A patient at a dispensary has a government-issued medical card which gives them access to medical dispensaries. Patients are not the same as an adult- or #1excludeGlossary customers as they usually are allowed more affordable prices, more products, and in jurisdictions where only medical cannabis is legal, access to cannabis products.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
patient (adjective)1.
bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
2.
manifesting under provocation or strain - forbearance
3.
not hasty or - impetuous
4.
steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity
5.
a) able or willing to bear - used with of
b) - susceptible admitting patient of one interpretation
1.
a) an individual awaiting or under care and treatment - medical
b) the recipient of any of various personal services
2.
one that is acted upon
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
patient (adjective)1.
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
SYNONYMS:
forbearing, long-suffering, stoic ( stoical), tolerant, uncomplainingRELATED WORDS:
lenient; acquiescent, passive, resigned, unresistant, yielding; agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, conformist, docile, law-abiding, obedient, placable, submissive, subordinate, tractable, willing; slavish, subservient; amiable, obliging; collected, composed; constrained, contained, curbed, inhibited, repressed, restrained; disciplined, self-contained, self-controlled; apathetic, uncaring, unresponsiveNEAR ANTONYMS:
bored, tired, weary; defiant, resistant; contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly2.
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
SYNONYMS:
dogged, insistent, patient, persevering, pertinacious, tenaciousRELATED WORDS:
assured, certain, dedicated, determined, firm, hell-bent, intent, positive, resolute, resolved, single-minded, sure; adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, indurate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unregenerate, unyielding, willful ( wilful); unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering; resistant, wayward, wrongheaded; constant, devoted, faithful, good, loyal, staunch ( stanch), steadfast, steady, true; indomitable, unconquerable; hard, inflexible, relentless, stern, unbending, unflinching, unrelentingNEAR ANTONYMS:
quitting, surrendering, yielding; faltering, hesitant, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering; disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious, traitorous, treacherousan individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment
SYNONYMS:
caseRELATED WORDS:
inpatient, outpatient; rehabilitant; sufferer, victim; convalescent, nurslingCannabis user, medical cannabis user, cannabis patient, medicinal cannabis user, therapeutic cannabis user