Quote Originally Posted by gypski
What I find puzzling with your argument about verifying through the doctors office, in no way endangers the doctor. He is only verifying that the person has a valid authorization, and in no way is it helping a person acquire medicine. Its no different then LEO calling to verify. :jointsmile:
So verifying with a cannabis dispensary doesnt knowingly, "help" the patient find medicine?


Let's look at this logically.

"Help
??verb (used with object)
1.
to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need"

You are providing the patient with verification to a medical cannabis dispensary. Through this action the doctor office has knowingly provided what is necessary to accomplish the task of getting medicine. By definition you have knowingly helped the patient get medicine.

That's pretty clear, and would leave the doctor open to losing their license under Conant v. Walters.





On the other hand you have an independent group verify with a doctor's office that does nothing but verify. The doctor hasn't knowingly helped the patient to do anything except be able to verify through a third party. The doctor is at no risk here.


I don't know why this is not already the standard practice among medical dispensaries. To put doctor's at risk for no reason except you don't want patients to have to deal with 3rd party verification is nonsensical.