Quote Originally Posted by justpics
In regards to the bold part, if that is true, then the 1 yr expiration does in fact apply, as prescriptions expire after 1 year. This is the source of the language in these authorizations btw, so that seems to make sense.

Either way, why would a doctor not be able to set a time limit on a recommendation? Someone who receives a single prescription at one point in time for morphine (say that had surgery) can not use morphine the rest of their life (without another prescription), morphine is schedule 2, and one would expect the laws governing the expiration of recommendation for marijuana, a schedule 1 drug, to be at least as severe.
The problem justpics with this analogy is this: When we get caught with any amount of Mj regardless of our recommendation, the courts state it is still a criminal public offense, but excuses the conduct by way of an aff. defense which is the same as a violent crime of assault. A prescription is not a public offense, nor do the courts treat it the same in legal effect, nor do the courts claim sua sponte some asshat oxymoronic novel arguements or analogy of a violent crime or criminal conduct. Our state wants it both ways in enforcement.

This is why the 1 yr expiration a Dr. may endorse does not fly in Wa. St.... if MMJ was a schedule 2 or lower, I can totally see them resticting it under the general standards of medicine you noted above..... There are a few other hypertechnical reasons why....but our appeal courts have noted no hypertechnical reading of the act is necessary.....

We have a long way to go here in Wa. yet....Until someone clocks them for torturing us patients.