gLeaf, the licensed dispensary here in RVA with a few locations, does deliver but only if you're already an established patient with them. They'll require you visit them in person first.

I'm fairly certain they only accept patients that have a valid letter of authorization from a physician here in Virginia and do not accept out-of-state letters/medical marijuana licenses.

You can, legally, have someone gift you some of their personal products as long as it's not a part of a financial transaction or exchange of goods/services. Meaning, I'm fairly sure you can have a friend buy some from gLeaf, and then gift it to you.

Hopefully the VA GOP stops blocking progress and finally passes legal retail recreational sales here in the state soon.

You got to go on IG and find a grey-market delivery service, their product will be at least 10x better (and cheaper) than anything you get from corporate cannabis.

AFAIK The only cannabis “stores” here are medical dispensaries that require a medical card. Basically it’s legal to possess and grow here (with restrictions) but not yet legal to sell or “trade” recreationally here.

The weed situation here is still a grey area. You can only get deliveries from sketchy people via Instagram (buddy of mine had a bad experience doing this). Otherwise, your only options are places that require medical ID (gleaf), or places that only sell “Delta 8” (THE Dispensary in Richmond across from The Jefferson Hotel).

It’s so frustrating especially after coming back from a state where you can actually order any weed products on “Weed Maps” or “Uber Weed” recreationally.

So I can buy from a dealer, but can't go to a dispensary? That's wild lol.

> You can, legally, have someone gift you some of their personal products as long as it's not a part of a financial transaction or exchange of goods/services. Meaning, I'm fairly sure you can have a friend buy some from gLeaf, and then gift it to you.

You can share marijuana:

> no civil or criminal penalty may be imposed for adult sharing of an amount of marijuana that does not exceed one ounce or of an equivalent amount of marijuana products.

I'd be interested to know the rules for prescribed marijuana, it seems like a trivial difference but I could see someone reacting stupidly to that.

You cannot order from a Virginia dispensary if you are not a Virginia resident with a valid Virginia medical marijuana prescription from an approved provider. Virginia does not recognize any other states' prescriptions.

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> So I can buy from a dealer

Not legally, no. The grey-market situation that exists in DC was specifically written out here in Virginia -- You can't buy stickers and receive gifts of bud. HOWEVER, that does not stop these types of delivery services from existing. I use one of these services and they've always been on point, but I imagine for every 1 good service there are 4 bad ones. Buyer beware.

Gotta go grey market on Instagram/discord. It's not legal but that hasn't stopped the businesses from operating that way like they do in DC

I wondered the same, but as far as I can tell, medical marijuana is essentially considered the same as regular marijuana once it's purchased and taken out of the store.

IIRC, the "prescription" definition for medical marijuana was just a way to work it into the then-state regulated Board of Pharmacy portion of getting a license. Since the state subsequently dropped the requirement of a patient registering with the state to get a card from them, I don't think it'd be the same as giving someone your prescribed medication from a regular pharmacy.

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It's $25 for the consumer. It's much higher for the dealer/delivery person, with potential arrest, if they're caught by the police.

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If you are looking for delivery and are okay with the “grey area” market here, I have a couple that I regularly order from. And trust me..I’m SUPER cautious about stuff like that and have never had a problem with these small businesses.

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Same. I thought for sure the entire law enforcement world was going to converge on me the first time I used one of the Instagram services. It's been totally fine. Really nice people too.

Edit: before I get DMs asking who I use, these relationships are fragile af. Can't share that with strangers on the web unfortunately.

Third for IG, I've had great success once I found the right service

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Go to a local market/festival and there will usually be vendors. A vendor was actually handing out business cards at the VMFA one Friday evening earlier when it was warm out. They want business, so they're going to be where the people are. Good luck!

I was just kvetching about instagram in another thread, and now I learn I need IG for weed too? What has become of this world!?

Piggybacking on this LeafedOut is good too. Obviously only buy from people that are rated 5 stars.

It’s the easiest way to find popups and delivery services, you don’t have to post anything, the services are really easy to find and once you find 1-2 the algo starts feeding you more (just don’t do mail because those guys rip you off most of the time.) I don’t know what to tell you.

Not sure what you have to learn to use IG, it’s made for idiots. Today, there are people in Alabama smoking brick weed tar scraped from the inside of a metal pipe they bought from a guy they’ve known since high school, and all you have to do is make a burner IG account.

You just need it to find a couple of good services and then you can delete the account like I did.

Where does one obtain a medical marijuana prey?

Here's a list of medical marijuana prescribers in Virginia: https://www.vanorml.org/doctors

you can manage a Reddit account; use the same login if you’re struggling that much. If it has come up multiple times in one day then maybe it’s more useful to you than you think it is.

I’ve used a lot of different ones that have been terrible. So just be aware of that. But it’s all about networking. If you want any recommendations just DM me.

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