1. I ended up in South Lake Tahoe, California this week, and seeing as I flew, I didn't bring much outside of my vaporizer and 1g of oils.. well that just wasn't gunna do, so I started thinking about places to get some fire flowers..

We landed in Reno around 11am, and while I took a few fat dabs around 6am before we left Seattle, I was already starting to get bored of my Vape Pen, so I decided to find the closest recreational shop in Nevada, and after 5 minutes of googling I was utterly dissapointed. Nevada hasn't gone recreational yet! Oh lord, what is a stoner such as myself to do? I started considering my options; buy weed from craiglist advertisers, bother some random guy who might think I'm crazy and/or find the closest, headiest smoke shop and flat out go in and ask for an Oz, that should solve my problems right?

Wrong. Even thought the Buttermuffin Smoke Shop was the headiest around, being that I was in a tourist town in California where medical was still in charge, I was obviously told no, seeing as it was illegal for him to go buy me medical cannabis and sell it to me.

But, they did suggest that I just go apply for a medical card, which had never crossed my mind. Now don't get me wrong I was a medical patient in WA for years, but that was also 2-3 years ago now and I never considered the option that California allows out of state patients. My mind was blown.

2. Well, that almost worked, but at least I know now I can get a medical card, no where was that Doctors office again? Google fu incoming, ah there it is.

I spent roughly 30 seconds googling until I found the place I was suggested to visit, it just so happened to be 10 minutes down the road, score! I headed that direction, and went straight into the waiting room, where I met some funny guys also getting their cards and were also out of staters. We chatted for a bit while I filled out my paperwork and they basically were like 10 yr olds in a candy store.. it was pretty funny actually. I spent a bit educating them on the laws up in Washington and what not, then it was my turn to interview with the Doctor, so we said our goodbyes and they headed out to go call a medical delivery service we had discussed while waiting... or so I thought.

3. The Medical Card Application Experience... followed by my first visit to a medical shop in years! I was so stoked!

So besides the fact that California wants to know as much information as you will give them, the visit was a welcoming one, with zero hassle and a very quick in and out procedure. I spent a total of 30 minutes inside, talking, filling out papers and waiting my turn to be interviewed by the doctor. Once my turn came up it was actually kind of exciting, I hadn't been able to buy medical cannabis in years, let alone go into a building with bongs on each table and just chill and load a bowl after purchasing.. so I headed into the interview room and sat on a laptop and waited for the doctor to show up.

He was a nice older gentleman with a very serious yet calm demeanor, he went over my paperwork with me and asked me a few basic questions, I told him a bit about myself how I had been a cannabis advocate for years and work in the Recreational Industry, he then started asking me about any drugs that I take and what not, which I do not. Then after he suggested a few cannabis treatments for me, faxed over my new papers and my card was printing in the room next door, that was basically the entire process and it was SUPER simple and only cost me $80 because they gave me a discounted referral at the Buttermuffin Smoke Shop.

So I'm now a medical patient and head right over to the closest most popular medical spot, go inside, check in and make it inside all within 5-10 minutes. Next thing you know its my 3 buddies from the medical card place who supposedly wanted to call a cute delivery girl, they ended up at the same shop I had! It was worth a laugh or two as they were stoked about getting a cute delivery girl last I saw them.

Anyways, I spent a few minutes looking around then grabbed 1/8th or 2 of their dankest strains and 1g of Gorilla Glue Keif for $20, not half bad prices to be honest, oh and I even got a 5% off for first time patient, score! All in all I came out with 7gs, 1g of keif, a pre roll and a new pipe for the weekend. My first ever cali medical purchase! Woo!

4. The spoils of war, time for the hotel and then a smoke sesh on the beach. Welcome to California!

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