Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Response to medical marijuana
I felt this article was an okay article. It wasn't the best Iv'e found but it gave me some information.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Response to: Preposition 215 and You
I found this article extremely helpful! It told me about new stuff I didn't know about and it tought me a lot! This is the most helpful arcticle Ive found so far because of all the information it gave me about medical marijuana. It told me about a new preposition they passed and the new laws they are putting into action. This was by far the most useful website Ive found. I feel, now, that I have a stronger understanding of preposition 215 and the laws that are in play right now. I still feel that marijuana in general should be legal and should not be distributed to just medical patients! There are multiple things/drugs out there such as cigarettes, alcohol, extacy etc.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Proposition 215 and You
Proposition 215 was created to protect the seriously and terminally ill. It does not include recreational users of marijuana who feel they get the same "medical" benefits. It does not even apply to terminally ill patients who fail to get their physicians' approval. Proposition 215 allows the court to organize who is allowed to these new protections, and who is not. Everything, from proof of illness, to the form and reasons for a recommendation, is a potential weak link in a person's case.
Proposition 215 does not allow a person freedom to marijuana patients to use it anywhere, any time.
Proposition 215 contains a consition allowing that "conduct that endangers others" remains illegal. Such conduct is likely to include driving under the influence of marijuana, operating heavy machinery, or similar activities in which there is a realistic risk that a person's marijuana use could impair judgment and could lead to harming other people.
Proposition 215 was also made to protect ill patients from criminal penalties for using marijuana medically. Only people with their doctor's recommendation to use marijuana in medical treatment can take advantage of Prop. 215 as legal protection against marijuana charges. A doctor is the only person that can determine whether marijuana is the right treatment for a specific illness.
Most of the people who use marijuana as a medicine suffer from cancer, AIDS, or glaucoma; while some people state that it helps treat the symptoms epilepsy and other diseases. But having one of these diseases does not right away qualify anyone for medical marijuana under Proposition 215. Only a doctor's recommendation can do that.
There is now a pill form of a chemical in marijuana, THC, available with prescription under the name Marinol. Marinol's use is restricted to only cancer and AIDS treatment patients.
For some people, Marinol works fine, at least for a while. But for many patients, it is too expensive-costing up to $30,000 a year - or too strong or powerful; some patients say that this very concentrated drug "knocks them out," compared to marijuana in its plant form.
In the future, most patients have to buy or sell on the black market for marijuana. The acts of selling or buying marijuana are still illegal, but a patient who gets marijuana upon a doctor's recommendation is protected from criminal penalties for possession. There is no legal laws able to buy marijuana, but, in some cities, some clubs operate under some supervision by local authorities. These clubs usually require patients to provide real, written statement of their physician's recommendation to use marijuana. If the operators see that it is valid and that person has a true medical disorder, they will register the patient and allow that person to buy marijuana at that club.
Proposition 215 does not allow a person freedom to marijuana patients to use it anywhere, any time.
Proposition 215 contains a consition allowing that "conduct that endangers others" remains illegal. Such conduct is likely to include driving under the influence of marijuana, operating heavy machinery, or similar activities in which there is a realistic risk that a person's marijuana use could impair judgment and could lead to harming other people.
Proposition 215 was also made to protect ill patients from criminal penalties for using marijuana medically. Only people with their doctor's recommendation to use marijuana in medical treatment can take advantage of Prop. 215 as legal protection against marijuana charges. A doctor is the only person that can determine whether marijuana is the right treatment for a specific illness.
Most of the people who use marijuana as a medicine suffer from cancer, AIDS, or glaucoma; while some people state that it helps treat the symptoms epilepsy and other diseases. But having one of these diseases does not right away qualify anyone for medical marijuana under Proposition 215. Only a doctor's recommendation can do that.
There is now a pill form of a chemical in marijuana, THC, available with prescription under the name Marinol. Marinol's use is restricted to only cancer and AIDS treatment patients.
For some people, Marinol works fine, at least for a while. But for many patients, it is too expensive-costing up to $30,000 a year - or too strong or powerful; some patients say that this very concentrated drug "knocks them out," compared to marijuana in its plant form.
In the future, most patients have to buy or sell on the black market for marijuana. The acts of selling or buying marijuana are still illegal, but a patient who gets marijuana upon a doctor's recommendation is protected from criminal penalties for possession. There is no legal laws able to buy marijuana, but, in some cities, some clubs operate under some supervision by local authorities. These clubs usually require patients to provide real, written statement of their physician's recommendation to use marijuana. If the operators see that it is valid and that person has a true medical disorder, they will register the patient and allow that person to buy marijuana at that club.
Medical Marijuana
Guidelines for the implementation of California's Prop. 215 are being looked at by each county. Where you live in California can determine what police interpretation of 215 you are ruled by.In many rural counties, especially northeast California, 215 means nothing. In places like urban Oakland, you can legally cultivate dozens of plants and possess pounds of processed marijuana, and if you have a valid medical document and no evidence of sales, you will not be arrested. Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity Counties each have different guidelines for 215 implementation.
Okay, so Mendocino County has wrote some guidelines allowing patients or caregivers to grow twelve immature or six mature marijuana plants and have or carry 2 1/2 pounds of processed marijuana on them or what have them. Mendocino law enforcement ask for recommendations given by local doctors. Mendocino sheriff appear to agree with these guidelines.
http://www.civilliberties.org/fall99mm.html
Okay, so Mendocino County has wrote some guidelines allowing patients or caregivers to grow twelve immature or six mature marijuana plants and have or carry 2 1/2 pounds of processed marijuana on them or what have them. Mendocino law enforcement ask for recommendations given by local doctors. Mendocino sheriff appear to agree with these guidelines.
http://www.civilliberties.org/fall99mm.html
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