A changed perspective

When I was growing up, I remember my mom never let me around Sam..

  • She told me Sam was a no-good man who was more interested in smoking pot than being a part of the family.

I got to ‌ where I never told her when I talked to Uncle Sam because I would get into trouble for hanging out with the druggie. Uncle Sam was one of our number one relatives, next to our dad. He made me smile, and he told me a lot of stories about his time overseas. He only spent the final year of the war in a different country, and it was after the draft ended. He said he volunteered so he could see his friends who were there. He had just passed his internship at the local hospital and he wanted to help anyone he could. I thought Uncle Sam was a hero, however my family called him a pothead who ran away. I often wondered if they knew where Uncle Sam was for that year when they said he just took. He said he had helped several men and women who had served in the war, and marijuana helped him to stop the problems. He admitted he had used marijuana as a child, however not as much as our family made it sound. Since a marijuana dispensary had opened in our town, they could find him buying marijuana products, however he also had a medical ID card. He wasn’t doing anything bad, and he was a good doctor. I wonder if our mom will ever understand what Uncle Sam went through, and why he goes to the marijuana dispensary every couple of weeks, and why he doesn’t work at the hospital anymore..

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Need to get my medical cannabis

I hadn’t lived in the town ‌long before I realized I needed to get marijuana for myself.

I thought I had obtained enough to get me through at least a month after our move.

I either figured out our usage incorrect, or I had used more because of the stress, than I normally would. I found the address to the local marijuana dispensary, however when I got the address into our GPS, it said there was no address to be found. I didn’t believe if the marijuana dispensary had moved, or if the address on our phone was wrong. I tried calling the phone number to the cannabis dispensary, however no one answered. I was thinking I would need to go out of the town to get our marijuana items. I hated getting the car, however I didn’t believe what else I could do. Without weed, I was one large bundle of energy. I remember how our family would hide from me when our anxieties got bad, and I was quickly getting to that point. I wanted to hide in the closet, or do something even more drastic. I had to get our marijuana products so I could relax and start getting rid of the bad thoughts that were building inside. Before I had a full-blown anxiety attack, I asked our neighbor if he could tell me how to go to the local cannabis dispensary. He smiled and said I wasn’t looking too good and asked if I wanted him to take me there. He was just getting ready to take a trip to the cannabis dispensary for his own marijuana products.

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How dispensaries have changed

I have been really working at the local cannabis dispensary for the last few years.

  • I am the only original budtender left from when the cannabis dispensary first opened, but ever since our cannabis dispensary has gone from strictly medical cannabis to medical and both recreational cannabis, we have been having a lot of problems.

All of us have constantly had a strict policy on comportment. The supplier expects all budtenders to maintain a business, and yet friendly demeanor. Occasionally this is extremely taxing to do. Since recreational marijuana has been legalized, there is no reason to show ID, other than showing that you are over twenty-one. All of us don’t have a quota to how many people can enter at one time, however there is a quota to how many people are in the building at one time. When you get three or four persons in the building, it becomes a party site, and there can be some raucous behavior happening. I told our boss that if both of us refused to allow people into the building when they are under the influence, a lot of this behavior would stop, and last week, both of us had a young person come in who was blatantly under the influence. He not only started a large argument over the price of the weed, however he also cursed at one of the employees. I really guess it would be easier if they weren’t allowed inside the cannabis dispensary if they weren’t sober. As much as both of us have tried to get the boss to our side of the argument, no one thinks things are going to change. Even the rough bunch has the law with them about purchasing marijuana.

 

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They wanted to visit there

They chose Ruth to be head of the senior center’s entertainment committee.

All the old women in her senior center thought she would be best for the job, since she was the one who gabbed the most.

Ruth thought this was an honor and did the job to the best of her ability. One day, Ruth showed up at the house. She had some questions about some things her senior center group could do as a team. She had considered going on some outings, although she was running out of ideas. Her first thought was to go on the wine tasting tour, however that was a lot of walking. She wasn’t sure Ada could keep in step with her walker, Miri would actually run everyone over since she just got her new buggy and could not control it yet. She then came up with the method that she would take them to the cannabis dispensary. I must have looked shocked because she chastised me for being rude. I tried to tell her I wasn’t rude, however I thought no one would want to go on a field trip to a cannabis store. I thought the older generation believed marijuana to be wrong. She frowned and made a noise. She informed me ‌she knew more about marijuana than anyone she knew. What did I guess her senior group got together for? They were all using weed for numerous reasons, and they wanted to go to the cannabis dispensary as a group. If they used their club as an excuse, the cannabis dispensary may supply them with a tour and some free snacks to take home with them.

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Just trying to manage my pain levels

I went to the cannabis dispensary, hoping to find a product that was more CBD than THC.

When I talked to our doctor, he said that I should try a topical hand cream that could help with my daily aches and pains.

He thought that a pain cream with more CBD than THC would help me use my hands with less pain. When I went into the cannabis dispensary, I waited for a budtender to be free so I could talk to him or her. When I got up to the counter, I told the budtender what I wanted… She brought out multiple samples, although she wasn’t sure if it was what I wanted. Finally, she called the pharmacist out to talk to me. I told her what the doctor had said about wanting a topical product that was more CBD than THC for the arthritis pain I suffered from. Since our arthritis was in a lot of areas of the body, more than just our hands and feet, she advised me to try an RSO. The RSO would task for the entire body, however the topical would only pinpoint the affected areas. She had an RSO that was 15 parts CBD and only 1 part THC. The topical she advised was 70% THC, however since it wasn’t being ingested, I would not need to worry about psychotropic effects. I wasn’t thinking about THC being a psychotropic drug, however I was distraught about what would happen if I were to be drug-diagnosed at work. I was sure that the topical would not be a problem, however I wasn’t so sure about the RSO.

 

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He knew a lot about cannabis

Ever since Ryan had started his treatment, he had been steadily losing weight. His oncologist advised him to try marijuana to help with the nausea that was caused by the chemo, and to gain some weight back. It took a while to convince him that marijuana could be used for medicinal purposes, however he went along with me. When both of us got to the marijuana dispensary, Ryan was in a better mood than I had seen him in weeks. I thought it was because he was out of the house for something other than going to the doctor. When both of us got inside, he was looking at all the stuff they gave. I talked to the pharmacist they had and told him that Ryan needed something for his nausea and to help him gain some weight back. The pharmacist advised multiple things, and I asked Ryan if there was any product he wanted to try. He looked at the guy and asked where he could find a bag bong. The pharmacist could barely control his grin. He told Ryan they didn’t sell the equipment, however he also gave us a supplier card for a local store that did; Ryan told him he wanted to try Purple Haze and maybe some ‌ gummies. I never realized Ryan was knowledgeable about marijuana. I was studying something new, but on the way out, he said he never thought he would buy marijuana in a store and not on the streets. This was better than going to the grocery store!

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Having fun at the dispensary

The first time I went to the cannabis dispensary, it shocked me to see so many people that I knew; I never would have thought that they would go to a cannabis dispensary, however I didn’t believe they used weed, but had I known this, I actually would not have surprised me so much.

I was feeling weird walking in, but I abruptly felt at home… All of us all stood around chatting like we were in school but separate from the youngsters; When our name was called to start up our order, I walked up to the counter.

I showed our medical ID card and gave them the list of items I was picking up… By the time I had our order in hand, nearly everyone else had been talking and were at the counter getting their orders. There was only one person left, and he was waiting for his fiance to complete her order. He seemed quite out of place and I told him he reminded me of our fiance when he came along. He muttered something about wanting his own order, however he didn’t have a medical ID card. I wondered why this upset him since both of us had legal recreational marijuana in our state, however I was loath to ask. I figured ‌it could be how much more recreational marijuana costs than medical marijuana. If you had a medical marijuana ID card, you didn’t need to spend money on the added taxes that are put on recreational marijuana. I said it was good to see his fiance and him, even if it was at the cannabis dispensary.

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Hoping to snag a deal

The first thing they do when you go into a marijuana dispensary is take your driver’s license.

They want to make sure you’re of a legal age to be in the marijuana dispensary.

When I turned twenty-one, I could not wait for the 420 party. I heard they had amazing deals plus the cannabis dispensary provided a lot of samples. I wanted to go to every marijuana dispensary within a half hour of where I lived. This gave me 10 odd cannabis dispensaries to visit. I was told I needed to make a minimum purchase to get any of the samples plus deals, but I had that all figured out. I did not think that if you watched the sales flyers from the local cannabis dispensaries, you could get amazing deals if you were a first-time customer. My neighbor told me about this, plus I was eager to see what ‌ deals I could get. The following week, I was perusing the papers plus making iphone calls when the sales flyers came out. I found out that the one local marijuana dispensary provided a 50% discount to all first-time purchasers. I went there, signed up for their newsletters, and put in my order. I could not guess how much I could buy since I had 50% off the entire order. Two weeks later, I was at another cannabis dispensary. They provided 40% off for first-time purchasers. I could not believe that I could make a purchase at every cannabis dispensary in the area, plus get no less than 30% off since I would be a first-time buyer. When I covered all the marijuana dispensaries, I started all over with the cannabis dispensary that provided the biggest percentage off in their sales.

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I need the card though

I was talking to my mom the other day, plus I asked if it was possible to get marijuana without a medical marijuana card? She told myself and others there were many states that had already legalized recreational and medical marijuana.

  • Although the people I was with and I weren’t in one of those states, it was possible to get marijuana without a medical ID, however not in our state.

She wanted to understand why I asked, plus I said I was just interested. I remembered my friend’s sibling. All of us often saw her going into the marijuana dispensary. I asked my neighbor if she had a medical marijuana ID, plus she laughed at me. She said her sibling had been marijuana for numerous years. Since recreational marijuana had been legalized, she could go to the marijuana dispensary plus get her marijuana products plus not worry about getting arrested. I had a hard time understanding why she would have done something that she feared getting arrested, although I wasn’t naïve enough to think that she wasn’t the only one to take this chance. When I turn eighteen, I may also go into the cannabis dispensary and check out all the marijuana products they had. Since it’s legal, maybe I’ll even buy something from the cannabis dispensary. I’ll be 21 and if I can drink alcohol on that magical day, why would not I want to try marijuana products? I still had almost 4years before I could even consider this. First, I had to get my driver’s license, plus then my next milestone will be twenty-one. I’ll go to the marijuana dispensary plus then to the state liquor store.

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Hard to get the medical prescription

There were few medical professionals in our area who would prescribe marijuana to their customers.

My doctor told me that most medical places didn’t allow them to prescribe marijuana. I had one doctor who told me where to find a list of doctors in our area who could prescribe marijuana. I went online plus got into the website. There were veterinarians, gynecologists, plus some psychiatrists. I didn’t have any pets, which ruled out a reason to go to a veterinarian. I wasn’t a woman, so I didn’t have any gynecology problems, nor was I expecting, so I had no reason to go to a gynecologist. I ended up calling a psychiatrist who asked myself and others what I was suffering from. When I told the dentist I had chronic pain from RA, she told myself and others to call a dentist who was a pain management specialist. She gave myself and others his number, plus I could get into his office for an appointment the following week. I was finally going to get marijuana. I talked to the dentist at the pain management clinic plus he did an examination. He worked on the online application for me. All I had to do was go to the website, spend my cash, plus give them some more information. Two weeks later, I had my ID card plus I could go to the marijuana dispensary. I wondered how many other people had gone through this process so they could go to the marijuana dispensary plus purchase marijuana to help with their pain. I wonder how many people at the marijuana dispensary are there on the up and up, however fudged the amount of pain they have so they can get marijuana products?

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