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A localized search for “medical marijuana” quickly revealed discounted consultations with a half-dozen different doctors specializing in cannabis practice in town. The chain I selected, Medical Marijuana Clinic (mmcflorida.com), has over a dozen locations statewide, including one inside the Regions Bank building on Kirkman Road, diagonally across the street from the Universal Orlando Resort — you can catch a glimpse of it to your right when cresting the peak of the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit rollercoaster’s lift hill.

After paying about $150 and registering online for the next available appointment, I soon received instructions via email on proving my eligibility for Florida’s medical registry. You can ask your primary care physician for your records, but that often isn’t necessary. The easiest method is by providing a copy of your prescription (or a photo of a pill bottle in your name) for medication used to treat a qualifying condition; I sent snapshots of an anti-spasmodic I’d abandoned over unpleasant side effects, and it was swiftly accepted.

When my consultation arrived the following week, I found myself in a professional, discreet office suite that might have been mistaken for a dentist’s, except I wasn’t kept waiting more than a few minutes. The physician and I met in a conference room (no disrobing required, thankfully) and briefly discussed my history and treatment options. Less than 20 minutes later, I was walking out with a packet of glossy brochures breaking down the various forms of medical marijuana, and a doctor’s recommendation for up to 2.5 ounces of flower every 35 days and/or 150 milligrams per day of THC.”  The full article can be found here at the Orlando Weekly.