A lot of great things were invented in California, like the Egg McMuffin, the stadium wave, and WD-40 lubricant. Now, a new trend from the Golden State is sweeping the nation, and New Yorkers are already getting on board.
NuggMD, California’s largest cannabis marketplace, is expanding its lightning-fast online medical marijuana card service to New York State. Now you can obtain a legal New York medical marijuana card online through your computer, tablet, or smartphone, quickly and discreetly in the privacy of your own home.
NuggMD Makes Finding a NY Medical Marijuana Doctor a Breeze
Doctor who practice in New York, unlike their CA counterparts, must obtain a special certification from the NYS Medical Marijuana Program, which is so complicated and time-consuming that only 844 out of 110,000 New York doctors are currently licensed to prescribe medical cannabis – less than 1% of the practitioners!
To further hamper MMJ patients, the state Health Board refuses to disclose its list of certified marijuana doctors.
As a direct result, New York medical marijuana doctors are nearly impossible for patients to find, but NuggMD changes all that. After years of perfecting the art of bringing cannabis patients and doctors together, and helping California patients get their cannabis cards online, NuggMD now offers its high-tech online telemedicine portal and proprietary software to the Empire State.
Relief is as Easy as 1-2-3
1) You must be a legal resident of the state of New York with a state-issued I.D. or a U.S. passport showing a New York address, and you must obtain written certification (your medical marijuana card) from a NY doctor who is registered with the state program.
Naturally, you’ll need a valid “document-driven” reason for requesting an MMJ card. Unlike Californians, who can obtain medical marijuana cards to treat anything from occasional sleeplessness to anxiety caused by a bad Tinder date, NY medical cannabis patients will only be granted access to medical marijuana if they are suffering from any of the following medical conditions (all of which have been proven to be treatable by cannabis):
- Cancer
- HIV Positive Status
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Chronic Pain*
- Epilepsy
- Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS)
- AIDS
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Spasticity
- Huntington’s Disease
- Neuropathies
- Chronic pain
*Note that effective March 22, 2017, chronic pain was added to the list of qualifying conditions by NY Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, who is in favor of expanding the list of qualifying conditions.
2) While it’s possible to get your medical marijuana patient card by searching online for “nearby weed evaluations” to find and visit a registered NYS doctor for an in-person consultation, our experience shows that you’ll find overbooked waiting rooms, broken clipboards, and long waits for short consultations – not to mention travel time, parking concerns, and the possibility that you’ll run into your boss’ son at the doctor’s office.
Instead, take advantage of NuggMD’s super easy online 420 evaluations portal medical marijuana system, which is easily the best and cheapest way to get legal in New York.
Simply create a profile at NuggMD.com using your desktop, tablet or cell phone, and enter things like your name, address, date of birth, and a brief history of your medical condition so the doctor can best evaluate your need for cannabis care. After entering payment information, you’ll be hooked up via video chat to a 420-friendly medical marijuana doctor licensed by NYS Board of Health. The online marijuana evaluation takes 10 to 15 minutes, but you have the doctor’s attention for as long as it takes to answer your medical marijuana questions.
3) Once approved to receive a medical marijuana recommendation, you’ll get an email confirming your registration with the state medical marijuana program, as well as directions for completing your registration with the New York Medical Card Program. If you do it the smart way, with NuggMD’s help, your total cost for the service, excluding state fees, is just $199, the lowest price around. Within a few days, expect to receive your medical cannabis card in the mail. You are ready to purchase cannabis products from state-regulated medical marijuana dispensaries. If you’re not approved, you pay nothing for your evaluation.
So Marijuana is Now Legal in New York State?
Yes and no. Medical marijuana products are currently available to qualifying patients, but presently there are no plans to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. Since June 19, 2014, when Assembly Bill 6357 was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, marijuana has been decriminalized at the state level, if the patient has a written letter from a physician stating how the patient may benefit from cannabis use, what form of medical marijuana is prescribed, and how it should be administered.
Although dosage is not required, NY cannabis patients can only purchase a 30-day supply through state-run dispensaries.
Unlike other marijuana-friendly states, New York does not allow the sale of marijuana flowers or THC-laced edibles (bummer!), or the cultivation of medical marijuana plants.
Under current NY law, the only allowable forms of medical marijuana are vape oils, liquids, inhalers and capsules.
But the groundwork has been laid, and state medical marijuana laws will surely loosen up to accommodate more and more cannabis users. Medical experts in New York agree that cannabis is genuine medicine for serious medical conditions, including the human condition, and NuggMD is now here to make registering for the medical marijuana program as easy as tapping your touchscreen or moving your mouse.
Resources – MMJ Doctors in New York State:
Medical Cannabis Doctors in Albany
Medical Cannabis Doctors in Amsterdam
Medical Cannabis Doctors in Brooklyn
Medical Cannabis Doctors in the Bronx
Medical Marijuana Doctors in Queens
Get Your Medical Marijuana Card Today!
New Yorkers are lucky because, right out of the starting gate, they have NuggMD to help them get a cannabis card with a minimum of effort, whereas Californians had to navigate the complicated and ever-changing laws of medical marijuana distribution for more than a decade before NuggMD came to the rescue.
So, what do you consider the better California import, drive-thru Egg McMuffins or hassle-free and online medical marijuana cards? Thanks to NuggMD, New Yorkers can now enjoy both.
