Actually, yes. Most likely that will be all you would need. I know FBR, it sounds pretty damn crazy, but it's true. Unless it's a prescription that has long expired. Usually a current prescription is enough. Remember, even by some of the authors of prop 215 own admission, the law was written as vaguely as possible to ensure that anyone, for any reason could seek protection from under prop 215. Hell, I know it seems flakey, I agree, but that is the way it is. As per prop 215, you technically do not need any prior medical history, if the doctor says that you can benefit from using cannabis, that's it. That's all it takes. Now if push comes to shove, and the doctor needs to testify on your behalf, will he? I dunno? Maybe they will maybe they won't. Having the prior medical history in court can only help, but honestly, it is not required as per the state law. In fact, an oral recommendation satisfies the state law. In fact, as per recent state supreme court case, even if you rec expires, it still qualifies you for protection under prop 215. Like I said, the law is "INTENTIONALLY VAGUE".
Are there some that have much more strict guidelines than others, yes. Are there doctors that just rubber stamp anyone w/ the cash in hand yes. And there are many in between. Yes. Just depends on where you go and who you talk to.
But to the OP, yes a current prescription, in my experience, is almost always enough to satisfy 99.9% of the doctors that are in the "business" of handing out the paper tigers grrrrrr!:jointsmile:
I am not saying that it's right, it's just the way it is. Other states are different.
Like I said though, for honest medical professionals, I can't imagine that would be enough. Key word, "honest". Alot of these guys just sit in a tiny little office, w/ a tiny waiting area, that is usually filled w/ 30-50 people at any given moment, 5 days a week. Getting anywhere from 100 to 150 per person to issue these "legit" recs. That's not mentioning the repeat "customers" that come back year after year to renew their recs.
It's a racket.
And that's not saying that there are not honest to god people that have sincere medical need, there are. They probably make up 1 to 3 out of every 10 people that have recs. As far as the authors were concerned, ANYONE that uses cannabis, is using it medically, whether they think they are or not.
All the while they try to portray a totally different image of MMJ.
Again, just relating information that I have seen and experienced first hand. In the end, this dishonesty will come back to bite the MMJ community, and it will be terrible for those that do have a sincere medical need, IMO anyway.
There, everyone see the giant white elephant in the room now.