Read the new bill last night. The worst part that I see in the bill is a change in doctor authorizations. It says that doctors can not specialize in writing MMJ authorizations. That will pretty much kill the movement right there. Hardly any general practioners are interested in dealing with the DEA and risk losing there DEA number for prescription drugs.
C/P
17 (b) A health care professional shall not:
18 (i) Accept, solicit, or offer any form of pecuniary remuneration
19 from or to a ((licensed dispenser, licensed producer, or licensed
20 processor of cannabis products)) collective garden or nonprofit patient
21 cooperative;
22 (ii) Offer a discount or any other thing of value to a qualifying
23 patient who is a ((customer)) member of, or agrees to be a ((customer))
24 member of, a particular ((licensed dispenser, licensed producer, or
25 licensed processor of cannabis products)) collective garden or
26 nonprofit patient cooperative;
27 (iii) Examine or offer to examine a patient for purposes of
28 diagnosing a terminal or debilitating medical condition at a location
29 where cannabis is produced, processed, or dispensed;
30 (iv) Have a business or practice which consists solely of
31 authorizing the medical use of cannabis;
32 (v) Include any statement or reference, visual or otherwise, on the
33 medical use of cannabis in any advertisement for his or her business or
34 practice; or
35 (vi) Hold an economic interest in an enterprise that produces,
36 processes, or dispenses cannabis if the health care professional
37 authorizes the medical use of cannabis.
Code Rev/AL:ean 7 S