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Join Date: Feb 2006
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If I ever got busted for weed I would claim the insanity defense.
I bet I could fool them too. ![]() Worth |
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#107 |
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
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I have been following this thread very closely. I am on a very strong chemo and the side effects from it are so much worse than the cancer. We finally got medical marijuana legalized in Florida but they are doing everything they can to make it difficult. My oncologist could not prescribe it. I would have to go to one of the Drs allowed to prescribe it for 3 months before I could get a prescription. The ones approved in my town are pill mill type docs. They also do have any of the dispensaries up and running yet. I only have 5 more chemo treatments before surgery so if I wanted to get a legal prescription I could not get it in time to help. Some other counties have passed laws delaying it being available for another year.
It is just an herb but one that has strong medicinal properties. I find it so frustrating that where you live determines if you can get something that would help. |
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#108 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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God bless you my friend.
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#109 |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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+1. There's only one reason IMO that mj has been illegal and that is because it is a natural substance so it can't be patented for drug company profits. But if it is now legal, I hope someone can help you to find it and no risk of any charges.
In Canada we've been promised that the legalization process "will begin" in April this year. Holy cow. In the meantime, they're continuing to charge people on simple possession, at least in some parts of the country (or if the policeman feels like it?) ![]() ![]() CD Howe institute did a study, they say the government would save $4 million if they decriminalize possession now, in advance of the full legislation coming up. So WHY wouldn't they save $4 million and a load of grief for harmless, non-criminal citizens?! ![]() ![]() http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cannab...ment-1.3545800 That's to say nothing of how many of those people are even using cannabis for a medicinal purpose. The whole prescription thing has not worked well at all ... suppose it is just for stress relief? What's wrong with that, it is perfectly valid IMO. Stress is bad for you. ![]() |
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#110 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Best wishes for a full recovery Kay. It's unfortunate Florida has made the law so restrictive it's useless to you. The western states medical marijuana laws were open to broader interpretation of what constituted a medical benefit. Arthritic and chronic pain in general were admissible here, which led to a very permissible program. Because how do you deny someone has pain?
The plus side of the permissible approach was it showed: 1) legal weed was actually putting a hurt on illegal sales 2) the state was not going to fall apart |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
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MJ was/is not legalized here in Texas, either, and so there was a big risk involved, but there came a point, for me, that it was a worry but a wash so to speak, because it did help Rob. I can only hope that the government(s) get off their collective what evers and allow people to have use, as they have alcohol and cigarettes. With that hope goes along the hope you shall be fine and things turn out well. |
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#112 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Maybe main stream America and Texans like us should get off of our collective a$$es and tell the government that represents ((((us))))) not them what we want.
It is our country and our state we are ((((not)))) their puppets or their children to $%^# with. We know what is best for us not them. ![]() Sorry to get up on step but when I hear these cancer stories I am ready to hang jerks from telephone poles up and down the street. With Zero remorse. Worth |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
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But can they punish you for not complying with their dress code when you're at home watching TV? |
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#114 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MA/NH Border
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Kay, so sorry to hear about your struggles. I hope you find a way to get some relief soon.
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Join Date: May 2016
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A better example would be stuff I put on my own blog, from my own computer at home, on my own time. Totally legal. Any number of things I, and others can be fired for. Don't want to fight, ![]() Jeff |
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#116 |
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Join Date: May 2016
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Kay, I am so sorry to hear what you've been going through. I wish the media & politicians would spend more time with people who are suffering so bad. I don't think we hear your side enough.
I watched a lady at Target today have to get out her license to buy some sort of cold medicine. I thought, why do the rest of us have to suffer because some people abuse what we use? Seems the same here: the government makes the innocent suffer in order to try to control those that won't control themselves. |
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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"Besides, no jury would convict a poor cancer victim, and the DA knows it."
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#118 |
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Join Date: May 2014
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Kay, I am sorry to read what you've been going through.
I agree with DM. and +2 Worth. |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Illinois
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I guess that it would be up to the discretion of the employer or the licensing board should an issue arise (a failed drug test). Seems pretty unfair given that people can use prescription medications, alcohol, nicotine, etc. without having to ask an employer if their job will be jeopardized; it is assumed that they will use these responsibly and in a way that does not impair job functioning. There seems to be a disconnect between people having a card for medical use and then being fired/loosing a professional license if they do what is legal and under the care of a physician. Basically, unless you are self-employed or unemployed, if you qualify for medical use and go through the steps to get a card and use it to the letter of the law, you still potentially risk your job/career just for using what the state said that you could use in the way that your state/doctor said that you could use it. Feels like the cops pulling you over/suspending your license for driving the speed limit and obeying all rules of the road with a valid drivers license. Makes no sense. Last edited by HappyGardener23; January 31, 2017 at 10:22 PM. |
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#120 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
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My wife the nurse at our local ER has been mandated not to agree or even talk about a patients condition (alcohol / narcotic)when anyone is present for the legal ramifications it can and has caused.Common sense will prevail(thnx #118).The cannabis impairment/concentration levels to calibrate a sound reason to jail,ticket,fine or let go has yet to be established.Chronic cannabis results can stay in bloodstream up to 30 days.Who and when that entity is ready to announce the qualitys I.e.% of impairment,w hen can you fly the airliner?Will you get hired at let's say 20% residue of the "cannabis vacation to Amsterdam" scenario.Lots to iron out,gonna be hard to "legally legalize" in my opinion.
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