Yo is a renewal the same painfull process as the first intial app?
I was wondering the same thing. I believe it is, minus the fingerprinting. However, the renewals from Dr's are a bit cheaper and they may possibly revise the MMJ law next year 2013 to allow dispensaries. Article
http://www.lvrj.com/news/medical-marijuana-bill-proposed-for-2013-legislature-161160025.html
Here is their quote from the MMJ Program facts:
A card is good for one year only. It must be renewed annually, one year from the date your
application was stamped. The same procedure used in the original registration process must be
followed except you do not have to submit another fingerprint card.
They need to change this as its way to time consuming and costly for people with disabilities. Obviously, whoever wrote the law wasn't very intelligent. They didn't allow for seeds, clones, or usable and the process is more complex than buying a gun... Its pretty funny when you think about it. At the same time, it allows me to grow and avoid dealers which is priceless.
Id like to see the law revised:
Allow more immature plants so that mother plants can be properly maintained. 12 plant limit. (Immature or flowering should be irrelevant as a plant in the vegetative state can show "flowers" while not actually flowering)
Allow more usable 4 ounces to 1 pound (throwing away medicine after taking 4 months to grow and 2 months to cure is ridiculous and wasteful - How is one ounce suppose to last until your next harvest 60 to 90 days away?)
Allow dispensaries so people who are disabled can actually obtain the medicine. (taxable income)
Allow patients to sell their extra to dispensaries as opposed to throwing it in the trash for anyone to pick up or making its way into the black market. (taxable income)
Allow MMJ farms to provide the dispensaries with usable MMJ. (taxable income)
DUI laws must acknowledge that MMJ stays in your system even when not medicated.
The packet process needs to be streamlined:
-Digital Packet made available for printing out ($50 fee can stay if you wish but its ridiculous)
-Quicker turn around time (sending an acceptance letter and than another dmv letter is time consuming, wasteful, and not needed. Do the background check quicker)
-Reduce the state fee ($150 is a lot of money for people on disability especially when charging them $50 for a packet, $150 for a Dr visit, $10 for notary, $20 for fingerprint, and $10 for various postage)
-The renewal process at the one year mark needs to be streamlined. We have gone through the process there is no reason to do it all over again. If you want the fee money, then just charge us the fee money, stop wasting our time too. Its not easy running around doing all this nonsense when your legs are killing you.
Please talk to the MMJ community, we would be glad to work with anyone on drafting a usable bill that can benefit the patients, police, and the state of Nevada all at the same time.