These days, you might wonder why you should get a Maine medical marijuana card. After all, recreational weed is legal, and adults aged 21 and older can possess up to 2.5 ounces of prepared marijuana, the same as MMJ patients. However, if you have a Maine medical marijuana card, you can possess an incredible eight pounds (yes, really) of harvested cannabis. You also get to cultivate twice as many mature marijuana plants at home.
There are many great aspects to having a medical marijuana card in Maine. For example, as I’ll show below, it’s incredibly easy to get the card these days. Also, the price of cannabis in ME is extraordinarily low. You can get high-grade weed for a lower price than what folks in certain other states pay for low-quality trash.
I’ll investigate the low cost of weed in Maine a little later, but first, let’s find out how to apply for an MMJ card.
How to Get a Maine Medical Marijuana Card
In ME, you need to be found with over 2.5 ounces of prepared marijuana before you get into legal trouble. At this point, you could get a six-month prison sentence. The possible duration of your jail term increases to five years if you are found with more than a pound. These are extremely generous limits, and there’s no need ever to carry around such a large amount!
Maine was one of the country’s first states to legalize medical marijuana, which it did in 1999. The state went further by permitting recreational marijuana in 2016, although sales didn’t start until 2020.
These days, it is possible to get your Maine medical marijuana card online. Better still, you don’t have to go through some long-winded application process. Instead, you book an appointment with a doctor and attend the consultation. If they decide that MMJ will benefit you and that you’re eligible, they will provide written certification. The doctor is also responsible for creating an account with the state’s Medical Marijuana Certifications Online Services.
Next, the doctor’s office prints a “Tamper Proof” medical marijuana certificate. Now, you’re free to buy weed from a licensed dispensary. When you get your certificate, the physician will ask if you want to use a caregiver, buy from a dispensary, or grow it at home.
While there’s no application fee, you may have to pay up to $200 for the consultation. On the plus side, medical marijuana in Maine is incredibly inexpensive.
How Much Does Marijuana Cost in Maine?
From a healthcare perspective, there’s evidence that MMJ is a cost-effective treatment option for certain medical conditions. From a patient’s viewpoint, having a Maine medical marijuana card is a passport to low-cost products.
According to the popular website The Price of Weed, which invites users to submit how much they paid for their marijuana, there are dispensaries in Auburn that sell high-quality weed for just $75 an ounce!
Certainly, the growth of the recreational marijuana market has played a huge role. From 2020 to 2022, the average cost of flower in Maine’s adult-use market fell by over 40%, and the cost of MMJ has fallen with it.
Most reports state that cultivators have overestimated the size of the market in the state and now have a huge amount of unsold products to get rid of. Indeed, Maine’s prices are getting close to those in Colorado and Washington, which have had recreational marijuana for much longer.
The sad fact is that a lot of marijuana growers and sellers will ultimately go out of business. Many of them are already at the bottom end of their margins and can’t afford to reduce the cost any further. Yet, with so much competition, they face a mountain of unsold weed.
Final Thoughts on Low-Cost Marijuana in Maine
Once you get your Maine medical marijuana card, you’ll quickly find that it is a customer’s market. Growers have found that the market is nowhere near as large as they originally assumed. Since recreational sales began, a growing number of businesses entered the weed market, hoping to cash in. What they found instead was a saturated market and not enough consumers to go around. That being said, it is a great time to be a Maine MMJ cardholder. You have access to a staggering number of exceptional products at a highly affordable price.