Medical Marijuana

• Purchase products at the medically endorsed retail stores sales and use tax free.
• Purchase up to three times the current limits at licensed retail stores with a medical marijuana endorsement.
• Purchase high-THC products–when available.
• Possess six plants and eight ounces of usable marijuana. A healthcare practitioner may authorize additional plants to a maximum of 15; a patient so authorized may possess up to 16 ounces of usable marijuana produced from their plants (see RCW 69.51A.210).
• Participate in a medical marijuana cooperative (see RCW 69.51A.250).
• Have arrest protection (see RCW 69.51A.040).
• Purchase immature plants, clones and seeds from a state licensed producer (see RCW 69.51A.310)

• Take your authorization form to any licensed and medically endorsed retail marijuana store (PDF).
• Ask to see the certified medical marijuana consultant on staff who is trained in working with authorized medical marijuana patients.
• Give the consultant your authorization form so that he or she can enter your information into the database, take your picture, and create a new medical marijuana recognition card.
• Pay a $1 fee required from cardholders when their card is created. The medically endorsed store collects the fee and pays it to the Department of Health.

If you choose to no longer have an active medical marijuana recognition card or would like to revoke your designated provider, you may complete the Revocation Request form (Word) and mail it to the address at the top of the form. Be sure to notify any designated provider you revoke from the database.

• Patients and designated providers who hold valid authorizations but aren't entered into the database may purchase only in accordance with the laws and rules for non-patients.
• They will have an affirmative defense to criminal prosecution if they possess no more than four plants and six ounces of usable marijuana.