Marijuana is no longer subject to state-level criminal penalties as long as the patient has a signed recommendation by their doctor stating that the plant can be used to treat or manage their medical condition. Read more about this here.


In Pennsylvania, those who are qualified should register with the state Department of Health, after which they will get a Pennsylvania medical marijuana ID that they can use to buy medical marijuana from a state-authorized medical marijuana dispensary. Right now, there are around 18 doctors who are approved to recommend medical marijuana in Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery Counties and around 100 in the entire state. The five approved forms of medical marijuana in the state are oil, pill, liquid, topical, vapor and tincture.


To qualify for a medical marijuana card in the state of Pennsylvania, a patient must be at least 18 years old. For an underage patient, an Approved Caregiver may be registered in their place. Read this article for more details.


The patient must have any of these conditions as listed by the Marijuana Advisory Board (note that the board adds new conditions to this list now and again:


Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)


Autism


Cancer


Crohn’s Disease


Nervous Tissue of Spinal Cord Damage


Epilepsy


Glaucoma


HIV


Huntington’s Disease


IBS


Intractable Seizures


Multiple Sclerosis


Neuropathies Parkinson’s Disease


PTSD


Severe chronic or intractable pain


Sickle Cell Anemia


Another requirement is that the patient should be a Pennsylvanian resident and able to provide proof through a copy of their state Driver’s License or any State-issued ID that shows their present address.


Patients must secure a recommendation from DOH-registered doctors, and doctors must submit patient certification forms.


As soon as a patient has secured a doctor’s recommendation, they will have to complete their application and pay for the Pennsylvania medical marijuana ID card. For this, they will have to supply a digital photo ID and a current digital picture.


Medical marijuana patients may claim to have a medical marijuana doctor’s prescription, but these are actually illegal. Marijuana is federally classified as a schedule I drug, which means doctors cannot prescribe marijuana to their patients, and medical marijuana patients cannot just buy it from a pharmacy. Instead, as per state law, medical marijuana physicians provide patients recommendation for medical marijuana.


In April 2017, state regulators proposed putting up an online registry of doctors who could provide medical marijuana recommendations, making the process quicker for qualified Pennsylvanian patients. But the Pennsylvania Department of Health eventually decided against having doctors take part in either the registry or in the medical cannabis program of the state as a whole. If they do want to take part in the registry, physicians will be required to complete a special four-hour training course.

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Find out more about this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_shop.