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DC Medical Marijuana Card for cannabis patients to grow marijuana and use medical marijuana legally as a medicine. Washington DC approved the use of DC medical marijuana card or MMJ in 2010, allowing patients with HIV, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, cancer, other conditions that are chronic, long-lasting, debilitating, or that interfere with the basic functions of life, serious medical conditions for which the use of medical marijuana is beneficial, patients undergoing treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

DC Medical Marijuana Card Application

Although the law for DC medical marijuana card applications and the application process took effect on July 27, 2010, the Mayor and the DC Department of Health have yet to determine how the medical marijuana program will operate. A DC Department of Health spokesperson said, by phone on Jan. 19, 2011 that no announcement has been made regarding when the program will begin. You will want to check with your local DC Health Dept prior to applying for your cannabis card. The District of Columbia has many patients in need of medical cannabis, including a high number of injured veterans in need of medical marijuana.

Laws for DC Medical Marijuana Card

The maximum amount of medical marijuana that any qualifying patient or caregiver may possess at any moment is two ounces of dried medical marijuana. The Mayor may increase the quantity of dried medical marijuana that may be possessed up to four ounces; and shall decide limits on DC medical marijuana card patients to possess of a form other than dried.