The 5 main differences between medical and recreational marijuana

The 5 main differences between medical and recreational marijuana



We can also ask the question because of the ever-changing and increasingly moving laws:


What is the difference between medical and non-medical (leisure) marijuana?

The simple answer is that there is really no difference between of two! Like all marijuana (medical and recreational), it is produced naturally and not in the laboratory (i.e., none is synthetic!)

The main difference between cannabis flowers found in medical marijuana pharmacies and on the street is knowledge of the genetic and cannabinoid profile of each strain. Licensed pharmacies offer laboratory-tested results from a wide variety of cannabis strains, while marijuana purchased from back-alley dealers usually has only a few strains to choose from, usually little more than figuring out what weed. For your convenience, we will cover here the other differences between medical marijuana and recreational marijuana.


5 ways to differentiate between medical and recreation marijuana:

  1. One of the main differences between medical marijuana and recreation is your personal intent to use it. If you use cannabis for recreational purposes, you may not care which strain you are or whether you are looking for cannabis strains with a high tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content. However, if you use marijuana for medical purposes, you need to know which strains are best for treating your specific symptoms.
  2. Medical marijuana and recreational marijuana also have different tax rates and are subject to state regulations. Tax rates can vary at city and county levels. For the time being, this regulation applies to the VAT content of each European country.
  3. Medical marijuana is generally recorded as organic and under strict care, and while you may gain the same knowledge about how recreational marijuana is produced in hospitals, there is little chance of finding out how cannabis purchased on the street is grown.
  4. Legal purchase limits for medical marijuana are different from those for regular recreational marijuana. These purchase limits also vary from state to state. It mostly depends on the opening hours of the pharmacies that offer it. This year’s pandemic situation is also constantly expanding online opportunities (e.g., in Canada, recreational cannabis can be delivered by mail, or in Germany, the range of diseases already available and expanded has expanded.
  5.  Medical marijuana outpatient clinics differ from licensed outpatient clinics that sell cannabis as a recreational item in states where it is legal. Medical marijuana pharmacies have strict rules about who can buy cannabis at their facility, while anyone with a valid ID can buy recreational cannabis in some U.S. states. In Europe, with one or two exceptions, recreational marijuana is currently illegal. This will change drastically in the future in many EU countries (unfortunately, to the best of our knowledge, Hungary is the negative exception today, but let us trust the most).


(source: www.civilized.life )