Quote Originally Posted by TheFatKid
Thats awesome, what are the conditions you have to be in to get a liscense?
If you have symptoms that are aided by the use of Cannabis then talk to your doctor about those things. You use cannabis anyway, you simply want to be able to know where the medication you're using is coming from, and the specific kind that helps you.(either indica or sativa) Often even the "street dealer" won't even know what type the Cannabis is.
These places grow specific strains for their specific medicinal qualities.

Don't make up symptoms to try to get medical acceptance. Be honest with your doctor. Tell them exactly how it helps you and why. Remember these places are for medicinal users...people that use it for specific things.
Depending on your doctor and the state/province you're in it may go either way.

Here in Ontario, this is how the categories are broken up.

Category #1 is for people who are suffering from AIDS/HIV, arthritis, cancer, crohn's, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, hepatitis C (active), intractable pain, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, paraplegia or quadriplegia. For Category #1 Applications, your doctor (licensed MD or ND) must provide a diagnosis of your condition (among those listed above). He/she need not even know what the diagnosis is for - and thus does not even have to be supportive of your self-medication with Cannabis (although a supportive doctor is, of course, preferred). We feel that for these conditions diagnosis is more than sufficient as far as doctor support goes, and we have found it necessary to allow for membership without explicit doctor support due to ignorance and confusion among many medical professionals.

Category #2 is for people who suffer from an ailment not covered by Category #1, and for whom a doctor (licensed MD or ND) feels that marijuana could be beneficial. Due to the huge range of illnesses for which Cannabis has been shown to be beneficial, we allow for membership no matter what the illness as long as a doctor is willing to state that he/she feels that 'cannabis may be beneficial' for you.

Category #3 is for people who have received their government (Health Canada) issued exemption. This allows for expedited membership for people who have already jumped through the hoops required for Health Canada MMAR (or Sec. 56 or other) exemption.


Note, category 2.

Hope this helps.
Bob.
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