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Everyone’s anticipating the rollout of California’s adult-use cannabis program in 2018, but medical marijuana patients may want to hold onto their recommendations just a little bit longer. Come January 1st, Californians likely still won’t be able to ditch their medical cards and simply buy weed from a retailer.
Even in an adult-use market, having a medical marijuana recommendation will come with its own set of benefits, like reduced prices — adult-use weed is expected to cost 14 to 20 percent more than medical — and access to a greater number of dispensaries.. But that’s not all: medical marijuana patients can purchase cannabis starting at age 18, rather than having to wait until they’re 21. Moreover, having a medical recommendation on your person means you have the right to carry medical cannabis freely, without trouble from law enforcement. Otherwise, under Prop 64, you can only carry up to an ounce in public.
“With 482 municipalities in California and 58 counties, essentially all of them have to make the decision themselves whether they’ll allow adult-use dispensaries, so if they don’t allow for recreational licenses and someone in…
