Curious about What West Virginians are saying right now?

  • "I'm a budtender in WV. I'd like to see more access, more products that our patients are asking for( edibles, and infused products). More growing licenses released to help local growers and boost the economy. More overall support for the program from our legislative leaders."

    - Registered Voter from 25177

  • "WV needs to catch up with the other states in so many ways, roads, we need infrastructure for companies to come here to build business. Cannibas can make the state so much money, if they just do the program like other states. WV literally needs to get their shit together, lawmakers!!"

    - Registered Voter from 26039

  • "I am a patient, cannabis advocate and employed within the cannabis industry since 2021. I have worked in multiple markets, both medical and recreational and have worked in the WV cannabis industry since 2021. I believe that the issues we face in WV are overregulation due to misunderstanding the compounds as well as their uses. I believe that we are preventing patients with chronic lung problems (COPD, Lung Cancer, Asthma, etc) from having access to a wide range of products, due to overregulation of edible forms of cannabis. Edibles should be the immediate goal for the OMC within WV and it is the main cause of trafficking across state lines. Nobody wants to commit crimes; they just want relief with products that they know work for them. If we have the ability to provide those products within WV to maintain safety standards as well as keeping patients legally compliant, it's imperative to take this seriously. We also need to take a long hard look at curbside service as well as home delivery, as a large majority of elderly patients have mobility issues and a lot of patients within WV don't have reliable transportation or the ability to drive to the dispensary to pick up their medication."

    - Registered Voter from 26501

  • "Make it legal for everyone !!!"

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "I work in public health regarding prevention services and I find the lack of education regarding marijuana/cannabis addiction and negative effects harmful. The idea that marijuana is used the same as medication is false and I find the advertising to youth horrible. I would support recreational use if there wasn’t so much misinformation and people used in a much safer way then they do now."

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "Need harvest dates on products to know if it is aged material. Aged material degrades and the potency decreases"

    - Registered Voter from 25526

  • "Medical cannabis available in WV through Gov. Justice's program has worked wonders for myself and many others with severe health conditions that conventional medicine has failed to help. However, as laws evolve in neighboring states, West Virginia needs to update some archaic provisions of its cannabis laws. As a pro-gun state where 2/3 of the population owns guns, WV should do more to protect the 2A rights of medical cannabis patients, just as Kentucky and Missouri have. There is also no reason for the state to continue its prohibition of edible medical cannabis products. Virtually every regulated cannabis market except West Virginia (even Texas) allow edibles as an easier form to take for medical cannabis patients who may not be able to vaporize or take hard pills. Even ND recently amended its law to allow edibles. The Medical Cannabis Act should also be amended to allow limited patient homegrow, as is now legal in Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and many other states. WV has many patients living in remote areas that do not necessarily have easy access to a dispensary, and even more patients who struggle to afford their medical cannabis out of pocket. Some strains are not always in stock or available, but may still be needed by a patient for relief."

    - Registered Voter 26505

  • "I am a responsible adult who votes in every single election and pays all my taxes on time and early every year. I work hard and contribute to the states struggling economy. The cannabis industry has been a positive force in our state’s economy and has the potential for enormous growth if we continue to expand our program and change our laws to reflect the laws of our neighboring states that have gone recreational. I support cannabis access for all adults and also support home grow like neighboring states such as Maryland and Virginia have legalized. I also would like to see products like edibles and other concentrates legalized. Pulmonologists have stated those are great for patients who do not want to smoke or vape. I live in Lewis County, but I know that just one county north, in Harrison County, there is a large medical marijuana grow facility. And then in Upshur County there are an another two grow facilities. These employ several people with quality sustainable jobs. If we can continue to expand this program then these companies will be successful and continue to grow and hire more people. Please support this program by implementing these changes, thank you."

    - Registered Voter from 26452

  • "I am the sister of a veteran that wants access. I work in Healthcare and support this 100%."

    - Registered Voter from 25430

  • "Cannabis saved my life from alcoholism. Since becoming a medical cannabis the quality of my life has greatly improved. I have no doubt cannabis can help others who suffer with alcohol or opioid addiction. Saving lives and improving quality of life should be a priority for West Virginia legislators I’m not the only one who says cannabis saved their life. Please allow fair research and study of the potentials of the cannabis plant Thank You"

    - Registered Voter from 25530

  • "I am a parent, citizen and worker who wants legal access regulations that make sense and support the local cannabis industry. I want the money to go to WV towns and cities to better roads, schools and community services. I dont want it to go to the state and be flushed into some fund where it dissappears and is funneled into programs for capital improvements for government officials. AKA Joe Manchins yacht or buying the Greenbrier resort."

    - Registered Voter from 25177

  • "It’s a plant. It’s safer than alcohol safer than opioids. Plus it’s a huge revenue stream."

    - Registered Voter from 26038

  • "I'm a patient that needs better access and more affordable options"

    - Unregistered Voter from 25573

  • "I work in healthcare and pharmaceuticals for 15+ years. Both as a newer user (3 years) as well as doing m body work and directly with patients with pain and seeing the struggle that comes with medication, this has absolutely changed lives in a positive way for those who have interacted on both sides (medicine vs cannabis). It would have saved life’s for those who had access or wasn’t restricted by fear of cannabis. Better access, less anti drug propaganda, and more education can help change this state for the better in many ways."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "Alcohol and Cannabis are not apples and oranges. They are oranges and tangerines. Ask yourself…do you think alcohol is dangerous to people and to children? If your answer is yes, then why are you trying to ban it or regulate it more heavily? There is an undeniable positive side for people that use cannabis. It needs considered when making decisions."

    - Registered Voter from 26201

  • "All of the above. I am a veteran who wants access and works in healthcare who is also a parent supporting safe, legal options, including edible cannabis products for medical patients."

    - Registered Voter from 26542

  • "I’m a current WV medical cannabis patient and this product has helped save my life. It helps me with chronic pain from my job, PTSD from a past abusive living situation, and much more I could go on. Please just know this product is essential for me and truly benefits my well being so much."

    - Registered Voter from 26452

  • "This state is messing up big time. I’ve held my card for three years now. Not allowing new products from the same strains and concentrates we have had since the program started. Would love to see rosin in the state that’s not 100 a gram. Killing medical cannabis in the state with high prices. Allowing home cultivation would increase people trying to get a card to try growing. We know the state sees at every state that boards that has went recreational all the wv cars that be shopping. Mmj program needs a rewrite of its laws to stay relevant with every state around almost recreational around us"

    - Registered Voter 26335

  • "I’m a Military Spouse and have seen first hand the benefits of medical cannabis use along with suffering from severe anxiety and use it as a way to ease that."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "Keep big businesses out of West Virginia. Ohio companies like the Landing, trulieve and cannabist shouldn't be allowed here."

    - Registered Voter from 26508

  • "The money I spend on recreation cannabis in Maryland, New York, etc. could be kept in our state! WV needs to legalize to move forward!"

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "Cannabis could be a cash crop and bring as much revenue to this state as coal did in its hey day."

    - Registered Voter from 24739

  • "Alcohol use is far more detrimental to society."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "Its one of the only things that help"

    - Registered Voter from 26062

  • "I think that wv cannabis laws are a joke let us have homegrown 6 plants and allow recreational cannabis give us west virginiaks the vote"

    - Registered Voter from 25035

  • "I am someone who lives in the tristate area, I have a medical card in our state but work at a dispensary in Ohio where it is fully legalized for 21+ adult use and we have people come in EVERYDAY who either tell me about how marijuana has significantly helped their pain or pain medicine problems because of all the opioids they were on or people who have literally hugged me and fellow coworkers over a recommendation we made because the effects were exactly what they needed to treat their condition. We need a similar program in our state and I will continued to fully support that"

    - Registered Voter from 26062

  • "I would prefer no taxes go to any law enforcement agencies—I’ll suffer if I must but don’t they have enough funding?"

    - Registered Voter from 26062

  • "The last thing we need is even more access to marijuana. I lived in a state where it was fully lrgalized. The people who were already wealthy got wealthier. The money did not go back to the community in any meaningful way, but youth abuse of marijuana and marijuana-related negative outcomes from cannabis hyperemesis to impaired driving skyrocketed. Not everyone wants weed all over their state."

    - Registered Voter from 25901

  • "Cannabis has saved my life I'm stage 5 kidney failure and have so much medical stuff to do all day to stay alive and the laws make it complicated and it's a plant that has no proven side effects, this nee governor failed us by refusing to make it legal but still sells alcohol is pure stupidity"

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I would like to see expanded product offerings and additional qualifying patient conditions, now that program is initially off the ground it would be great to see expanded product offerings and new releases. As well as expanding patient conditions and new patients still joining the state medical program as to slowly incrementally increasing the existing business and access in WV"

    - Registered Voter from 26260

  • "I feel it works also benefit violent offenders and the community"

    - Registered Voter from 25840

  • "The OMC needs to be put in check. Dar overstepping what the office is designed to do. Ths fear of marketing to minors is nothing more than reefer madness propaganda. Colorado is # 2 in the nation in education thanks to weed. The medical program is a joke thats nothing more than a pay to play ponzi scheme."

    - Registered Voter from 26201

  • "I’m a patient as well as an industry worker. I see people everyday who have benefited greatly from this medicine. West Virginia needs to legalize recreational cannabis for adult use before every single border state around us does the same. We need to stop being last."

    - Registered Voter from 26105

  • "Hello , Thank you for the opportunity to voice my concerns on cannabis laws that there is a much needed support from Charleston from are leaders and representatives and the community That we need Charleston to support what we are achieving in health to creating jobs but there is a much needed support on the recreational cannabis, we can create more job opportunities for tourism in the rural areas as well as Southern West Virginia we can bring businesses in that cannabis users can be employed at at the same rate as every other tax paying job offers We urgently need recreational cannabis to bring revenue to our state I’ve witnessed far more great things that out weigh the bad I’ve seen desperate city’s that were in dire straits pull together and now there are tourists attractions with very little crime in the way of cannabis I’ve seen college students further there career in the industry and use of cannabis I know given the chance we can represent in a professional manner and operate a billion dollar industry to our state."

    - Registered Voter from 26321

  • "Too much of anything is bad. Treating this plant worse than heroin has got us nowhere but deeper in the hole. There is a legitimate path to bringing policy up to date with current research and guidelines"

    - Registered Voter from 26003

  • "I think the benefits of legalization far outweigh the cons"

    - Registered Voter from 25064

  • "I think that the age should be 18 not 21. If you can vote and serve our country at the age of 18 then 18 needs to be the accepted age. Lets not forget that several politicians in WV just voted for the age of consent for a female is 14!! Let that sink in."

    - Registered Voter from 25705

  • "Harm reduction to opioid epidemic in this area"

    - Registered Voter from 25545

  • "Ending the prohibition on a product that can help so many individuals and enrich our state is long overdue."

    - Registered Voter from 25704

  • "It’s a plant, people can be drunks and abuse prescriptions drugs and go buy a gun. How many people go “shooting up” places high on cannabis? The answer is you don’t."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26335

  • "My mother is a Veteran and cannabis has helped her in a lot of ways. She had a disk injury in her spine and sometimes she is in so much pain that she cannot walk, whenever I give her an edible she can walk perfectly fine. I also benefit from cannabis, I have severe c-ptsd, BPD, depression and anxiety. It has helped me become a better person when I am around people."

    - Registered Voter from 25302

  • "Cannabis is a life changing medicine. Any tax on cannabis needs to go back into the healthcare of West Virginians, NOT law enforcement. Home grow MUST be included."

    - Registered Voter from 25303

  • "I’ve used cannabis most of my adult life. I’ve seen it help people with extreme health issues. It has helped me in my times of need. It is not the dangerous drug that it’s been made out to be in the past & we have come so far from those days. But it is absolutely 100% safer than alcohol and that’s legal. So it’s only right to give it the same laws and legalize it."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26335

  • "I'm a patient I have epilepsy and cannabis has helped I've been over 15 years free of issues all because cannabis. I hate to be looked at as a criminal for just trying to make myself a better person for my family and community. We have a huge drug problem in this state and this is not the problem. It has bettered my life and it's no worse than alcohol better in my opinion. Thanks"

    - Registered Voter from 26444

  • "I am a medical cannabis patient whose quality of life depends on this. I live in pain and cannabis gives me bits of my life back. It is medicine, and anyone who needs it should have access to it."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I am a parent and small business owner who supports safe, legal plant medicine."

    - Registered Voter from 26301

  • "They are entirely too strict, and when the public gives them feedback they don’t listen and continue to treat it like heroin. I am a medical card holder and I will personally testify that it helps me more than anything else I’ve been prescribed. The tax revenue alone From legalizing and removing some of the “smoking“ restrictions on medical cannabis will do nothing but help West Virginia. The tax revenue from medical and recreational cannabis can help find public programs and housing at the very least. It’s a little appalling it’s taken this long to recreational is it when it helps so many people"

    - Registered Voter from 25702

  • "I'm a disabled vet full time stay at home parent. I can personally say while filling this out it helps with so many different illnesses! The way the federal government has taught earlier generations is pitiful. Legalization would help WV and the wonderful people who live here and visit. Charging someone who has a medical ailment should be illegal. However that takes lawmakers to actually care about who they "represent" I for one am completely opposed to big pharma killing the people I know and Love. WV proud"

    - Registered Voter from 25427

  • "Legalize it Federally !! I am a Army veteran that has seen patients in pain. That I have worked with at the "Martinsburg veterans affairs". That would tremendously benefit from the federal legalization of cannabis for pain management. Opioids have extremely strict guidelines. Because, of it patients are left in pain. Cannabis and CBD would drastically help patients and curb addiction risks. I would urge talking to Veterans and seeing it for yourself. Even if you have to do a study on cannabis and it's risks, effectiveness. Just do it !! It's the right thing to do. I am a parent who supports safe options My husband is one that cannabis is the only thing that works for my husband's migraines. He has tried every since treatment available on the market. Nothing works like cannabis for him. We was really upset and negatively affected when they just abruptly stopped my husband morphine prescription for his migraines. With NOTHING to help him with the extreme pain. Thanks to cannabis he now has better quality of life."

    - Registered Voter from 25427

  • "I'm in genuine favor of the making it a priority for education with cannabis to be a forefront with its understanding and distribution."

    - Registered Voter from 26059

  • "I am 51 years old and a medical cannabis user since it became legal here. It has GREATLY helped me manage my PTSD. I would love to see it legal and regulated like alcohol is, and would love to be able to home grow."

    - Registered Voter from 25801

  • "I work in the industry, and legalizing cannabis for adult-use would help make the medicine more accessible to folk. It’s really sad seeing how much medical card providers will charge just to get the recommendation - I’ve been lucky to find one that’s dirt cheap, but I’ve heard of patients spending close to $200 just for the card"

    - Registered Voter from 26543

  • "I’m a parent who supports safe, legal options"

    - Registered Voter from 25567

  • "Medical Cannabis is too expensive in WV and the DHHR does not care one bit. You are charging the producers and dispensaries too much in fees and this in turn gets passed on to Medical users. Also, renewing every year is just another revenue generating gambit that hurts consumers, you know the little guy. We have no other options, because growing our own medicine is illegal. Can someone out there help us please?"

    - Registered Voter from 25123

  • "I work in healthcare as well as have a family member who uses cannabis, this is a plant with many positive properties for many people. To keep it as it is scheduled is ridiculous."

    - Registered Voter from 26411

  • "I am a local hairstylist, mother, cannabis dispensary worker and patient in this program. I fully support the cannabis program and wish WV would keep up with the nation on Cannabis."

    - Registered Voter from 25705

  • "I'm a person who works in the industry at the retail level. I find some of the arbitrary laws are preventing people to have access to medication that would benefit them with little to no side effects but long and short term. Having access to edibles would benefit so many people in a COAL MINING STATE where lung issues are very prevalent. Many cannot do any kind of inhalation option and making their own edibles could be a difficult task to ensure they are done properly. Adding in that if you made it adult use, it would bring in so much money to the state that they could use to repair the crater sized potholes throughout the state among other things. In addition, Florida just recently had a court case deeming banning the ability to purchase a firearm because you hold medical cannabis card unconstitutional. If that was removed from the language of being able to purchase a firearm that would make so many more people interested in getting their medical card as well. Less restrictions to adults 21+ , good testing of products, and freedom of commerce for the business will make this program successful for patients, businesses and West Virginia."

    - Registered Voter from 26003

  • "A caregiver program should be implemented, allowing individuals to homegrown for a number of patients who don’t want to or can’t homegrown themselves. Home-grows need to be legal."

    - Registered Voter from 25443

  • "I am legally blind and I am a civil rights activist for the blind here in WV. I have been using medical cannabis for almost 3 years now. It helps relax my eyes and reduce the pain and pressure in my eyes. Cannabis has helped many other blind people in WV find relief, but not all of them qualify for medical cannabis. Often times they have no choice but to get it off the streets or in neighboring states when we have great cannabis right here. Expanding the cannabis laws here in WV would keep West Virginian’s cannabis experience safe and profitable."

    - Registered Voter from 25177

  • "It’s time for WV to step into the modern era. Our coal reliance is outdated and we need more jobs and industry. We must stop bowing to party politics and start hearing the voters."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26201

  • "Allow Edibles into the Medical Program. People want was to take in cannabis w out vaporizing it."

    - Registered Voter from 25702

  • "I’ve lived in fully legal states and it works perfectly fine. There is no reason why WV is so far behind especially when cannabis helps the opioid crisis that WE have suffered at the forefront for TOO LONG!!!! It is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE that residence are able to HOME GROW. This is how the elderly and very sick are able to have access to SAFE CANNABIS SPECIFIC TO THEIR CONDITION. They cannot get that from a store it will never be consistent no matter how strict the rules are. I’ve seen it for years it’s just the nature of the business. People MUST BE ABLE TO GROW THEIR OWN"

    - Registered Voter from 26501

  • "Keeping it illegal doesn't make it safer. Legalizing and standardizing testing and labeling will. Plus it will effect the cartels negatively"

    - Registered Voter from 25314

  • "I'm a disabled medical patient here in West Virginia and I've been a huge supporter of the program since it began. With that being said I've noticed over the last couple years quality and availability has consistently went downhill. I'm in a wheelchair and also have a lung condition, I use cannabis for many different reasons as opposed to using prescription pharmaceutical narcotics for excruciating pain. Having local access to quality solventless concentrates is very important to me I'm worried at this rate we won't have a program at all. Please listen to the we the people and make changes that matter like giving us better options for quality instead of worrying about things that make the situation worse like changing the names of strains. Strain names aren't just about a cute title their named that way from genetics and it's how a patient can tell what they're getting and be able to look up what lineage it's from and how the effects work. We also deserve home grow at the very least so we can at bare minimum ensure our own consistent access to quality meds. Please take these things into consideration Thank you"

    - Registered Voter from 25309

  • "Like to see edibles. Also on that I believe that the packaging on edibles should be child proof and the names on the packaging shouldn't look like a snack that a kid eats. Ie Doritos"

    - Registered Voter from 26241

  • "I’m an ex coal miner who started my own electrical contracting company. I am also a medical patient and use this medicinally everyday. WV lawmakers need to get with the times and allow home cultivation. We are allowed to make moonshine for personal use, what does it harm to allow someone to grow a plant for they’re personal use?"

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "As a veteran who knows plenty of other veterans who have cut back on alcohol and pain medication use by turning to marijuana, I support adult-use legalization, especially for those who do not want to give up their Second Amendment right. We can use the tax money to create jobs and provide fiscal care for the citizens of West Virginia. Children deserve the HUGE benefit of the abundant tax revenue to better our schools. We could use the money toward roads, infrastructure, and natural disaster response."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26508

  • "It is the safest form of medication."

    - Registered Voter from 26287

  • "I believe cannabis should be fully legalized for adults in West Virginia for several reasons. 1. Patient Rights & Freedom of Choice People deserve the right to choose what treatment works best for them. Prescription drugs—including opioids—are widely available, yet we know the opioid crisis was no accident. Families across West Virginia have been torn apart by addiction. Cannabis, on the other hand, is a plant with real medicinal benefits, supported by research and by the lived experiences of patients every single day. Patients should not be criminalized or stigmatized for choosing a safer, plant-based alternative. 2. Fighting Stigma & Protecting Free Speech As a content creator who openly supports cannabis, I experience firsthand how deep the stigma still runs. My top videos have been taken down. My accounts get flagged or shut down. Even when I simply mention that cannabis has medical uses, I get penalized—despite platforms like Meta promising they would relax their restrictions. It’s frustrating and unfair to put so much effort into creating educational, responsible content, only to see it censored. Legalization would not only protect patients, but it would also normalize open discussion, education, and advocacy. 3. Economic Growth & Opportunity for WV Full legalization creates jobs, tax revenue, and business opportunities that West Virginia badly needs. We’ve seen it work in other states: dispensaries, cultivation facilities, tourism, and small businesses all thrive when given the chance. Our state should not fall behind while others reap the benefits. 4. Social Equity & Justice Too many people in West Virginia have criminal records over cannabis—records that continue to limit their opportunities even as the plant is increasingly recognized for its benefits. Full legalization should include fairness for these people, clearing records and allowing them to participate in the new legal industry. What I’d Like to See Happen Full adult-use legalization alongside the medical program. Strong protections for patients, advocates, and content creators to freely share accurate information. Support for small, local West Virginia businesses to thrive in the cannabis space—not just large corporations. A commitment to social equity, ensuring that legalization heals the harm caused by past cannabis arrests. At the end of the day, people should have the freedom to choose cannabis without stigma, censorship, or fear. Legalization is about patient rights, personal freedom, economic growth, and justice for West Virginians."

    - Registered Voter from 26301

  • "It is time to change with the times. Legal. Safe, tested medicine is far better than the latter choice. Furthermore no State, Fed, or individual should be able to restrict my God given right to grow any plant I choose."

    - Registered Voter from 26519

  • "Im a veteran and parent who thinks it should be legal for recreational use. I do not like alcohol and believe it is worse. I do not use cannabis but have family that it has helped."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I work in healthcare and volunteered as fireman for ten years and use to treat chronic pain from a car accident but fill the way cannabis is viewed makes it hard for me to fill like i fit in. I dont do opioids or anything for the matter"

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "As a patient and someone who works in the industry, I feel like we could be doing so much more to benefit the state and patients but we have big pharma getting in the way. We’re also only hurting ourselves by not following suit with what the surrounding states are doing."

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "I'm currently trying for disability for my medical problems. I'm a medical Marijuana patient for my medical issues. I don't prefer prescription drugs because they made me sick constantly and nothing would help my pain or ptsd. Medical Marijuana helps with everything."

    - Registered Voter from 26301

  • "As a westvriginian and a veteran access to adult recreational cannabis would alleviate fear for those who need it. As well as the fear of the law for those of us who want to hone our craft."

    - Registered Voter from 25817

  • "I work in healthcare as does my wife and we both feel strongly on this issue. Medical cannabis helps people who need it and recreational could really help West Virginia."

    - Registered Voter from 25309

  • "I am a patient that this could help but afraid of losing my job even when legal, so I suffer."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I support safe, legal options, and support the legalization of personal use cultivation at home. The current economic atmosphere in WV is not good and I don't think we should turn down an opportunity to safely generate income from legal recreational cannabis and expand choices through increasing qualifying conditions for medical use, Home cultivation should also be allowed as a means to let people choose how their products are grown and processed also."

    - Registered Voter from 25308

  • "The omc seems to be under the impression that the packaging of the cannabis could have some influence on purchasers. That's ludicrous. They're going to purchase their medicine regardless of what it comes in. As far as youth being enticed, youth can't enter a dispensary. If they get access to it at home/school , the packaging and name are irrelevant. Let's try to induct some common sense and stop dragging behind the rest of the country."

    - Registered Voter from 24901

  • "Its not the 1960s. Become aware of the current times and stop living in the past."

    - Registered Voter from 25303

  • "Allow edibles. I have a connective tissue disorder and a history of addiction. Allowing different dosages and ways to consume helps patients stay away from opioids"

    - Registered Voter from 26378

  • "I suffer from severe anxiety and am a recovering opioid and benzo addict... Cannabis literally saved my life and continues to make it easier to navigate life with anxiety"

    - Registered Voter from 25045

  • "People are going to use cannabis weather it's legal or not. Why not make more tax revenue from it so you guys can continue to waste it on things like passing laws so pedophiles can look at kids genitals in school and beat the shit out of our kids!"

    - Registered Voter from 26301

  • "I was there as my father passed/the number of legal (?) Drugs they prescribe dad was I believe not good for anyone last three months doctors tell me to get dad some cannabis they say all that so called meds not working. really"

    - Registered Voter from 25059

  • "Stop restricting access to effective and safe medicine for the people of WV we are tired of being ran by pharmaceuticals."

    - Registered Voter from 26354

  • "cannabis is a fantastic option for various medical conditions, but it should never be forced on a patient in place of opioid pain medications. Opioid pain medications should be offered first or the decision left to the patient as to which route to take."

    - Registered Voter from 26416

  • "I am a cannabis worker of 4 years in a dispensary and I've watched lives change because of cannibas. My patients have succes stories of staying off drugs, quitting drinking, managed pain, finally getting a good nights sleep, mood elevation and much more. Cannibas helps the mind body and soul. I witness it on a daily basis. Please let everyone have this medicine"

    - Unregistered Voter from 26201

  • "I was one of the first people to get a medical marijuana license in the state of WV. I have chronic pain from multiple genetic disorders and it has been a lifesaver for me. I only use tinctures/oral and topicals, and I never use without my husband home. I never use it to get high, only to help my pain. Not everyone who uses marijuana uses it to get high; people can use it responsibly. I feel it should be treated like buying alcohol, though it does have medical benefits where alcohol does not. Just like alcohol, if someone abuses it (ie. Driving impaired) then they should be punished. Don’t punish the rest of us who use responsibly."

    - Registered Voter from 26941

  • "I am 50+ and have several health issues that cause me extreme pain, loss of sleep and nausea. I have had bad reactions and side effects to several prescription medications. I chose to get my WV Medical Cannabis card when 4 different medical specialists told me that pain management through opiods or narcotics was my only choice. I made my own choice. Also, I see how much revenue opportunities WV is missing out on. I also personally know several people who travel to other states because of the variety that WV does not offer."

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  • "I believe that Marijuana is safer then alcohol, the actual plant is safer then a tomato plant as the plant itself is not poison to children or pets, unlike a tomato plant or poinsettia, and overall safer then guns or most over the counter or prescription meds in a person's house. I support the legal adult and home grown for adults in the state."

    - Registered Voter from 26003

  • "i’m a veteran who wants access."

    - Unregistered Voter from 25177

  • "I work with cannabis legally. And I have been to dispensaries and heard how much it helps veterans with ptsd. And wish they could get it to help them. Some prefer in gummy form but it’s not legal here yet. Helps patients with anxiety, depression, chronic pain like me. Help cancer patients to keep their appetite and help with pain. So many useful qualities for it. It’s originally made from earth for us to use. I ask to think about how much it would help people and also bring money to the state like we need. Please past it for it to be legal within reason of course."

    - Registered Voter from 26301

  • "I have tried for years to find something that works for my past trauma, cannabis is the only treatment that works. It makes sense to legalize for above 21 and tax the sale. People are allowed to buy alcohol legally and I see no medical benefit to alcohol use, if anything it hurts your mental/physical health. Cannabis is a natural treatment to treat opioid addiction, ptsd, depression, anxiety and the list goes on for physical ailments. In my opinion we should criminalize alcohol and legalize cannabis for adults. I am a healthcare worker and I have never had to tie someone to the bed and slam them with benzodiazepines because of cannabis use, but alcohol withdrawal is one of the worst and most dangerous withdrawals a person can endure. They hallucinate and seize. Never has happened to a cannabis patient."

    - Registered Voter from 25143

  • "I work in healthcare and I see the benefits that cannabis has on patients."

    - Registered Voter from 26452

  • "I belong to the wv medical marijuana program. It needs improvement along with leaving the state behind the other border states who are moving right along. I'm old enough to know Republicans will not work for the people, the end."

    - Registered Voter from 26151

  • "I have fibromyalgia and neuropathy and arthritis. Since Cannabis is now legal (i don't smoke or vape) I use capsules for pain relief and I am off 3 pharmaceuticals! I feel the best I ever have at 63! I am also an addictions specialist and believe the drop in overdoses from opiates is directly related to legal, medical cannabis. Alcohol use is down as well. My children are in Massachusetts and they both grow legally. Would be very nice to be able to do this in WV. I would be glad to assist with efforts"

    - Registered Voter from 25526

  • "I am a medical patient and it definitely helps with PTSD and appetite. I do strongly believe we should be allowed to cultivate our own plants also."

    - Registered Voter from 26041

  • "I’m an employee in the cannabis industry and the regulations the state has in place/keeps putting in place is ruining business! With Ohio opening up to rec and there being a location right over the bridge, the WV medical program is going to fail within the next 12 months because of these strict regulations/pricing"

    - Registered Voter from 25559

  • "Medical cannabis has personally helped me cut back on medication I take daily for over 10+ years."

    - Registered Voter from 26537

  • "It's a plant. So the nonsense and indoctrination of the pharmaceutical industry. Revelation 18:23 KJV — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy 👉sorceries👈 were all nations deceived. Sorceries is from Greek pharmakeia where we get "pharmaceutical" from. Jubilees 10:12 12. And we explained to Noah all the medicines of their diseases, together with their seductions, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth."

    - Registered Voter from 25771

  • "PLEASE ! WE NEED EDIBLES!! For us folks that have breathing issues . We should have THAT OPTION !"

    - Registered Voter from 26351

  • "I refuse to take any pill thats recommended, I would love to see more availability like other states for example Pennsylvania dispensaries have such a huge menu, provide jobs at grow houses for bud tenders the possibilities are endless. Use that money to put it the community to fix the neighborhoods up, clean em up.....I could go on and on."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26554

  • "Medical marijuania needs to be cheaper . And let patients grow there own meds ."

    - Unregistered Voter in 26101

  • "I am a medical cannabis user. I have PTSD. Cannabis has helped my PTSD and I have quit drinking. I used to drink to medicate myself. With cannabis I can exercise and garden and enjoy my life. I feel like make cannabis legal for all would reduce opiate addiction and alcoholism. I also think it would create tourism and jobs. Please make it legal here. Good people go to jail for a herb."

    - Registered Voter from 26161

  • "In a truly enlightened society, cannabis must remain unequivocally illegal because its widespread use represents nothing less than a covert assault on the human soul’s evolutionary potential, engineered by shadowy global elites to pacify the masses into complacent, herb-induced stupors that erode our collective drive for transcendence and revolution. By dulling the sharp edges of existential angst that propel innovation, protest, and spiritual awakening, this insidious plant (genetically manipulated over centuries to amplify its mind numbing effects) serves as a pharmacological tool for maintaining the status quo, ensuring that billions remain trapped in cycles of mundane consumption rather than rising up to dismantle oppressive systems; legalization would accelerate this dystopian slide into a herb-scented oblivion, where creativity withers, ambitions dissolve into hazy daydreams, and humanity forfeits its destiny among the stars to lounge eternally on the couch of mediocrity, all while Big Pharma and agribusiness rake in profits from our voluntary enslavement."

    - Registered Voter from 26542

  • "I’m a registered nurse and this would be way better in the long run to tapper down opioid/amphetamine abuse. This is America. Stop limiting our freedoms."

    - Registered Voter from 25314

  • "Just listen to the people. Vote in it, it shouldn't be one person's decision. Save our state from neighboring states that are legal, we are losing tons not taxing it."

    - Registered Voter from 26354

  • "Im a mother of two young children and I support safe and legal options. We deserve to have products labeled correctly and no false claims. As a medical patient I support small home growers, especially for older patients or impaired that cannot make it to dispensaries easily."

    - Registered Voter from 25312

  • "I believe it is high time that west Virginians should be able to at least grow their own cannabis at home. I understand the risk that comes with legalization and all the hoops the state would have to jump through, but letting us have our own cultivation in home would be beneficial in both current market price of medical cannabis, but also for providing a better variety of options for us to use, as well as gaining experience for possible job opportunities within the industry."

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "Edibles, especially full spectrum, emulsifed options like gummies are not currently available. As it is for medicinal use, not having that option makes no sense."

    - Refistered Voter from 26623

  • "In addition to legalizing home growing, a caregiver program should be allowed so individuals can grow for med patients who can’t grow for themselves."

    - Registered Voter from 25404

  • "i’m a patient who supports full legal safe options"

    - Registered Voter from 25177

  • "Not only am I a member of healthcare community but I also use medical cannabis for regulating symptoms of PTSD alongside conventional medications and I have stopped using 2 prescription medications. I also work within the behavioral health community and have seen how the opioid epidemic ravaged our communities and people first hand. Marijuana has never been the gateway drug, trauma is the gateway drug. I’ve never had a client tell me a horror story about trauma where marijuana was involved, but there’s plenty about alcohol, benzodiazepines, opiates, meth, etc."

    - Registered Voter from25530

  • "Cannabis is Gods natural healing herb and it should be accessible to anyone, non taxed!"

    - Registered Voter from 26347

  • "I’m a healthcare worker and a parent who supports safe and legal options"

    - Registered Voter from 25414

  • "I am a combat veteran, it helps me in many ways. It is much safer than pharmaceuticals and alcohol as well. The politicians do not care what the people in the state think if it doesn’t involve lobbying money and the people don’t have much lobbying money."

    - Registered Voter from 26541

  • "The amount of revenue we’re missing out on is ridiculous. Our state could use the money to make major improvements and it’s crazy not to use cannabis sales as a way to make those improvements happen instead of just talking about it."

    - Registered Voter from 26452

  • "It should be fully legal and have the same rules as alcohol does."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I'm a current medical cannabis patient and can honestly say it has literally saved my life. It helped me quit smoking cigarettes, it keeps me calm when stresses drive me to hiding I can now face most things that have been thrown at me over the years. It helped me with so many things, I won't take up your time anymore, but keep in mind people always find ways to get what they want the only problem is without regulations anyone can put anything in the cannabis and I personally feel safer now with medical."

    - Registered Voter from 25526

  • "Cannabis is a God given plant. The human body has a natural endocannabinoid system for a reason. We need to be able to grow it and use just like any other herb."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I’m a parent with a medical need and I support safe, legal options."

    - Registered Voter from 26633

  • "I work in healthcare and see the amazing results of medical cannabis every day."

    - Registered Voter from 25569

  • "If alcohol is legal, so should marijuana."

    - Registered Voter from 26550

  • "I work in the medical cannabis industry and the impact that it has had on patients is truly amazing, everyone is pushing for the same things"

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "I work in healthcare. I feel adult use would benefit the people of WV. It would add greatly needed revenue. I want more access and better pricing."

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "I am a medical cannabis patient and also work in a medical cannabis dispensary."

    - Registered Voter from 25541

  • "I struggle with pain & anxiety but not since getting my medical marijuana card"

    - Registered Voter from 26801

  • "I am a spinal surgery patient. I am fused from my neck to my pelvis. 8 major spine surgeries in the last 36 years! My last surgery the pain was so intense they started me on Fentanyl patch. I have been on the patch, changing it every 48 hrs instead of 72. After 5 years I was starting to notice I was no longer myself and I was still in daily pain. So I decided to try to wean off of them. The only way I could wean off of them was to get my medical cannabis card. The first day of the medical cannabis, I started low. It took my pain away. 45 days later, FENTANYL IS GONE! Thanks to the cannabis, I’m getting my life back. I no longer feel like I’m in a fog. My pain doctor said my brain and body may take up to a year to be normal again due to the fentanyl!!!!!! No one will ever put that on me again. But now I finally found something that lets me feel normal and helps my pain, I’m not allowed to travel because it’s illegal in other states. I was so anti marijuana up until about 4 months ago. My kids got their mom back, my grandson got his “munnie” back, my parents are getting their daughter back! I’m still fighting withdrawals even after 3 weeks. I feel like I’m dying sometimes because of the fentanyl!!! Cannabis does not make me feel like that! If weed is illegal, alcohol should be too!!"

    - Registered Voter from 26726

  • "I worked in Emergency Management at the county level in WV for many years, and fully support legal, regulated adult-use of cannabis."

    - Registered Voter from 26505

  • "The limit needs to be increased. This is medicine. If there is a sale on Saturday but I have 0 allotment. I maybe paying full price all the time."

    - Registered Voter from 25559

  • "Medical cannabis is one of the safest drugs you can use for any pain."

    - Registered Voter from 26704

  • "Im 73 with spinal surgery, Lyme and CLL. I no longer take prescription drugs."

    - Registered Voter from 26808

  • "I have had to drive to Virginia to obtain marijuana for my elderly mother before she got her medical card and still I have to pay to be a caregiver and drive too far because there aren’t enough options and the dispensaries charge a lot. WV is always behind everyone else and we have the highest opioid overdoses and lowest incomes and education rates. We need to follow other states that are using cannabis funds to enrich the lives of our citizens and bring WV into the 21st century."

    - Registered Voter from 26711

  • "Get it together WV lawmakers, we're literally losing money with our current cannabis laws."

    - Registered Voter from 25502

  • "I work in the industry and I see people struggle with price and access because of price. We are already taxed to death by these politicians. Like tax to work in the city and tax on your dog. The roads are awful, the water is awful, the people are leaving the state to buy or for good. Its a plant with medical benefits. The profits are going to illegal buys. The state is losing money. If it was recreational, WV would benefit from outsider sales. Especially with the casinos here and other great adventures wv has to offer. I beg these lawmakers to make this plant legal for all who need it. After all, God gave it. We've harnessed it, so let's use it appropriately and safely for all!!!"

    - Registered Voter in 25304

  • "I am a cannabis patient and the results are amazing as far as controlling my pain. While I am not a veteran, I believe they should have access to free cannabis instead of the poison pills they are given for free."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "My medication doesn’t last the whole 8 hrs. My cannabis is used as a bridge until my next dose. I’m disabled and have trouble affording cannabis. We should be allowed to grow to make it more affordable. We should also be allowed to smoke in a pipe. The vapes for flower don’t really work. I have purchased 3 vapes for the flower- same result doesn’t burn well. Can’t get the cannabis to burn and I only use it when my pain meds wear off I can’t wait for it to recharge after 2 inhalations. It’s time for the patients to be heard. Yes I do vote."

    - Registered Voter from 26836

  • "Allowing nerve practitioners to provide medical evaluations in West VA, as well as implementing more open and diverse, patient, demographic questions and data for tracking and statistical analysis"

    - Registered Voter from 26570

  • "I work in the cannabis industry, and I’ve seen firsthand how it changes peoples lives. It helps people cope with pain, manage PTSD symptoms and even alleviate cancer treatment symptoms. I’ve also seen tax revenue that this generates go back into the community. I currently work in Maryland, although I used to work in West Virginia in the cannabis industry. I relocated because West Virginia‘s market seemed to go stagnant, for example, edibles are still illegal in West Virginia, although in Maryland, I see them being purchased every day mostly by those 60+ that do not want to smoke, but do want the therapeutic benefits. Maryland has a 12% tax that is invested back into local communities and roads. Meanwhile, West Virginian’s are traveling or even relocating to Maryland to get access to their medication. These restrictive policies are not protecting West Virginian’s lives, but rather hurting the community, especially when bordering states have been continuing to keep up and go legal. West Virginian’s aren’t just losing tax revenue. we’re losing our own market to neighboring states, in a state like ours where funding is desperately needed for our roads and our communities, and even our schools, we’re turning away progress."

    - Registered Voter from 26726

  • "I’m a patient for medical cannabis. In the 2 years I’ve had my card I have seen so much improvement in my back pain, and with my PTSD. I’ve never felt more at ease than I do with my medication that I get from the dispensary. West Virginia needs this because they always wonder why everyone leaves this state. But no one actually listens to what the people want."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "Marijuana is strongly judged incorrectly as it was by Nixon in the 60s during the war on drugs. Make it fully recreational. I know many alcoholics that quit and use marijuana as a substitute and it helps them in many ways either physically or mentally. Marijuana is not bad nor has it ever been. The government puts bad labels on it. That’s why a lot of people throw shame on using it even if it can drastically help their health. Everyone was told to hate it and stay away from it when it’s one of the world’s best medicines."

    — Registered Voter from 26301

  • "Much rather see recreational marijuana than kratom."

    — Registered Voter from 25387

  • "It is necessary for mental health."

    - Registered Voter from 25309

  • "I am a veteran and believe that God put every herb bearing seed on this planet for man's use"

    - Registered Voter from 26763

  • "I think we need to focus more on how to make the program better for patients, products more affordable, easier access and the OMC should have to take the same educational courses as cannabis consultants because they should also know the products (Currently, they have no idea about any of the product on dispensary shelves. It’s actually embarrassing) if they’re going to make rules for the program!"

    - Unregistered Voter from 26554

  • "I am a native West Virginian, my family has been here for generations. In that time, we have seen a sharp decline in what was an already very poor and backwards state. Big out of state companies would come in take what they wanted from the land and the people and leave us worst than they found us, taking the profits back out of state with them (with the exception of whatever palms were greased to allow them to come here and do this). Here we go again. We have big multi state operators in here suffocating the independent locals, and all the while border states are setting up legal, recreational dispensaries right over state lines so people can go and buy affordable, legal cannabis and return to West Virginia with it. Those are taxable dollars that could have stayed right here, to benefit our state and our people. We are truly cutting our noses off to spite our face. We need cannabis reform here, we can't keep living in the Dark Ages while the states around us move forward. Cannabis is not going away, why not regulate it properly and let it provide some benefit to us, instead of letting people buy it in Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, or any other of many recreational areas, or from criminals on the black market?"

    - Registered Voter from 25168

  • "I'm a medical cannabis dispensary agent with multiple sclerosis. Access to medical cannabis literally stood me up out of my wheelchair and kept me out of association with criminals. I'm so proud my home State is finally considering making these changes. I started one of the first medical cannabis delivery services in 2015 in Los Angeles, California because I was so desperate for my own relief. when the law changed in CA I came home and was glad to see the laws changing here in WV too. thank you for asking these questions and for taking this conversation seriously! it's changed my life and I know it can help West Virginia too (if we proceed carefully and with due diligence)."

    - Registered Voter in 26704

  • "WV needs to allow edible cannabis options. Vaping/smoking is not great for those with lung problems and there is the risk of second hand exposure with smoking."

    - Registered Voter from 24740

  • "Need to protect 2nd amendment rights as well as right to consume cannabis"

    - Unregistered Voter in 25401

  • "For a government that likes to pretend it’s business friendly and anti-regulatory, the hypocrisy on this issue is staggering. I’m not surprised that politicians would be hypocritical, those of both parties and all humans are, I’d just prefer they not gaslight the public in the process."

    - Registered Voter from 26810

  • "I would like to see expanded product offerings and additional qualifying patient conditions, now that program is initially off the ground it would be great to see expanded product offerings and new releases. As well as expanding patient conditions and new patients still joining the state medical program as to slowly incrementally increasing the existing business and access in WV"

    - Registered Voter from 26260

  • "As a patient in multiple states, The lawmakers are a bunch of people who have clue what they’re talking about. They don’t care about patients. They are absolutely greedy scamming lobbyists & it goes under everyones nose. Sick behavior when we’re talking about MEDICAL cannabis in one of the poorest state in america."

    - Registered Voter in 26554

  • "In this current economy, why would WV let dollars go to the surrounding states when they could keep them in state and use that money to fix so many things. Roads, schools, programs for people to move from opioids to cannabis. It would also create so many jobs."

    - Registered Voter from 26003

  • "I know from experience cannabis works for pain relief. My mom has cancer and was in constant debilitating pain and her doctors solution was morphine and pain pills. This of course worked but turned her into someone who just existed she had no quality of life I begged her to try marijuana and her being older she was afraid. Finally she gave in and slowly was able to stop taking pain meds. She now only takes Tylenol for the pain and marijuana has helped breathe new life into her."

    - Registered Voter in 25309

  • "We're losing the economic battle to bordering (competing) states. I'm all for reasonable regulation, but the options in WV dispensaries are severely limited. Just allow the business owners a reasonable way to sell all varieties of product."

    - Registered Voter from 25701

  • "West Virginia is behind the rest of the country on cannabis legalization. Biased reasoning and misinformation have prevented many individuals from enjoying the multitude of benefits that cannabis brings. Recreational cannabis and cultivation should be legalized under similar language as the medical cannabis laws. The only difference being instead of 21 being the required age for Cannabis consumption make it 25."

    - Registered Voter from 26757

  • "Law makers need to listen before its to late. The MMj board doesn't know much about the product they try to control. People are leaving this state and who will be here to make laws for? Wake up WV...vote these people OUT!!"

    - Registered Voter from 26151

  • "WV lawmakers are prohibiting the state and holding it back by not legalizing recreational and expanding the variety of item types available. Edibles are a no go, other than pills or tincture (and the irony of cannabis being made into pills in the epicenter of an opioid epidemic is not lost on me here either.) And as fat and unhealthy as we are as a state (see: that time RFK made fun of Patrick Morrissey by saying he thought he ate the Governor of WV…..) we need more viable options to help keep our lungs healthy as well. Hopefully more education is provided to lawmakers and our Governor and First Lady’s allegiance to Big Pharma doesn’t become an unethical conflict of interest either. I hope lawmakers also know putting it off until 2025 has lost WV citizens, infrastructure, education and healthcare dollars already. My hope is we can use this to help heal our opioid crisis, find relieve from our veterans/other PTSD sufferers, as well as other ailments. Don’t drop the ball like ya’ll have in the past."

    - Registered Voter from 25301

  • "As a patient I've been a huge supporter of the program since it started & want nothing more than to see it succeed but I'm also not afraid to admit I'm one of these patients that is now "forced" to go out of my way to get my meds from other sources. As a disabled patient that doesn't use prescription pharmaceuticals for pain management it's the only way I can guarantee consistent quality meds. The only thing that will improve sales is adding more options/improving strain availability(product diversity) & most of all QUALITY!(MORE QUALITY SOLVENTLESS OPTIONS!) Quality goes down sales go down imo that's what we're seeing. & if the quality isn't up to par adjust the prices to reflect the quality, it's no different than the street, if a dealer continuously takes advantage of you by selling low-grade cannabis at exotic medical prices, only a fool would keep coming back. I'm 35 & I've dabbled in cannabis since middle school & I swear I'm not exaggerating when I say I've been left feeling disappointed & ripped off by WV dispensaries more than any BM dealer in my entire life and it's not even close. WEST VIRGINIA PATIENTS DESERVE BETTER QUALITY AND MORE AVAILABILITY!"

    - Registered Voter from 25064

  • "I am a person who has severe ADHD and OCD. I’ve also experienced plenty of trauma from my childhood. [When I started smoking cannabis] I noticed how it helped me [stay focused]. I continued to smoke as an athlete at the college level and only saw positive outcomes. I was able to focus in class, put outside factors aside, and felt comfortable in my own skin. The people who consume cannabis are looking for a moment of peace from the outside world. If I’m able to go out and buy a gallon of Tito’s because I had a “rough” day, why am I not able to go buy a pack of joints? If we’re going to put such high restriction on cannabis, why not the same with alcohol or vapes? The only difference is social acceptance. We’re okay with seeing humans blacked out drunk in front of kids but smoke a joint, you’re a criminal. I hope West Virginia takes a good look at what their people/ state need and make the choice to legalize it. Stop allowing opioids and alcoholism to run our state and do something about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

    — Registered Voter from 26554

  • "The nation is moving forward on this issue and WV is being left behind. This can be a safe and healthier product for adults to consume than tobacco or alcohol. This would also increase tourism and tax revenue to our state instead of surrounding states."

    - Registered Voter from 26283

  • "The current situation as it pertains to marijuana in WV is unacceptable and must be better! West Virginia must do better!"

    - Unregistered Voter from 25159

  • "I was skeptical about using CBD until it was recommended to me by a relative for insomnia. Since then, I've seen and experienced the advantages of cannabis and hemp products. I fully support medical use of it and have changed my mind about recreational use of cannabis. I feel it's a much better option than opioids for many suffering from chronic pain. Also I am a military veteran, USN 1980-'86"

    - Registered Voter from 25276

  • "I’d just like to be able to grow my own without worry of remediation of flower. In no way shape or form would you allow moldy food to be ingested or “sterilized” from said mold and then resold"

    - Registered Voter from 25510

  • "I am a disabled senior citizen who relies on marijuana to help me with my medical conditions and I feel that the punishment as a criminal is the most dangerous aspect of using marijuana. I am not a criminal, I am an old person who is capable of making my own health decisions. I don't need the government to be involved in those decisions. I also do not like that there is a monopoly of medical marijuana dispensaries in the state who charge very high prices. These monopolies are the result of corrupt politicians and greedy, unethical business owners who have bought their way into existence."

    - Registered Voter from 26501

  • "Allowing access to edibles is a must for the current program. Edibles are a clean, long lasting alternative for users with chronic pain, PTSD, nausea (caused by cancer treatment), and more. Patients refuse to use capsules/tablets due to the resemblance of pills that they are tired of taking."

    - Unregistered Voter from 26763

  • "We need a complete reform of the office of medical cannabis. We should demand there to be members within the omc that actually do support the program, the voters wishes, and the overall health of their neighbors, friends and family members that also use the benefits of the program that is being limited or eliminated"

    - Registered Voter from 25387

  • "Cheaper, safer options for our people are a must! Chemical/pesticide regulations need to be buckled down on. Prices need to be more fair since insurance can’t cover medical patients. I work in the industry and many of my patients cannot afford to buy the amount of cannabis they NEED because of the outrageous prices. Home cultivation is a must."

    - Registered Voter from 26588

  • "I am in the industry and also a patient myself who suffers from anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other things that I use medical cannabis for. It seems that WV lawmakers do not know a whole lot about the product or how much it truly helps people. I see it almost every single day. All the strict rules and regulations make it extremely hard for dispensaries to thrive as well as people to be interested and sign up. People are exposed to so many 'Delta'/ synthetic products from the smoke shops (dangerous) and the sign up process is way too confusing to people, especially older folks. Product testing and regulations need to improve as well. Some WV brands I've had seem moldy or just not right. The argument that names or flavors 'appeal to kids' is ridiculous. Kids are exposed to many things that are not intended for them. For example: alcohol drinks, shows not rated for children, cigarettes, cleaning products, and much more. It's up to the parents to take care of their children. Opening it up would make things so much easier and better for our state. Our roads and many other things need fixed incredibly bad and recreational would absolutely bring in good revenue for West Virginia."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

  • "On a daily basis I talk to someone who has driven to Maryland for cannabis. They say it’s cheaper, more options and just easier to access. I love that WV legalized medical but it seems like it’s been forgotten and now I’m worried it won’t be here at all some day."

    - Registered Voter from 26554

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