It will take at least two years to set up the regulatory and growing process before patients can seek a 30-day prescription for certain medical conditions or to ease the suffering of the terminally ill. The prescriptions will be for marijuana-based pills, oils, topical gels, creams or ointments. The plant's active ingredient could also be prescribed in a liquid form with a vaporizer or nebulizer. It could not be prescribed in a grassy form that could be smoked.