Medical Marijuana: Oregon's Flaming Success

[Psycho4Bud]

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - It's difficult for me not to be a bit flamboyant about this but as Oregon's number one leading marijuana doctor with more than 4,000 patients, I do feel exuberant about it.

The Oregon Department of Human Services estimated that only about 500 patients would be eligible for the marijuana permits. (they are not prescriptions) If I remember correctly in the first year we registered one thousand marijuana patients and about 500 were mine. This was my only practice as I have a spinal cord injury which prevents me from running around a regular office.

The DHS State Medical Board, the powers that be (idiots!) couldn't figure out where all these patients were coming from but subsequent investigations by the U.S. government estimated that Oregon had about 300 thousand regular users. Most are self-treating for a variety of medical conditions.

It has been nine years since medical marijuana was legalized and as of January 1st 2008 we have NOW 16,000 medical permit holders with 7.700 caregiver and growers and 1,700 more pending issuance permit cards.

Many physicians were totally paranoid about signing applications for this "devil weed" which the U.S. government said was "highly addicting and dangerous." (they watched their own movie, "Reefer Madness" which is so absurd even high school kids laugh at it).

Marijuana is less dangerous and less addicting than Starbucks lattes. The worst adverse side effect from a high dose of the pure medicinal agent hashish is maybe sleeping for 24 hours although the pure synthetic THC as prescription Marinol causes severe panic attacks in many people and they avoid it and often use the natural plant instead.

There are many disbelievers that marijuana is truly a good medicine through its been used beneficially for at least 5,000 years and never killed anyone. Frequent writers to the Oregonian decry the legalization of medical marijuana and cite disproved U.S. government propaganda.

The procedure to get an Oregon permit is very strict and now 2,782 doctors have signed applications. If anyone thinks patients are faking symptoms and duping doctors and the system they are deluded by using too much narcotics or anti-depressants. Both are far more dangerous than marijuana.
Medical Marijuana: Oregon's Flaming Success - Salem-News.Com

Good story.......Oregon needs to ease up just a bit though.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 03-12-2008. Medical Marijuana: Oregon's Flaming Success (MOLALLA, Ore.) - It's difficult for me not to be a bit flamboyant about this but as Oregon's number one leading marijuana doctor with more than 4,000 patients, I do feel exuberant about it. The Oregon Department of Human Services estimated that only about 500 patients would be eligible for the marijuana permits. (they are not prescriptions) If I remember correctly in the first year we registered one thousand marijuana patients and about 500 were mine. This was my only practice as I have a Rating: 5

[killerweed420]

Good to see people fighting the good fight.:thumbsup:

[psteve]

Dr LeVeque is my HERO!
He was the doctor who gave me my first written recommendation for MMJ. He saved me from a Wisconsin jail sentence.:thumbsup:

[HighTy]

so thats why my sister moved to Oregon....I totally get it now.

No really, not a joke. i totally get it now.

[bowl]

I hereby declare marijuana legal!!!...all you really need is seeds,dirt,and common sense:thumbsup:

[StickyfingahZ]

Me and my wife and kids are looking to Oregon also,I know California has all the dispencaries,but We lived in Oregon a few years before and its a nice place for raising family,people are nice and it felt almost like living in Hawaii....except there were more white people.But I am kinda worried about moving to oregon and being denied a permit.