Thanks Storm Crow, but I already know about the wonderful benefits of using marijuana with Crohn's. The last time I saw my doctor was after having a bad reaction to one of the prescribed medications I had just started taking, and I told him I wanted to try marijuana for a while before starting on any new prescription drugs. He did seem interested that I was basically going to be a lab rat for how marijuana can effect Crohn's, but I quit because some strains don't work very much at all, and when buying off the street I have no clue what strain I'm getting.

I know most good doctors keep well read on this kinda stuff, but if that was true with my doctor he should have at least known something about medical marijuana. I don't think he keeps up to date as some other doctors.

But my problem isn't convincing him marijuana can help me, he seemed open to the idea and from the test I did I really have nothing bad to say, but from his perspective he might still be worried he can loose his job if he signs the recommendation. I know they passed some law where this can't happen, because basically the doctors are using their first amendment right when signing the recommendation, but I'm sure a lot of doctors are still uneasy about signing off.

Basically I'm just wondering if I can print out and bring in a sample form for the recommendation and have him sign that, or does this have to be printed out by the doctor? I don't know if he did or didn't do any research since my last visit, but I want to expect he didn't do anything. I want to bring any legal paperwork with me that he would have to give me, if that is possible.

Hopefully he will have the recommendation ready to sign, but I doubt it. I know how my doc is, and I just have a feeling he could easily be pursuaded by the Crohn's and Colitis foundation website stating marijuana has no medical benefit for treating Crohn's. A lot of doctors rely on that organization, so there is a good chance he saw that and quickly stopped doing any more research because it is a pretty well respected organization that has drawn millions of dollars to help research this disease. That is why I'm so frustrated that they simply write marijuana off when every single person I have talked to online that has Crohn's and uses marijuana says it helps them far better than any of their prescription drugs. That is a very powerful statement, and I've read a lot of statements saying just that!

Ok sorry, I'm going off on a rant again, but again I just want to know if there is a blank recommendation I could print out to bring with me.