Hi i'm new to the group. first post.

I'm a little worried about the eagerness to share info on doctors, without regarding if someone has a real condition that can be treated with marijuana, as medicine. I myself don't have a card, i see my rhuematologist in two weeks and plan on bringing it up. I have three auto-immune diseases that are diagnosed(Ankylosing Spondalitis is one), probably two others that are really hard to diagnose, and my doc is reluctant to diagnose me without certain biopsies, but i appreciate his carefullness. I don't know if he'll consider mm, but i hope so, i have been illegally using so far,Its helped sooo much more than the opiate painkillers and dmards that make me sick before making me better, and i just want to be on the right side of the law.

i'm just worried that people are trying to abuse the MM law now, like i believe of california. "i have a headache, can i have some pot? i have anxiety can i have some pot?" i have friends who vacation in cali and come back with medical cards, i'm not going to be convinced its not abused there.

I'm all for complete legalization but we aren't there yet, Medical Marijuana called "medical" for a reason: ITS MEDICINE.

anyway i'm ranting, hello from las cruces, i hope this place can help me embrace and work with the MM community in the future