Psycho4Bud
02-05-2008, 02:24 PM
The water, the lights, the seeds, the soil. The problem could be several things.
Some patients will learn how to grow, said Claude Miller, a Nevada medical marijuana consultant. Some won't.
"There's patients who can't grow a flower," he said. "Much less medical marijuana."
That's part of the reason he started his business. Many of the 900 patients in Nevada's program know little about the plant when they register.
But those patients, despite a provision in state law, must grow their marijuana themselves or find a state-approved "caregiver" who will grow it for them.
"(Marijuana) is a godsend and it really helps people," said Miller, who supports medical marijuana only under a tightly regulated system.
Patients, however, will not be able to get the drug like other prescriptions the state recognizes unless the federal government changes its stance.
Following a 2000 ballot initiative, the state Legislature wrote the constitutional amendment into law including a section that ordered the University of Nevada School of Medicine to research marijuana and develop a program to distribute it to patients.
The 2001 law says the Legislature understands the state's "obligation" to research a distribution program, but also says it must do it with the permission from the federal government.
The ballot initiative, approved by 65 percent of voters, called for "appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it." These patients include residents diagnosed with illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma and AIDS.
The federal government, however, rejects the opinion of the 12 states with medical marijuana programs.
"Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science," according to the Web site of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "(It) is not medicine, and it is not safe."
Federal authority
Federal policy, supported by the past three presidents, has stalled research and development of a state distribution program.
Dr. Dave Lupan, an associate dean at the state school of medicine, said the university has made "no progress whatsoever" on the legislature's mandate. It will stay that way at least until there is a new president, he said.
It is unlikely the policy will change under the next administration, though. Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney do not support legalizing medical marijuana. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are undecided.
Federal government stands in the way of a state-run medical marijuana distribution | Nevada Appeal | Serving Carson City, Nevada (http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080204/NEWS/440177627/-1/NEWS)
Time for the medical users of Nevada to stop in here and chat with Stinkyattic.:thumbsup:
Have a good one!:jointsmile:
Some patients will learn how to grow, said Claude Miller, a Nevada medical marijuana consultant. Some won't.
"There's patients who can't grow a flower," he said. "Much less medical marijuana."
That's part of the reason he started his business. Many of the 900 patients in Nevada's program know little about the plant when they register.
But those patients, despite a provision in state law, must grow their marijuana themselves or find a state-approved "caregiver" who will grow it for them.
"(Marijuana) is a godsend and it really helps people," said Miller, who supports medical marijuana only under a tightly regulated system.
Patients, however, will not be able to get the drug like other prescriptions the state recognizes unless the federal government changes its stance.
Following a 2000 ballot initiative, the state Legislature wrote the constitutional amendment into law including a section that ordered the University of Nevada School of Medicine to research marijuana and develop a program to distribute it to patients.
The 2001 law says the Legislature understands the state's "obligation" to research a distribution program, but also says it must do it with the permission from the federal government.
The ballot initiative, approved by 65 percent of voters, called for "appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it." These patients include residents diagnosed with illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma and AIDS.
The federal government, however, rejects the opinion of the 12 states with medical marijuana programs.
"Smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science," according to the Web site of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "(It) is not medicine, and it is not safe."
Federal authority
Federal policy, supported by the past three presidents, has stalled research and development of a state distribution program.
Dr. Dave Lupan, an associate dean at the state school of medicine, said the university has made "no progress whatsoever" on the legislature's mandate. It will stay that way at least until there is a new president, he said.
It is unlikely the policy will change under the next administration, though. Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney do not support legalizing medical marijuana. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are undecided.
Federal government stands in the way of a state-run medical marijuana distribution | Nevada Appeal | Serving Carson City, Nevada (http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20080204/NEWS/440177627/-1/NEWS)
Time for the medical users of Nevada to stop in here and chat with Stinkyattic.:thumbsup:
Have a good one!:jointsmile: