Q: What forms of payment do you accept?
A: Cash & check only. We do not accept any credit/debit payments or online payments through services such as Paypal. We are always willing to consider exchange of your goods & services for services we provide.
Q: Do you bill medical insurance for payment?
A: We do not contract with any third party payer. We do no medical billing for insurance payment.
Q: How long does it take to get my medical marijuana registration card after my doctor's visit?
A: All required paperwork is filled out during your appointment and sent to the state Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED) in Honolulu on the next mail day. It is currently ranging between 2 weeks to 6 months from the date application is sent to date we receive unsigned registration card from the NED. If all is in order, our physician immediately signs your card and mails it to your address of choice. At the time of your visit we routinely provide a signed letter certifying that our physician deems you medically qualified to use marijuana for medical purposes. Although this letter should not be considered to offer the same legal protection as an actual state issued registration card, it has helped many of our patients in litigation.
Q: What form of ID is required to properly complete a medical marijuana registration application?
A: Along with a completed application form signed both by the physician and patient (and legal guardian and/or primary caregiver, when applicable) and fees, the state of Hawaii requires a photocopy of one of the following: 1) Hawaii driver's license, 2) Hawaii state ID or 3) Passport (from any country). No other forms of ID, including ID's issued by other states, schools, Department of Defense or Nation of Hawaii, are accepted by the state of Hawaii for medical marijuana registration.
Q: How long is the medical marijuana registration card issued by the State of Hawaii good for?
A: One year from the last day of the month application is submitted to state. If you are renewing a registration that has not yet expired, your new card should expire exactly one year beyond your current expiration date on current card.
Q: When should I renew my registration?
A: We recommend scheduling your appointment to renew your registration between 30 - 60 days prior to expiration of your card. This ensures that you'll always have at least a state issued temporary permit or the "blue card" itself, prior to expiration of previous registration.
Q: Does Dr. Baiko dispense medical marijuana to cardholders?
A: We are NOT a medical marijuana dispensary. At present there are no legal dispensaries of medical cannabis in Hawaii.
Q: Where can I legally acquire medical marijuana once I have my state issued card?
A: That's really up to you and none of our business.
Q: What are the risks of using cannabis?
A: Cannabis is a very safe medicine when grown in good soil without use of pesticides. Study after study (even those funded by the Federal Government) have demonstrated it to have a virtually infinite LD50, which means that it's virtually impossible to die from an overdose of cannabis. As such, it is safer to use than over-the counter drugs like aspirin & acetaminophen (tylenol) and prescription medications like phenergan, valium and oxycodone. That being said, it is a powerful medicine and needs to be respected as such.
Honestly, the greatest risk of cannabis use comes from law enforcement officers, both federal and local, who continue to perpetuate an inhumane drug war even after state law authorizes its medical use. Here is a clear example of how laws and their enforcement can do more harm than the perceived offense. Fortunately, law enforcement agencies at every level are increasingly respecting the rights of qualified medical cannabis users who comply with state law.
Another safety issue worthy of mention deals with the capacity of the cannabis plant, like the tobacco plant, to take up toxic substances from the soil in which it grows. For example, cannabis was planted around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor after its meltdown in 1986 because of this trait. Over the years much scientific evidence has been published linking tobacco to a host of disease processes, but few if any of these studies compare/contrast the use of organically grown tobacco to the use of tobacco grown with pesticides. Since tobacco absorbs such toxic substances, it follows that the pesticide laden tobacco from which the majority of all smoked cigarettes is made would lead to far more health problems than organically grown tobacco. Since cannabis also absorbs such substances, its use may some day be found to lead to health problems when grown with such substances, something likely to happen as its mounting acceptance leads to large scale cultivation. Take home point: Make sure your medical cannabis is grown in good unpolluted soil without use of pesticides.
Q: Will Doctor Baiko testify and/or write letters to judges and parole officers on my behalf if I get charged with a cannabis related crime?
A: As long as you are abiding by state medical cannabis law, Doctor Baiko will do all he can to support your cause. However, if a patient is found violating any of the state's program rules, Dr. Baiko will terminate his physician-patient relationship with that patient and notify the N.E.D. to revoke the patient’s privileges provided by the program.
Q: Where can I find the state laws regarding medical marijuana with a registration card?
Q: What is your policy in prescribing narcotic pain medications?
A: We do not provide pain management services for chronic pain. All pain management patients that we accept must be thoroughly evaluated before any prescription, narcotic or otherwise, will be given. Prescriptions will only be given as medically indicated and only for short term acute conditions. We always consider non-narcotic alternatives. In the interest of providing the best healing service, we reserve the right to refuse service at any time for any reason.
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(808) 854 - 6335
