{"id":907,"date":"2018-04-04T21:16:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/?p=907"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:39:23","slug":"how-to-get-a-medical-marijuana-card-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veriheal.com\/blog\/how-to-get-a-medical-marijuana-card-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Medical Marijuana Card in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 17 2016, Pennsylvania\u2019s Governor, Tom Wolf, signed legalization for the state\u2019s medical marijuana program. This law has given patients and physicians protection, giving them the foundation necessary to an organized and regulated system for those who wish to use marijuana for their medical treatment. Instructions were given to the state, and finally, by the second half of 2017, the patient program application opened.<\/a> Licenses were distributed among 50 dispensaries that will gradually open across the state, with a large concentration of dispensaries in the Southeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Requirements of Pennsylvania\u2019s MMJ Program<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In Pennsylvania, you cannot smoke the flower and the only ways you can use it are with tinctures, pills, oils, topical forms, liquid and by vaporization or nebulization. Patients are not allowed to grow marijuana, sell or give it to anyone, buy edibles, and definitely cannot drive under the influence of marijuana.<\/p>\n

If you suffer from one of the twenty conditions cataloged in Pennsylvania\u2019s Medical Marijuana Program like cancer, Parkinson\u2019s Disease, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, chronic pain, and several more, you can go after your Medical Marijuana Card just following some simple steps with the help of Veriheal<\/a>. Veriheal is a platform that was created to connect patients with the physicians and the dispensaries nearest to them. The platform will lead you to an appointment with approved physicians that will recommend a treatment for you with medical marijuana.<\/p>\n

To get into Pennsylvania\u2019s Medical Marijuana Program you need to be a resident in the state of Pennsylvania and it is necessary that you provide proof of residency, like a Pennsylvania I.D. The physicians available will all be registered with the PA DOH program. If you are not from Pennsylvania but wish to get a Medical Marijuana Card from there, you can opt to have your case analyzed by the Department of Health.<\/p>\n

A patient must also have one of the 17 qualifying serious conditions approved by the state\u2019s program. The conditions are:<\/p>\n