damn $450 for a bupe intake is no joke.
mine is a straight $200/month which is not pocket change but I could easily spend as much on dope in 1-3 days so it's worth it, I guess even $450 is worth it, but a lot of junkies won't have $450 on hand. not practiced really anywhere I've heard of but a free or cheap consultation/intake/initial ℞ then a larger monthly fee might make more sense although there are obvious potential problems and routes for exploitation although many of them are less likely with ℞ monitoring databases starting pretty much everywhere …
I question PTSD as a legitimate MMJ use, it's too prone to paranoia, anxiety, thought loops and such, and even if the user doesn't get this, it's more escapism
also highly doubt opiate addiction is an indication for MMJ either, I mean presumably pretty much every junkie has access to pot, how many do you know that were helped by it in terms of their addiction? maybe a few while on maintenance or tapering or afterwards as some kind of alternative way of getting fucked up but come on … not very medically legitimate and I doubt statistics would really bear out that it helps much