security device. The location that you pick should not be visible from any public place unless a person uses binoculars, aircraft, or some other optical aid.

Another aspect of Massachusetts medical marijuana laws is that no manufacturing of marijuana or hemp by means of any liquid or gas apart from alcohol can take place. Anything that has a flashpoint of below 100 degrees Fahrenheit can take place.

Before full legalization came into effect in 2020, just marijuana patients experiencing hardship were allowed to grow their own marijuana at home for personal use. This is called the ‘hardship cultivation’ rule in the state of Massachusetts as per the state health officials.

If one wanted to qualify for this particular benefit, they were required to show proof of one of the following:

• Verified financial hardship
• Lack of a registered medical marijuana dispensary falling within a reasonable distance of the patient’s residence ( the distance has not been specified)
• Physical incapacity to access any reasonable transport

The patient or the personal caregiver is required to grow marijuana at one of the residences, not both the places. Plants need to be cultivated and then stored in an enclosed, locked area that is not accessible to the public. Additionally, the state guidelines are vague about how much marijuana can be grown.

Only an amount that is sufficient to provide the qualifying patient with a sixty-day supply is allowed.

The answer what are the qualifying conditions of caregivers in Massachusetts is that:

• Be a resident of the state of Massachusetts
• Serve only one qualifying patient (unless you are an immediate family member)
• Be at least 21 years of age at the time of the applying,

Here’s how you can register as a caregiver in Massachusetts.

The first thing to note is that a qualifying patient needs to submit the following, in a form or manner that the department sees fit.

• The personal caregiver’s full name, address, date of birth, telephone number and email address, and a statement declaring that the individual is at least 21 years old.
• The name, date of birth, and address of the qualifying patient for whom the personal caregiver will be providing assistance with medical marijuana
• A copy of the personal caregiver’s government-issued ID card or any other identity document that is verifiable and accepted by the department.
• A statement of whether or not the caregiver will be cultivating marijuana for the qualifying patient, and what the address will be of the grow unit if a patient is granted a hardship cultivation registration.
• A written acknowledgment by the personal caregiver of the limitations that they have to follow to be able to cultivate, possess and dispense to their registered patient.
• An attestation by the caregiver that they will not be engaging in any diversion of marijuana that has been assigned to their qualifying patient and they understand the protections given by the Act for the medical use of cannabis.

• Transport a registered qualifying patient to and fro from the clinic
• Obtain and transport the required marijuana from the RMD on behalf of the registered qualifying patient
• Cultivating marijuana on behalf of a registered qualified patient who has been granted a hardship cultivation registration
• Prepare marijuana in a manner that is fit for consumption by the registered qualifying patient
• Administer marijuana to medical marijuana cardholder.

Once you are through the registration process, you need to monitor your email account. You will receive an email from the virtual gateway. This link usually expires in about 7 days from the date it is sent. Another caveat is that you can only click on the link once. So, ensure you have a secure internet connection.

If you want to make any changes to the information you have submitted to the MMJ Online System, you need to do this within 5 business days of submitting your application. Since applications are reviewed in the same order that they are received, you just have about a 5-day window to make the changes before the application goes under review.

You receive your plastic ID card in about 1-2 weeks after being approved. But recently the Cannabis Control Commission has started a program called Initial Access. This enables qualifying patients to make their way to a dispensary the moment they receive approval. Under this program instead of waiting for a plastic identification card, you are sent a temporary one via e-mail that you print. It is valid for 14 days.

Massachusetts passed its Medical Marijuana Initiative or Question 3 with 63% of the vote in the year 2012. This was also the year when all state and civil penalties pertaining to possession while using marijuana to treat a qualifying condition were eliminated. Qualifying patients were allowed to purchase cannabis from state-regulated dispensaries and under certain conditions even grow it yourself.

Medical marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts four years before it was approved for recreational use. In Massachusetts, you have no possession limit imposed on you as a medical user. You can possess a 60-day amount which is left to the discretion of your medical marijuana doctor.