Will I qualify for a card?

[Cyclonite]

A migraine qualifies no problem. Any long term ie..chronic condition that someone has will qualify them for medical marijuana if it reduces suffering and increases quality of life. I don't know why people are so hard up on people "abusing" the system. If it makes your life better than go for it....I smoke in lieu of sleeping pills for insomnia, I now get my much needed sleep without crazy ass sleeping pills that make you feel like shit or have odd side effects that could hurt me. I don't want anyone to get jailed and waste my tax $ on some BS that ruins there life for growing for your own use. Get legal and protect yourself.

Cyclonite Reviewed by Cyclonite on 10-28-2006. Will I qualify for a card? I live in OR, and I've been thinking about trying to get a medical card. I've been searching google trying to find detailed qualifications for the card in OR, but all I can find is "severe pain". I get migraines ocassionally, and have a prescription for it already. Do migraines fall into the severe pain category? My current prescription works just fine, and I don't get them that often. Will they only give it to severe cases where normal drugs don't work...or do I have a chance? (without lying) Rating: 5

[BigBlock]

So do you want medical marijuana for actual pain, or just to get high for legal? Medical cannabis is for people who have no other choice in medication. It sounds like you don't really need it at all.

Both. Just because I don't have migraines 24/7 doesn't mean I don't need a card, and just because I have a card doesn't mean I can't also smoke recreationally. You make it sound like there is a limited supply of cards, and if I get one somebody else will have to suffer. That isn't even remotely true. Even if I was 100% healthy and lied to get a card that has absolutely no effect on anybody else. None what so ever.

It would be no problem for me to complain of a massive migraine every other day, and even if that isn't true no doctor could tell, and I could easily get a card. Notice my first post says "without lying". The bottom line is I have chronic severe pain, which most certainly does interfere with my life, and all the synthetic medications I have used come with undesired side effects. I also have half a dozen other valid medical problems which are cured with marijuana, and although they don't qualify me for a card, it's just as valid as any other reason as far as I'm concerned. I do not let the government tell me which medications are "valid" cures.

Exactly.. you can't get a medical MJ card for migraines... no matter how bad they are. If you're having constant migraines have you ever considered serious medical help? neurological problems are what is considered the norm for medical marijuana card holders.

And yes, i've had migraines.. I've had 4 concussions and I'm only 21. I know the pain you feel..very well. And no.. it certainly does not qualify me for medical marijuana.

Bob.

Even though you claim to get them, you seem to know absolutely nothing about migraines. Yes, they DO give medical cards for migraines, that is not the question. The question is how do they determine which people with migraines get cards and which ones don't? Of course I've had serious medical help, that's why I know I have migraines. The definition of a migraine is a headache with no obvious cause (like a tumor) and no cure. There is also quite a lot of information online from credible sources that suggests marijuana is a good form of relief for migraines.

[BlueBear]

The only thing, if you have a felony in most states, even if it was 10 years ago, they won't give it to you.
Adieu

[BigBlock]

The only thing, if you have a felony in most states, even if it was 10 years ago, they won't give it to you.
Adieu

I don't have so much as a parking ticket.

[BobBong]

Even though you claim to get them, you seem to know absolutely nothing about migraines. Yes, they DO give medical cards for migraines, that is not the question. The question is how do they determine which people with migraines get cards and which ones don't? Of course I've had serious medical help, that's why I know I have migraines. The definition of a migraine is a headache with no obvious cause (like a tumor) and no cure. There is also quite a lot of information online from credible sources that suggests marijuana is a good form of relief for migraines.

Of course Cannabis will help with migraines it can either lower or raise your blood pressure (did you know it could do both?) Don't get hostile with me for giving you my opinion. I know very well what a migraine is and for the record, a brain tumor would be an obvious reason for migraines...and probably would qualify you for an MMJ card. The point i was making was that you do not (around here anyway) get medical marijuana consideration for simple pain, there needs to be a diagnosis to go with it. Generally pain is caused from something...whether you know what that something is or not is another issue.

Even if I was 100% healthy and lied to get a card that has absolutely no effect on anybody else. None what so ever.

Unfortunately that's not true because it shows blatant abuse of a system that is in place for people that need it, not people that just want it. That is why the medicinal fight is being lost amongst the propaganda because people take this attitude of it's "my right to smoke it legally,especially if i'm in pain."
It's your right to smoke it sure, especially if you're in pain ...but it's the governments place to say who and what laws are bent and why.
If you have other medical issues that are aided by the cannabis than that should be addressed also...perhaps all of these things are due to something that hasn't been diagnosed yet. Until you're diagnosed with whatever it is that's causing the pain your fight for medical acceptance will be a big one. That's how it is here and Canada has been considered more pot friendly than the States.
My uncle is still struggling to get medical marijuana acceptance and he has many diagnosed illnesses that would obviously qualify him (MS,glaucoma,epilepsy). Even then it is a struggle to find a doctor that is willing to get involved with that aspect of "medication" because of the increasingly hostile political atmosphere.

However don't patronize me for giving you my opinion because yours stinks just as bad.

Best of luck with your medical mission.

Bob.

[BigBlock]

However don't patronize me for giving you my opinion because yours stinks just as bad.

Sorry, but your opinion is just plain wrong. Over and over you've tried to tell me migraines don't qualify, and that is totally false. I don't mean this in a rude way, but you don't know what you're talking about, so I'm not looking for your advice. Just like I wouldn't ask my doctor how to grow marijuana, that's not his specialty. Once again, I have been diagnosed with something, and that is migraines. That is the only diagnosis I need. They give medical marijauna to migraine sufferers. End of discussion. Whether my migraines specifically qualify me in my state you have no idea, nobody here has any idea except my doctor. No cause needs to be specified for the migraines, that is totally irrelivant.

[BobBong]

Sorry, but your opinion is just plain wrong. I don't mean this in a rude way, but you don't know what you're talking about, so I'm not looking for your advice. Just like I wouldn't ask my doctor how to grow marijuana, that's not his specialty. Once again, I have been diagnosed with something, and that is migraines. That is the only diagnosis I need. They give medical marijauna to migraine sufferers. End of discussion. Whether my migraines specifically qualify me in my state you have no idea, nobody here has any idea except my doctor. No cause needs to be specified for the migraines, that is totally irrelivant.

Right .. and here.. that's not how it would work.
So like your opinion.. mine means just as little i guess.
I understand you've been diagnosed with migraines. It sucks. My migraines were caused by head trauma but migraines can even be hereditary so there very well could be no "cause" for the head pain at all.

"Whether my migraines specifically qualify me in my state you have no idea, nobody here has any idea except my doctor."

Then why'd you post? You were expecting your doctor to read this thread?

Anyway, again good luck with your search. You need the opinions of people in your area.

Bob.

[BigBlock]

Then why'd you post? You were expecting your doctor to read this thread?

Notice the top where I am asking for other Oregonians with medical cards? It seems I'm the only Oregonian, and strangely, there's almost nobody on this board that actually has a card.

[BobBong]

Notice the top where I am asking for other Oregonians with medical cards? It seems I'm the only Oregonian, and strangely, there's almost nobody on this board that actually has a card.

Give it some time, you might get the answers you're looking for.

I moved the thread to the Oregon forum in hopes that you'll get more localized replies.

Cheers,
Bob.

[GrowinGranny]

I will not get into an argument about whether you should have a card or not but I will tell you what I know for a fact. I live in Oregon and I have registry identification card as a grower and a second one as a Caregiver. I do not have a patient identification card. I only know the medical history of one person whose caretaker I am. He has degenerative arthritis and his physicians statement says he has chronic pain. The NSAIDs given for that are hard on the liver and kidneys so he can't take them. The attending physician fills out a form called the Attending Physician's Statement. On that form there are 5 main categories that he can use to qualify you and they appear exactly as below:
1. Cancer
2. Glaucoma
3. Positive for HIV or AIDS
4. Agitation due to Alzheimers
5. A medical condition or treatment for a medical condition that produces for a specific patient one or more of the following(check all that apply)
a. Cachexia
b. Severe pain
c. Severe nausea
d. Seizures including but not limited to those caused by epilepsy
e. Persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to spasms caused by multiple sclerosis.

I don't know what part of Oregon you are but in Portland there is an organization you can go to that will counsel you and they have medical marijuana friendly physicians. They will do a brief physical and complete this form (for a fee). Then you take the form to Salem to apply for your card (and pay another fee).

Also, note that an Oregon card will not protect you from federal prosecution, although if you are growing the legal number of plants and they're legal sizes and in possession of the finished amount allowable by law, you will probably not have any problem.