You can now get a medicinal marijuana card in California from an app

Eaze, a cannabis delivery startup often called the "Uber of weed," launched an app on Monday that allows users in California to connect with physicians for medicinal marijuana evaluations via video chat. It's the first app of its kind to hit both Apple and Google's app stores.

The launch of EazeMD, which previously operated as a desktop-only site, brings even more convenience to a process that was — before the recent growth of internet-based marijuana startups — quite arduous. 

"Eaze's core mission is to provide the easiest, quickest, most professional way for qualified patients to get access to medicine, in this case, cannabis," Keith McCarty, CEO and founder of Eaze, tells Tech Insider.

Under California Prop 215, also known as the Compassionate Use Act, patients may possess and use marijuana for medicinal treatment if they have a letter of recommendation from a physician.

In order to get that letter, a patient typically visits a doctor who specializes in medical marijuana and coughs up close...

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