Weedmaps (Nasdaq: MAPS), a number one on-line hashish market for customers, right this moment introduced it has partnered with NuggMD, the nation’s main on-line telemedicine platform for medical hashish sufferers and physicians, to launch a pilot program that streamlines the medical hashish training and utility course of for sufferers.
This initiative enhances entry to medical hashish by connecting potential sufferers on Weedmaps with the NuggMD telehealth platform, making a full circle e-commerce expertise when the affected person returns to buy and study extra about medicinal hashish merchandise on Weedmaps. The primary section of this system is presently energetic in 5 of the 28 states that NuggMD serves: Florida, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Louisiana.
“We’re seeing an increasing number of potential sufferers buying via Weedmaps and particularly in search of hashish instead therapy possibility, and we wish to assist these customers simply find out about, entry, and store for medical merchandise as safely and conveniently as attainable,” stated Jackie Gonzalez-Becerra, Vice President of Income at Weedmaps. “By way of this partnership with NuggMD, medical hashish sufferers can have streamlined entry to instructional sources, the total breadth of NuggMD’s telehealth portal, and the full-circle familiarity of coming again to Weedmaps to buy their merchandise — a very holistic buying and affected person care expertise.”
In line with an August 2023 survey of almost 15,000 Weedmaps customers, 33% of respondents stated they’re extra probably to make use of hashish to deal with the signs of a recognized medical situation, with “decreasing anxiousness” and “stress-free” as the commonest drivers of hashish utilization. NuggMD has seen comparable outcomes from their personal current hashish shopper ballot, noting that, “one in 4 survey members use marijuana for ache administration.”
“It’s vital potential sufferers have an accessible, straightforward to make use of course of when seeking to receive their medical hashish approval,” stated Bonni Goldstein, MD, medical director of Canna-Facilities and medical advisor to Weedmaps. “There are literally thousands of hashish merchandise in the marketplace, and it may be overwhelming for first-time sufferers. This partnership between NuggMD and Weedmaps connects two trusted leaders within the hashish area as they work to assist sufferers perceive the significance of medical hashish, and obtain the specified results out there via the numerous strains and cannabinoids discovered within the plant.”
“Hundreds of thousands of Individuals use hashish to make their very own lives higher,” stated Charlie Russell, Chief Income Officer at NuggMD. “Our mission is to assist sufferers overcome limitations to entry, and our partnership with Weedmaps works in service of that mission. We’re assured that pro-cannabis regulation and coverage will proceed to interrupt down these limitations, and that the trade can work collectively to right the historic wrongs wrought by hashish prohibition.”
Launched in 2008, Weedmaps was based by two California Prop 215 medical marijuana sufferers as an simply accessible on-line listing of medical dispensaries to information fellow medical hashish sufferers in their very own analysis. As U.S. state medical applications started increasing, and the onset of adult-use hashish moved ahead each within the U.S. and Canada, Weedmaps expanded to help rising markets, ultimately rising into {the marketplace} offered right this moment.
Weedmaps customers in FL, OK, PA, WV, and LA can study extra in regards to the NuggMD pilot program by visiting Weedmaps.com, downloading the Weedmaps app or visiting www.nuggmd.com/weedmaps.
