Contact

Reaching the right resource at the right time matters more in medical cannabis than in most health topics — partly because the regulatory landscape shifts at the state level with enough frequency to make last year's information unreliable, and partly because the stakes for individual patients are genuinely high. This page outlines how to connect with the editorial and reference team behind this site, what information to include to get a useful response, and the geographic scope of inquiries handled here.

Additional contact options

The primary channel for substantive questions is the site's contact form, but two additional paths exist for specific inquiry types.

Editorial and fact-check submissions — If a page contains a regulatory citation that appears outdated — say, a state program has changed its qualifying conditions list, or the DEA's Schedule I classification has been addressed by new federal guidance — a direct correction submission is the fastest route. Flagging a specific URL and the precise claim in question means the editorial review moves in hours rather than days.

Press and research inquiries — Journalists, academic researchers, and policy analysts working on cannabis-related subjects occasionally need background material or clarification on sourcing methodology. These requests are handled separately from general public inquiries and typically receive a response within 3 business days.

For patients looking for physician referrals, dispensary locations, or legal counsel, those questions fall outside editorial scope — but the finding a medical marijuana doctor and medical marijuana dispensary guide pages address the structural framework for locating those services state by state.

How to reach this office

The contact form on this page is the single point of entry for all written inquiries. It routes submissions by category — a design choice that keeps general reader questions from being buried beneath editorial or legal correspondence.

A few practical notes on how submissions are handled:

1. Response time — Standard reader questions receive a response within 5 business days. Correction submissions and editorial inquiries are prioritized at 48 hours.
2. No real-time support — This is a reference and editorial operation, not a patient services hotline. For urgent medical questions, the SAMHSA National Helpline (1-800-662-4357) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free of charge.
3. Regulatory questions — Questions about specific state program rules are best directed to the relevant state health department. The state-by-state medical marijuana programs page lists the primary regulatory agency for each of the 38 states (plus Washington D.C.) that had active medical cannabis programs as of the most recent legislative cycle tracked by the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Service area covered

This site operates at national scope within the United States. Content covers all active state-level medical cannabis programs and addresses federal regulatory context — including the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 802), FDA oversight of cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals such as Epidiolex, and the persistent federal-state legal conflict that shapes patient rights in employment, housing, and travel contexts.

International inquiries — Canadian provincial programs, European Union medical cannabis frameworks — fall outside the editorial mandate of this site. Responses to international questions will be brief and may simply redirect to the relevant national health authority.

Inquiries about recreational cannabis markets, even in dual-use states like Colorado or California, are also outside scope. The medical marijuana vs. recreational marijuana page explains the regulatory and practical distinctions between the two frameworks in detail.

What to include in your message

A well-formed inquiry gets a better response. That's not a lecture — it's just arithmetic. The more specific the question, the more specific the answer.

For content corrections, include:

For general research questions, include:

For media and academic inquiries, include:

Questions that arrive without context — "Is medical marijuana legal?" with no state specified, for example — will receive a pointer to the most relevant reference page rather than a custom response. The regulatory context and state-by-state programs pages together cover the jurisdictional complexity that makes any single-sentence answer to that question functionally misleading.

References

• Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 802)
• DEA's Schedule I classification
• FDA
• SAMHSA National Helpline
• National Conference of State Legislatures