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Federal agency quashes Georgia's plan to let pharmacies sell medical marijuana
(www.seattletimes.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Not sure why you’d think that. I have type 1 diabetes, so without prescription drugs I would be dead in 3-4 days.
So you'd rather make a special trip to a dispensary to enjoy the atmosphere than just pick up cannabis products with your insulin?
Yes, I think I already described why. For one, the pharmacies where I live are understaffed and complete crap... I have to pick up prescriptions for my parents and often am waiting at Walgereens in line for 45 minutes.
Then, unless they had a large selection like how Walgreens has full liquor stores, the experience and pricing would be far inferior to shopping at a regular weed store. It's not 'the atmosphere', and I don't like the atmosphere of 60% of dispensaries (though I mean seriously, it's better than CVS?) it's the selection, service and so on. Would Walgreens let you look at and smell a dozen different varieties of weed? Open each jar of concentrate and let you smell and look at it before purchase? Have loyalty clubs with discounts? Have a menu with 50 different things on it? Probably not.
So I think it should be an option but not the only way to do it. And of course I recognize that Georgia doesn't have a 'real' medical or rec cannabis program. I don't think some of the people giving opinions here have ever lived in a state that does. I have lived in 3 different states with good programs for 15 years.