maryjanelife
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You have to fill out MMS's form online which explains why you need it. I'm not sure what you wrote to them if MMS declined you (not their doctor). You might want to try again. I didn't have a doctor when I sent my request in. I also explained a lot of detail as to why I felt marijuana would help. I had examples of various pills doctors (walk-in clinics) have prescribed. Saying something like I'm depressed, I want weed to fix me wouldn't work obviously. There are examples on MMS site explaining what marijuana can help with. Might be a starting point
Nothing wrong with the black market either though. Usually can get it for $8/gram which is not much more than what you can get it through a prescription. Just don't anything that sparks and crackles. That's not good stuff.
I went on their website and it said "We recommend that you speak to one of our representatives before applying to see if you qualify and to understand the process of applying."
So i emailed them first and explained that i have been suffering for a long time but only became aware of marijuana this year as an alternative to suffering in silence or taking pharmaceutical pills.
There are many many peoples taking medical marijuana for anxiety, depression and sleeping problems. These are real problems.
Those who don't use marijuana are either:
A. On some pill from their doctor (I went that route two years ago and it was terrible so i didn't return to my doctor) also my doctor made me feel humiliated for having anxiety and depression. Like there should be a way to deal with it without anything. Well if that worked. There wouldn't be anyone in the world using marijuana as a medical alternative.
B. Suffering in silence ( this is me ) Most don't want to go to their doctor for four reasons: ONE.... it's humiliating telling someone that you are depressed and suffer with anxiety on a daily basis. TWO... their doctor thinks they are a shrink and instead of prescribing something that can help they try to spend thirty minutes psychoanalyzing. THREE... they have been down that route and got pharmacy pills that made their life worse. FOUR... it can actually affect getting hired by a company as some companies want to see medical records to make sure you are sound in mind. If they saw you had been in because you have been having ongoing anxiety and depression you might not get hired, so some avoid their doctor for that reason.
Asking for documentation is like trying to pull a camel through the eye of a needle with my doc. Asking for help for depression and anxiety and sleeping usually gets an answer like.. drink milk at night, take a shower in the day and have these mind crushing pills that do nothing. They are not helpful and after visiting them two years ago about anxiety, depression and not sleeping well ( which i might add required a lot of convincing by my wife for me to go ) i went and never received anything that was helpful. I came out feeling worse than when i went in and it certainly didn't make me want to go back there. And i don't have a prescription receipt from two years ago. ( who the hell keeps those?)
Lastly and most importantly.
It said clearly on their website that while they ask for supporting documents ( and outline which ones ). It says and i quote "NB* In many cases Supporting Medical Documents are NOT necessary". Contact us for more information."
I asked for clarity on that. They didn't clarify and just replied with yes we do need documents. So basically that statement on their website is false. It should be removed. As medical documents ARE NECESSARY according to them.
I think the only reason they have that statement there is to confuse folks and hope that people fill out their online form and pay. Then they will refund 80% or in some cases i've heard they didn't refund people. Either way they win.
It's a false statement that they should remove from their website.
At the end of the day, people with real anxiety and depression are slipping through the cracks because companies like this demand that you get a note. I don't mind a person demanding it. But don't lie on your website and make statements that you don't need the documents that are listed.
I also wouldn't get it from the blackmarket because i don't want trouble ( hence the reason i was looking into a legal means ) and secondly i wouldn't know where to look. I don't hang around dubious looking places in the downtown.