The Good , the Bad and the Ugly
The Good. Got my card today. 86 days today. Obviously I am very relieved to finally have the card. I obsessed way too much over this. It was a hard 86 days for me and I wish I had spent less time thinking about it and worrying about it. But it sure feels good to know that I am legally able to purchase high quality cannabis in dozens of strains and varieties. It doesn't seem like Illinois. I'm glad I can rely on high quality cultivation.
The Bad: I waited until after sometime after day 60 to call to check on my application because I didn't want to be part of the problem, tying up the lines and all. However, I am so glad that I called. I had went through an all in one place and IDPH said that the way they received my application was completely messed up. My package was a combination of 3 different patients forms. Another patients doctors recommendation was in my package along with an entirely different person's military discharge papers. In addition, the package as received by the state also did not contain my fingerprint consent form The nice man at IDPH told me that I should complain. He told me when I called that my application would have already been approved but now this was going to delay things by a few weeks. Fortunately, they found my doctor's forms and my military papers in another persons application and they were able to put together my application except for my fingerprint form.
The Ugly: When you fill out the application, you are able to choose your dispensary. Fortunately for me there is a dispensary less than 5 minutes from my house. Unfortunately for me, the place I was signing up through did NOT NOT NOT want me to choose the convenient dispensary. I explained that it was so convenient. They wouldn't take no for an answer. I was going to just absolutely insist but I realized that they wanted that other dispensary so bad that if I made a stink that they might delay my application or put it on the bottom of the pile to send out or in some way delay things. It turned out that that was going to happen anyway...but I didn't know that at the time. When I got my card today I had to call IDPH to find out where I was placed The dispensary chosen for me was about an hour from my house. I went to the dispensary anyway - but obviously I'm going to immediately change to the dispensary of my own choosing
The Lessons: I saw a post today on line that said that the IDPH is saying that almost 90% of the packages that they receive have some sort of error. That percentage might sound a tad high, but it could be close to accurate. I can tell you that when I had my problems and talked with IDPH, they told me that this is not uncommon for some of the one stop shops to have problems with their applications.
I would highly recommend that you go ahead and call IDPH to ensure they have received all of the required documents. In my case, by calling I found out there was a problem with my file and was able to get working to correct the situation. By talking with the IDPH representative, he also began to work on my file to try to locate my missing documents.
So don't hesitate just to make sure they received your package. You might find out that a form is missing and it might shave some time off an already long wait.
I obviously also screwed up by not insisting for the dispensary that I knew I wanted.
If I had to do it all over again, I would probably just do it all on my own. At least then I would have known that my package was complete.
Thanks for reading this long post. The time for you still waiting for your cards will pass quickly. Until then, relax and smile. Help is on the way!!
The Good. Got my card today. 86 days today. Obviously I am very relieved to finally have the card. I obsessed way too much over this. It was a hard 86 days for me and I wish I had spent less time thinking about it and worrying about it. But it sure feels good to know that I am legally able to purchase high quality cannabis in dozens of strains and varieties. It doesn't seem like Illinois. I'm glad I can rely on high quality cultivation.
The Bad: I waited until after sometime after day 60 to call to check on my application because I didn't want to be part of the problem, tying up the lines and all. However, I am so glad that I called. I had went through an all in one place and IDPH said that the way they received my application was completely messed up. My package was a combination of 3 different patients forms. Another patients doctors recommendation was in my package along with an entirely different person's military discharge papers. In addition, the package as received by the state also did not contain my fingerprint consent form The nice man at IDPH told me that I should complain. He told me when I called that my application would have already been approved but now this was going to delay things by a few weeks. Fortunately, they found my doctor's forms and my military papers in another persons application and they were able to put together my application except for my fingerprint form.
The Ugly: When you fill out the application, you are able to choose your dispensary. Fortunately for me there is a dispensary less than 5 minutes from my house. Unfortunately for me, the place I was signing up through did NOT NOT NOT want me to choose the convenient dispensary. I explained that it was so convenient. They wouldn't take no for an answer. I was going to just absolutely insist but I realized that they wanted that other dispensary so bad that if I made a stink that they might delay my application or put it on the bottom of the pile to send out or in some way delay things. It turned out that that was going to happen anyway...but I didn't know that at the time. When I got my card today I had to call IDPH to find out where I was placed The dispensary chosen for me was about an hour from my house. I went to the dispensary anyway - but obviously I'm going to immediately change to the dispensary of my own choosing
The Lessons: I saw a post today on line that said that the IDPH is saying that almost 90% of the packages that they receive have some sort of error. That percentage might sound a tad high, but it could be close to accurate. I can tell you that when I had my problems and talked with IDPH, they told me that this is not uncommon for some of the one stop shops to have problems with their applications.
I would highly recommend that you go ahead and call IDPH to ensure they have received all of the required documents. In my case, by calling I found out there was a problem with my file and was able to get working to correct the situation. By talking with the IDPH representative, he also began to work on my file to try to locate my missing documents.
So don't hesitate just to make sure they received your package. You might find out that a form is missing and it might shave some time off an already long wait.
I obviously also screwed up by not insisting for the dispensary that I knew I wanted.
If I had to do it all over again, I would probably just do it all on my own. At least then I would have known that my package was complete.
Thanks for reading this long post. The time for you still waiting for your cards will pass quickly. Until then, relax and smile. Help is on the way!!
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