In a state that has medical marijuana, are non-residents allowed to obtain a prescription/medicine within the state? Say someone from Oklahoma decides to visit Arkansas once they get up and running. I assume once they return home, they’re risking a possession charge, but could they lawfully obtain product while in Arkansas under state law? I’m not interested in federal law for purposes of this question.
As with almost all legal questions, the answer will be different in every state.
I can’t speak for Arkansas, but in Arizona where I live you:
– Must have a valid Arizona Driver’s License or Arizona Identification Card.
– Must have an Arizona residential address.
So, that would be a “no” for non-residents in this state.
Once one crossed into Oklahoma, then they are subject to Oklahoma law … the Arkansas license may not be recognized by Oklahoma …
This is most correct answer. And even in states where recreational marijuana is legal and bordering another legal state the approaches are different.
When it was medical only here the doctor was only involved in your initial determination of qualifying for medical pot. (I say pot because it is shorter to type). I don’t think that any doctor in the country can write a prescription for pot. They may recommend you for a medical card that allows you to purchase at a medical dispensary but the doctor does not stay involved beyond that.
As for legal states, I live in Oregon. When I cross the river into Washington I am only expected to prove that I am over 21 year old. I am over 60 so one look at me usually does it and I was never asked to show ID. Say what type or strain you want or ask questions, buy with cash only, and walk out. They didn’t care where I am from or where I am going.
I bought some seeds at a legal store in Oregon this year and they checked me in by scanning my driver’s license into their computer system before even letting me into the second part of the store to purchase. That was a real turn off because I didn’t really want my pot buying recorded in someone’s computer system.
An aside related to growing legal pot, the math is all wrong. We in Oregon are allowed to have 8 ounces of finished pot at home, I think it is still 1 ounce when travelling. And we can grow up to 4 plants.
I am what I would call an experienced vegetable gardener. Being my first year of legal pot growing I only planted 2 plants and 1 plant later got root/stem rot from over watering but I got some finished bud off it as it grew quite large. The second plant grew to only about 6 feet, was very wide and skunky and most of the finished bud came from it.
The yield from these 2 plants was 12 full ounces of manicured bud, a couple of pounds of “cooking pot”, and I threw all of the big leaf stuff on the compost pile. But there isn’t any ‘pot police’ checking on you unless you are flagrant in pushing the limits. I fact the local sheriff deputies that I personally know are relieved to not have to deal with what they used to see as more of a nuisance rather than an important crime.
Thanks, Dallas Jones. Very informative.