"It's really nice to have the convenience of delivery," said Goldman, a retired teacher who orders medicinal marijuana about once a week from The Green Cross, a medical marijuana delivery service. "I trust their product, and their prices are competitive."

Since 1996, when California voters passed Proposition 215, medical marijuana has moved steadily toward mainstream acceptance.

Thirteen states, including Maine, Michigan, Montana and New Mexico, have passed laws allowing seriously ill patients access to it.

The Green Cross operates out of founder Kevin Reed's apartment. Here, 19 employees bake brownies and other "edibles" and assemble orders from a changing menu of more than 40 strains of marijuana (an ounce is $310).

"Delivery is key because some of our patients literally cannot get out of their beds," Reed said. "It's like hot pizza to me: Once an order is in, you've got to get it out the door in 20 minutes."

Source: Chicago Tribune (IL)

Author: Dana Hull, McClatchy - Tribune News

Published: July 9, 2009

Copyright: 2009 Chicago Tribune Company

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