Can someone get a medical marijuana card if they’ve gotten in trouble for drug abuse?
Who issues these cards? Don’t they have to do a background check on these people? Answer: Medical marijuana registry identification cards are issued by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program, which is part of the Oregon Department of Human Services. Employees only do background checks on applicants who want to grow their own marijuana. If an applicant has a previous drug conviction, he will not be allowed to grow for five years after the conviction. Oregonians with more than one conviction won’t ever be eligible to grow medicinal marijuana. The agency doesn’t check the criminal history of applicants who only want to use marijuana for medicinal purposes. To get a card, applicants must complete an application, get a doctor’s recommendation and provide identification for themselves and the person who will grow their marijuana. The state will not provide applicants marijuana seeds or information about growers. There is an annual $100 fee, though it can be reduced to $20 if an applicant recei
