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Dan, who chose not to reveal his whole name, agreed to talk to the Chronicle
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INVERNESS MAN FORCED TO BUY MEDICAL POT ILLEGALLY OFF THE STREET

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Dan, who chose not to reveal his whole name, agreed to talk to the Chronicle
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stint in the military and went through the proper channels to obtain medical
marijuana to relieve the constant pain.

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A local man says medical marijuana is too expensive and he is forced to buy
black market marijuana to treat his condition.

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Dan, who chose not to reveal his whole name, agreed to talk to the Chronicle
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A local man says medical marijuana is too expensive and he is forced to buy
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Dan, who lives in Inverness, said he couldn’t afford to get his medical
marijuana legally from a dispensary.

So he said he’s doing what many other Citrus Countians do - he gets it off the
street.

“I do black market weed now,” Dan said.

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Dan, who chose not to reveal his whole name, agreed to talk to the Chronicle
about his plight. He has a painful degenerative disc disease incurred from his
stint in the military and went through the proper channels to obtain medical
marijuana to relieve the constant pain.

He got a doctor’s prescription, paid for his card and went to a marijuana
dispensary to buy his pain-relieving weed the legal way.



But it proved too costly. Dan tried it for a year, but couldn't afford the
$300-$400 a month he was paying.

So reluctantly he went on the black market and now buys it discreetly from a
dealer in Inverness.

And he says he’s not alone. There are more people in Citrus County than you
think, he said, who are foregoing the legal methods and getting their medical
marijuana off the street. Many, he said, are seniors on a tight income.

“I know a lot of people who would gladly go to the dispensary but it’s too
expensive,” Dan said.

Contrary to TV shows, Dan doesn’t meet his supplier wearing a dark trench coat
in the middle of the night behind a convenience store. Rather, his supplier is a
friend and family man and they arrange to meet monthly at his home.

The supplier gets his product from a grower in Mississippi and sells marijuana
to states that have not legalized recreational pot. He also sells locally for
folks who depend on medical pot to get them through the painful days.

“I live on a disability but it’s hard to pay the bills, let alone spending $300
to $400 a month on medical marijuana,” Dan said

“I don’t get nervous,” he said. “I go over there and take care of business and
then say, ‘See you next month.’



“The guy has other clients - older clients mostly, 50 and up.”

The street marijuana, he said, is the same as the dispensaries. The only
difference is that it’s cheaper.

“When I get my disability check each month, he’s the first bill I pay,” Dan
said.

The marijuana, he said, helps take away some of the pain, but it never really
goes away.

“It’s never going to get better,” he said.



Dan, who is separated from his wife, has two grandchildren and says his family
knows what’s going on but they are fine with it.

Dan said he hopes backers are successful in getting a referendum on the 2024
Florida general election ballot and it passes.

It’s inevitable, he said.

In five years, Dan believes he won’t have to buy his medical marijuana on the
sly. It will be sold out of vending machines, similar to cigarettes, he said..

Dan said he is buying the weed “significantly cheaper” than the dispensary. The
only difference is, he said, the supplier is not a licensed seller.

“It gets me out of bed, it allows me to go out and do stuff,” he said.

“I’m an (Air Force) veteran,” he said. “The VA should be taking care of us. They
should be giving us medical marijuana.

“I think it's a shame because I have to break a law once a month to get medicine
that grows in the ground and helps me,” he added. “I tried to do it legally. I’m
doing it now the way I know best.”




Michael D. Bates is a staff writer with the Citrus County Chronicle and can be
reached at mbates@chronicleonline.com.

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