California MMJ proof of residence

If I have a medical record of having intense chronic migraine headaches, can I go to CA and get a prescription from a doctor if I am not a resident. The norml page on prop 215 doesnt say anything about being a resident. So I guess what I am asking is if I go to a physician in CA what kind of proof of residence will I need for the doctor before he will give me a recommendation?

Are you going to California everytime you get a migraine? There's not really an incentive to pay the fee's for the medical card and traveling. When you're going to be using it illegally in your state of residence. There might be a practical reason I don't know about.

yes, you have to be a California resident.

you must have a valid California Driver License or California ID to get a recommendation in California. Come on, common sense.

I made an appt with DMV online for 2 hours after my plane was scheduled to land at LAX.
try the Compton DMV it's close to LAX and getting the time i WANTED WAS EASY THERE.

I made an appt with DMV online for 2 hours after my plane was scheduled to land at LAX.
try the Compton DMV it's close to LAX and getting the time i WANTED WAS EASY THERE.

I'm a little confused by this post, but it sure sounds to me like you're trying to do something that isn't going to work.

Actually I read your other threads. So you have a California drivers license now for some reason? You do realize that if you're back in your state, you have to get a new license? You can't have a California driver's license if you aren't a resident of California and law is that if you relocate (or in your case, come home from vacation?), you have to get a new license in the state you live.

I'm surprised they even did this - but you could get caught and fined heavily for trying to abuse a system that was put in place for genuinely sick California residents - and I kind of hope you do after reading your suggestions.

Edited by weedandbombs, 22 November 2009 - 08:37 PM.

I walked out with a reciept for a card that didn't arrive for 3 weeks....I used a friends address....I used my birth cert to get a state id card not a drivers lice $24.... the receipt was accepted at every disp i visited but 1 who turned me away. I left the DMV and went to the kushDR at venice beach. walk -in appt. 10 min later I had the DR's letter... $150
I brought paperwork from my dr documenting a valid condition. CANORMAL website lists 500+ illness that cannabis treats.

a couple of block from the KushDR is the Green Goddess dispensary that really hooked me up well. I had good success sending home many months of 1st class meds thru UPS.

I liked the bay area disp much better than the ones in LA and when I head back in the spring I will fly into Oakland. Bekely Patients group rules!

Although I support medical marijuana across the board, its people that do this that cause problems with these programs. You don't live in California, and you can be arrested for falsifying even your address when it comes to this. Especially your address. Not smart and a complete abuse of the system.

Either protest and work to change legislation in your state, or not - but coming to California, falsifying information to get an ID and then getting a MMJ card... man.. that's just despicable honestly.

I'm a little confused by this post, but it sure sounds to me like you're trying to do something that isn't going to work.

Actually I read your other threads. So you have a California drivers license now for some reason? You do realize that if you're back in your state, you have to get a new license? You can't have a California driver's license if you aren't a resident of California and law is that if you relocate (or in your case, come home from vacation?), you have to get a new license in the state you live.

I'm surprised they even did this - but you could get caught and fined heavily for trying to abuse a system that was put in place for genuinely sick California residents - and I kind of hope you do after reading your suggestions.

I now have a CA ID card not a Drivers Lic. It is legal to reside in several different states
at different times of the year, plenty of other retired people I know who do that.

If I could afford it I'd move to CA full time and yes I realize that I'm doing something
outside the system but I am a legitimate MMJ user who happens to live in a state that
has no program and I had no decent connection for meds where I reside.

I think there are probably many of people in my situation that could benefit from my recent experience with CA MMJ. I personally don't see my abuse of the system as any worse than the abuses that I'm subjected to by our government.

I'm just trying to survive and MMJ helps very much.

i dont blame him.

1. the system abuses us, and
2. the system is fucked up, therefore
3. abuse it


btw yes go and press for legislation for MMJ and legalization, but he wants weed now, and at least hes going through the state rather than selling to someone who sells rocks to the kids.

he could be doing something far worse rofl.

edit: o btw skeets you nailed it in your above post.

i dont blame him.

1. the system abuses us, and
2. the system is fucked up, therefore
3. abuse it


btw yes go and press for legislation for MMJ and legalization, but he wants weed now, and at least hes going through the state rather than selling to someone who sells rocks to the kids.

he could be doing something far worse rofl.

edit: o btw skeets you nailed it in your above post.

He's not going through "the state" - He's going through a state where he doesn't live and is not a legal resident.

I don't think its fair that people I know who actually live in California can't even get medical marijuana... why should someone who isn't even a resident benefit from our state-run program?

something just seems entirely off about that.

He's not going through "the state" - He's going through a state where he doesn't live and is not a legal resident.

I don't think its fair that people I know who actually live in California can't even get medical marijuana... why should someone who isn't even a resident benefit from our state-run program?

something just seems entirely off about that.

i completely agree with you. something does seem entirely off. it's the fact taht you know someone who lives in Cali that can't benefit from the MMJ laws we have here. now personally i think everyone should benefit, and if this guy found a way to do that, then I'm just gonna be like 'right on, brother, glad to hear California is helping you get weed.'

why can't your friend get MMJ?

I am a legal resident of CA now and I have the State ID card to prove it....along with a doctors rec. I'm a legal resident of 2 states.

I was a little worried that I might run into people like weedandbombs who would hassle
if I was honest about my personal predicament regarding MMJ while I was in CA visiting
the Dispensaries and looking for medicine that would help my physical ailments.

What I found overwhelmingly was that the people I met in the MMJ scene were
Compassionate in CA and not judgemental like weedandbombs.

It was an amazing experience to spend time in CA legally enjoying MMJ and the quality
and selection can not even be imagined until you are walking up to the building and it hits you in the nose before you are even inside the door.

Travel to CA.... experience natures bounty.

glad to hear it!
i love california

What I found overwhelmingly was that the people I met in the MMJ scene were
Compassionate in CA and not judgemental like weedandbombs.

i'm not judgmental. I just think its bullshit that your method of obtaining "legal" medical marijuana was through illegal methods.

and no, you are not a legal resident of California. Just because you used someone else's address to obtain a card while you hold a driver's license in another state merely means you're a legal resident of the state your car insurance/driver's license/home you pay rent/mortgage on is.

What you did was wrong and illegal. I'm all for obtaining medical marijuana legitimately, but sorry dude, I can't give you a thumbs up when you were wrong.


Also, Blaxmith: I have a few friends who can't receive medical marijuana... one has severe chronic pain from a car accident - severe leg issues, etc. but because of his high-profile career at a tech company out here, he can't use marijuana without being fired. I know there was some law passed about firing users of medical marijuana - but for some reason he's too scared to use the only medication that works. Its sad - a good job or help for your illness? If only they could make it easier for individuals with MMJ cards to keep their jobs when they test positive for thc

other people i know with problems can't afford to buy marijuana, nonetheless pay the money to get a card, which they could do legitimately with doctor's notes, etc..

Sorry, I'm just pretty annoyed at this guy scamming the system for his own benefit.

If you plan on transpotring your meds across state lines thats a federal felony and it's no going to end well for u, plus putting false information on records isn't smart either.

i'm not judgmental. I just think its bullshit that your method of obtaining "legal" medical marijuana was through illegal methods.

and no, you are not a legal resident of California. Just because you used someone else's address to obtain a card while you hold a driver's license in another state merely means you're a legal resident of the state your car insurance/driver's license/home you pay rent/mortgage on is.

What you did was wrong and illegal. I'm all for obtaining medical marijuana legitimately, but sorry dude, I can't give you a thumbs up when you were wrong.


Also, Blaxmith: I have a few friends who can't receive medical marijuana... one has severe chronic pain from a car accident - severe leg issues, etc. but because of his high-profile career at a tech company out here, he can't use marijuana without being fired. I know there was some law passed about firing users of medical marijuana - but for some reason he's too scared to use the only medication that works. Its sad - a good job or help for your illness? If only they could make it easier for individuals with MMJ cards to keep their jobs when they test positive for thc

other people i know with problems can't afford to buy marijuana, nonetheless pay the money to get a card, which they could do legitimately with doctor's notes, etc..

Sorry, I'm just pretty annoyed at this guy scamming the system for his own benefit.

i understand why you're completely frustrated that your friends are having difficulties with MMJ even while living in california. unfortunately, even though the laws are in place, it still can be a risky career move to take part in the current system. and even though your friends, and millions of others, surely deserve MMJ, due to geographical reasons or career reasons or financial reasons or what have you, the bottom line is that the laws are there so that people that need marijuana can safely acquire it. also, i think its about time we understand the difference between morality and legality. as a cannabis culture i think its obvious that there is a large disparity between legality and morality, partly because LAWS ARE FUCKED UP, and partly because MORALITY IS PERSONAL. i dont' really want to get into a discussion about that here, but we really shouldn't judge somebody because he did what he could to get what he deserves. i mean surely we all do the same thing in a sense when we buy weed from anyone! we're acquiring it illegally while there are other people that cant get it for one reason or another. its not just, but its reality.


it definitely sucks that people cant get weed in states that have legalized MMJ, but it also sucks that its completely illegal mostly everywhere else. so for the people that endure that additional oppression (that's what it is really), hats off to them if they find a way to get in on this MMJ action. it's not about who 'deserves' the marijuana more. everyone deserves marijuana. and until everyone is allowed to get marijuana legally and safely, there are going to be a lot of fucked up situations. especially regarding laws... which are pretty fucked up.


luckily, in the mean time we can toke on, and keep fightin the good fight

i understand why you're completely frustrated that your friends are having difficulties with MMJ even while living in california. unfortunately, even though the laws are in place, it still can be a risky career move to take part in the current system. and even though your friends, and millions of others, surely deserve MMJ, due to geographical reasons or career reasons or financial reasons or what have you, the bottom line is that the laws are there so that people that need marijuana can safely acquire it. also, i think its about time we understand the difference between morality and legality. as a cannabis culture i think its obvious that there is a large disparity between legality and morality, partly because LAWS ARE FUCKED UP, and partly because MORALITY IS PERSONAL. i dont' really want to get into a discussion about that here, but we really shouldn't judge somebody because he did what he could to get what he deserves. i mean surely we all do the same thing in a sense when we buy weed from anyone! we're acquiring it illegally while there are other people that cant get it for one reason or another. its not just, but its reality.


it definitely sucks that people cant get weed in states that have legalized MMJ, but it also sucks that its completely illegal mostly everywhere else. so for the people that endure that additional oppression (that's what it is really), hats off to them if they find a way to get in on this MMJ action. it's not about who 'deserves' the marijuana more. everyone deserves marijuana. and until everyone is allowed to get marijuana legally and safely, there are going to be a lot of fucked up situations. especially regarding laws... which are pretty fucked up.


luckily, in the mean time we can toke on, and keep fightin the good fight

I don't know, maybe you missed the part where he said he wasn't a resident of California and used someone else's address to get a legal ID. That's illegal.

I don't know, maybe you missed the part where he said he wasn't a resident of California and used someone else's address to get a legal ID. That's illegal.

so is buying weed in most states. all the people locked up for weed are bad.

so is buying weed in most states. all the people locked up for weed are bad.

totally different. very dishonorable. I still live in California solely because I can legitimately receive medical marijuana. I have a right to be upset by others who scam the system for their own ends and subsequently compromise a good thing by breaking the law to take advantage of it.

totally different.

it really isnt :/

I still live in California solely because I can legitimately receive medical marijuana.

similarly to how your friend lives in california yet cannot receive MMJ, sometimes it just isn't so simple as to pack up tent and hike to california.

i guess we can agree to disagree. you seem to be seeing his action as wrong regardless of circumstance simply because its illegal, even though you understand that sometimes laws must be broken in order for there to be justice. the OP deserves marijuana (because everyone deserves marijuana), and so do your friends that cannot acquire it. as stated, your friends are experiencing an injustice because of those fucked up laws, as is the OP. the OP has made the conscious decision he described earlier, and will live with the consequences. your same friends have also made decisions, and their choices to a) obey the law and not risk their developed careers will also come with its results.

at OP, i hope you enjoy your ticket to safe and legal weed (in a sense) and to weedandbombs, I hope your friends have some way of either acquiring cannabis or acquiring a similar treatment while maintaining their careers.

gl to both of you in all of your endeavors.