Reefer Madness: Public faces medical marijuana scam

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:51 AM EDT

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politics, marijuana, cannabis, medical-marijuana, proposition-215

You know what I find interesting is that in the twelve years that prohibitionists have pushed this theory that marijuana activists are conning the public by taking advantage of the sick and dying, not one of these sick and dying patients have ever complained. Never do I hear a medical marijuana patient say, "Damn you, NORML, MPP, DPA, ASA, quit using me to legalize marijuana!. Medical marijuana is a sham! Please, take away my right to use medicine because some young adults are using that right to get high!"

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I read this article and thought about writing a rebuttal, but thankfully someone already did.

Prop 215 clearly allowed marijuana use for any condition the doctor felt it would help.

Much like most medicine. Why is cannabis so different? I know people who had been prescribed cigarettes which goes to show that wierd things can be used to help wierd conditions. Who is the government to say what medical uses cannabis has, especially when the federal government says it has no medical use.

Hell, while on the subject. How can cannabis have no medical use as stated by the FDA, as well as other federal agencies, but they allow pure THC pills to be sold by Big Pharm for medical use? And the pure THC pills aren't as effective as cannabis, something that has been stressed by the medical patients themselves.

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#1 - Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:56 AM EDT

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There are lots of people getting the cards who do not have any medical reason though. I have read commentaries from some of these idiots bragging about how easy it is to find doctors willing to write prescriptions for it for anyone.

@!$%#, here's an ehow article telling you exactly how to lie to a physician and claim you have migraines to get a scrip:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2117436_prescription-medical-marijuana-california.html

Things You'll Need:

* Local weekly newspaper
* Physician
* Qualifying illness

Step1
Open the newspaper and look through the classified ads to find a physician who writes medical marijuana prescriptions.
Step2
Make an appointment with a physician.
Step3
Describe your symptoms/illness. Conditions which, by law, can be treated with medical marijuana include AIDS, cancer, chronic pain, anorexia, glaucoma, and arthritis. If you don't suffer from any of these conditions, tell your physician that you sometimes get painful migraines and the only thing that works to alleviate your pain is marijuana.
Step4
If your physician doesn't write you a prescription, repeat the process with a different doctor.

It rather tarnishes the medical nature of it don't you think? They should just legalize it for personal use and separate medical users from recreational users.

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#1.1 - Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:34 AM EDT

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I'm torn on the issue. On one hand, it really does hurt the imagine of medical cannabis. However, on the other hand, who says cannabis doesn't have these medical properties? People can just as easily "fake" symptoms and problems to get benzos or stimulants, and do quite often.

Cannabis is just a new thing for America, so I would say until 10 years after it is decriminalized at the federal level the American public will still have this curiosity towards cannabis.

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#1.2 - Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:47 PM EDT

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Is it seriously easier (and cheaper) to con a doctor into giving you a card, then go to the dispensary during business hours, than it is to get it from a dealer on the street (usually available at all kinds of hours)? If so, I am glad I live where I do :)

And since every kind of high-making pharmaceutical potentially (and probably really) suffers the same problem, are they asking for them to be banned too? What, why not?

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#2 - Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:17 AM EDT

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It is a bit cheaper at compassion clubs and quality is higher. Strain selection is nice, as is the selection of other cannabis goods (edibles, hash, oil, etc).

And since every kind of high-making pharmaceutical potentially (and probably really) suffers the same problem, are they asking for them to be banned too?

For some reason the government thinks it knows what medical patients need. They won't need more than x amount of cannabis a month, for example.

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#2.1 - Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:49 PM EDT

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