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01-14-2011, 01:07 AM #2Senior Member
Good News for MMAPR
it IS a crumb.. but if they are even starting to think about patients just a tiny, tiny bit, maybe someday the DOH will be about patients and their health instead of enforcement for the sake of making things difficult, just to be sure nobody has a cannabis buzz that shouldn't.
the biggest issue I see is the more-than-marijuana doctor issue. I've not had time to read the document myself yet so I'm only commenting on what I've heard. What I heard was there needs to be 'other' ongoing care besides mmj from that doctor.
Here's my issue.
1. I have a family doc I've had for years. The doc is aware of my use and even amazed at the results and drop in meds & weight and overall improvement in my blood/urine test "scores" but the practice limits my doc from signing mmj recs, so I go to an mmj doc.
2. I have a spine doctor I see regularly. I've got some serious issues, and have never been denied a direct request for prescription meds. I have no idea if they are okay with mmj or not, but they are surprised as well that I won't take narcotics I am given yet I've opted out of surgery. I've been warned by other patients that if I think I MIGHT need narcotics again someday not to tell them about the mmj use... ie - if I were to get arrested and perhaps be put on probation for my meds, and told I can't do MMJ or I am forced to look for a job that isn't okay with my medical use.. I will certainly need the Rx drugs!
I'm not an 20 year old kid with "back pain." There are a TON of people out there taking narcotics and getting steroid shots just to be able to function. We're talking x-ray and MRI verifiable conditions that insurance will pay for $1000 steroid shots for. MMJ has in fact save my insurance company a TON of money.
It's the favorite thing to pick on in the news, like anyone with back pain is making it up just to get high. I think that's the wavelength the DOH is operating on, that if you don't have AIDs or cancer, your just a pothead.
I guess despite the fact that I have at least two ongoing relationships with doctors they want me to basically SWITCH AWAY? seriously?!!
The DOH continues to show their hate for sick folks with this stuff. They think we're just blow hards who want to get high. Perhaps because we're such a socially, culturally, and politically diverse group we can almost never agree on anything, especially in the political process of medical cannabis.
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