Virginia farms have been cultivating hemp since the 1600s. This legalization, along with other reasons, has increased the demand for medical marijuana card applications in Virginia. According to a report by CBS 6 WTVR-TV, the number of registered patients in Virginia has climbed to 33,000 since September 9, 2021.<\/a><\/p>\n With this number of patients, there are currently 1,000 to 1,200 people recorded who are applying for a medical marijuana card each week. This is according to a report by the same source from a spokesperson of the Board of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize marijuana as of July 1, 2021. There was lengthy legislation before it came to this point. To this date, a qualified medical marijuana patient can obtain medical marijuana by:<\/p>\n You can grow the cannabis flowers yourself at home. Those 21 or older are allowed to cultivate up to four plants per household.<\/p>\n You can purchase medical marijuana products from a Virginia-licensed facility. But you will need to get a medical marijuana card first.<\/p>\n A medical marijuana card will allow you to purchase medical marijuana products from registered dispensaries across the state.<\/p>\n Here are the steps to medical marijuana card application in VA:<\/p>\n The Department of Health Professions is the assigned organization that gives licenses and regulates practitioners by their professional type. Look for a practitioner who maintains current registration with the Board of Pharmacy. This is a prerequisite before the practitioner can issue written certifications for medical marijuana use.<\/p>\n The Board of Pharmacy-registered practitioner should be able to give you a valid certification that you can possess and use medical marijuana products.<\/p>\n 2. When you see the Welcome screen, select \u201cInitial Application\u201d from the left menu.<\/p>\n 3. Follow these directions once you are on the Application for Licensure screen:<\/p>\n 4. Complete the registration process. Pay the fee: $50 for patients and $25 for parents or legal guardians.<\/p>\n 5. Scan and email the following documents to the board as plain PDF files or as pictures at: cbd@dhp.virginia.gov:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n You may also fax or mail the above documents to the following address:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Virginia Board of Pharmacy Processing your medical marijuana registration application will take 30 business days. If additional information is needed to process your application, you will receive an email regarding the details.<\/p>\n You will receive an email when your application is approved, and you will receive the registration card through mail at the address of record that you wrote on the application form.<\/p>\n It is estimated that it takes about 6 weeks for the state to review applications before they approve and send the medical marijuana card in Virginia.<\/p>\n The reason for the longer time for approval is because of the surge of interest, hence many applications that need to be reviewed.<\/p>\n The Virginia Department of Health Professions mentioned that the online registration application must be renewed annually.<\/a><\/p>\n Erica Leone, the clinical director of VirginiaMarijuanaCard.com talked about how the legalization of medical marijuana has impacted their business. She said that the interest in the cannabis flower has skyrocketed and continues to do so.<\/p>\n She mentioned, \u201cWe see probably around 250 to 300 patients a week depending on the time of year. Over the course of our opening, we\u2019ve seen 10,000 patients.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the Board of Pharmacy, as reported by CBS 6 WTVR-TV, medical marijuana patients in Virginia were able to apply for a medical marijuana card beginning in August 2020.<\/p>\n Cannabis extracts began to be sold on October 14, 2020. In September 2020, a record of 4,727 medical marijuana patients was registered.<\/p>\n As of September 9, 2021, the number of registered medical marijuana patients has increased to 33,000.<\/p>\n It may be easier to get a medical marijuana card in Virginia because of the more lenient requirements in terms of qualifying.<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n First time to apply for a medical marijuana card? Let\u00a0TeleLeafRX<\/a>\u00a0help you get started. Virginia farms have been cultivating hemp since the 1600s. This legalization, along with other reasons, has increased the demand for medical marijuana card applications in Virginia. According to a report by CBS 6 WTVR-TV, the number of registered patients in Virginia has climbed to 33,000 since September 9, 2021. With this number of patients, there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4335,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teleleafrx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Obtaining Medical Marijuana Legally in Virginia<\/h2>\n
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How to Obtain a Medical Marijuana Card in Virginia<\/h2>\n
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