Different states across the USA have legalized the use of medical marijuana. Texas has a slightly different approach than many other states. However, this different approach provides significant benefits for patients throughout Houston and across the area.
Prescriptions Not Recommendations
Most states with medical marijuana laws on the books provide qualifying patients with MMJ recommendations. In other words, the medical marijuana doctor provides the medical marijuana recommendation for the patient by entering the patient information into a state’s registry or database.
The MMJ recommendations are completed when the patient pays the state fee and receives an electronic or hard copy of their medical marijuana card. The patient is required to show their medical marijuana card at each dispensary in the state to make a purchase of medical marijuana.
The Benefits of the MMJ Prescription
Rather than a process of MMJ recommendations and medical marijuana cards, patients in Houston will obtain a medical marijuana prescription from the MMJ doctor.
The Houston medical marijuana doctor enters the prescription into CURT (Compassionate Use Registry of Texas) when the patient qualifies and completes the medical marijuana appointment. The prescription is not sent to the patient, which means there is no need to keep track of this information.
Instead, the patient calls or visits one of the three approved dispensaries in the state. The dispensary accesses the database, verifies the information, and fills the prescription. The state allows dispensaries to deliver medical marijuana anywhere in the state, saving patients time and money.
