I was extremely excited about our legalizing medical cannabis until I found out how much it would cost to be in the program.
- I think we were all expecting annual fees paid to the state to renew our medical marijuana cards, but having to see a marijuana doctor every seven months is extremely expensive.
While some marijuana doctors will charge as little as $80 for repeat appointments, my medical marijuana doctor charges $150 and I’ve seen rates as high as $200. It’s outrageous, but I think a good doctor is worth the money. Mine has been seeing me for years and understands my issues acutely. He doesn’t argue with me regarding the way I prefer consuming the plant, which for me is vaporizing cannabis flower products. At first we weren’t allowed to even purchase cannabis flower products from medical cannabis stores in this state, and when we could the prices were high. I’m finally seeing the prices on cannabis flower products start to level out and hit more reasonable numbers. I don’t want to be paying anywhere near $60 for a single eighth of an ounce of cannabis flower buds in a medical marijuana program with no state taxes. In fact, $50 is too much as well, but now if you shop during sales you can get the same amount of cannabis for half as much money. Oddly enough, it’s cheaper for me now to use marijuana than it was when I was in college over 10 years ago. And that’s including the money it costs to keep the card active and your recommendation current with your cannabis physician.