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I am a high school teacher and a mother of two teenagers.
A. How to become a medical marijuana patient in the state of Maine
Under the Act, a person who is at least 18 years of age may lawfully possess a usable amount of marijuana for medical use if, at the time of that possession, the person has available an authenticated copy of a medical record or other written documentation from a physician, demonstrating that:
- The person has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from one or more of the conditions enumerated below;
- A physician, in the context of a bona fide physician-patient relationship with the person:
- Has discussed with the person the possible health risks and therapeutic or palliative benefits of the medical use of marijuana based on information known to the physician, including, but not limited to, clinical studies or anecdotal evidence reported in medical literature or observations or information concerning the use of marijuana by other patients with the same or similar conditions;
- Has provided the person with the physician's professional opinion concerning the possible balance of risks and benefits of the medical use of marijuana in the person's particular case; and
- Has advised the person, on the basis of the physician's knowledge of the person's medical history and condition, that the person might benefit from the medical use of marijuana;
- The person has disclosed to the physician that person's medical use of marijuana; and
- The person is under the continuing care of the physician.
A. Possession and Growing Limitations
Maine's Medical Marijuana Law was amended to allow for the term "usable amount of marijuana for medical use" to mean:B. Consumption of Medical Marijuana
- 2-1/2 ounces or less of harvested marijuana and;
- A total of 6 plants, of which no more than 3 may be mature, flowering plants.
Under Maine's Medical Marijuana Act, the medical use of marijuana by an eligible patient is not authorized in a public place or in a workplace where such use is not permitted.
C. Paraphernalia associated with medical use
Title 22, section 2383-B, subsection 5 of the Act permits any paraphernalia associated with the medical use of marijuana including any paraphernalia involved in the use, possession with intent to use, planting, propagation, cultivation, growing, harvesting, manufacture, compounding, conversion, production, processing, preparation, testing, analyzing, packing, storing, containment, concealment, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introduce marijuana into the human body for medical use.
D. Access to Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana patients cannot go to a pharmacy for medical marijuana. Pharmacies can only dispense medications that are "prescribed." Unfortunately, medical marijuana is classified by the federal government as a Schedule I drug which means that it cannot be "prescribed" by any health care professional.
Under Maine's medical marijuana law, doctors may only "recommend" marijuana, and that allows patients to grow their own medical marijuana for their private use. The state of Maine does not provide information on the acquisition of marijuana. Therefore, the State of Maine will not assist in getting seeds or plants to start growing medical marijuana.
My Way News - Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy- Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.
The guidelines to be issued by the department do, however, make it clear that agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes, the officials said.
This is one more thing out of many that I disagree with that I actually agree with. The Federal government should not be stepping on the toes of States rights. Currently there are 13 states that allow for medical marijuana use with people who obtain written notice from their doctors to treat chronic conditions.
We need to spend DEA funds to track down crack-cocain--herion & meth dealers.
Your thoughts?
My Way News - Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy- Federal drug agents won't pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.
The guidelines to be issued by the department do, however, make it clear that agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes, the officials said.
This is one more thing out of many that I disagree with that I actually agree with. The Federal government should not be stepping on the toes of States rights. Currently there are 13 states that allow for medical marijuana use with people who obtain written notice from their doctors to treat chronic conditions.
We need to spend DEA funds to track down crack-cocain--herion & meth dealers.
Your thoughts?
YAAAAAAAYYYY!!! Finally- Medical Marijuana will be legalized soon in all 50 states!!! Oh this is GOOOOOOD news!!
With fewer potheads in jail, there will be plenty more space for REAL criminals- to serve longer sentences!!! Woot Woot!!!! Less "overcrowding" = Good policy!!! Wow- I mean, the US has 25% of the world's population behind bars as it is.. And we only make up less than 15% of the total population of the world. Sad that a country with so much proported freedom has so many of its own citizens lacking in it..
I am THRILLED ABOUT THIS NEW LAW.
Agreed.
Here's the law in Maine:
A. How to become a medical marijuana patient in the state of Maine
Under the Act, a person who is at least 18 years of age may lawfully possess a usable amount of marijuana for medical use if, at the time of that possession, the person has available an authenticated copy of a medical record or other written documentation from a physician, demonstrating that:
- The person has been diagnosed by a physician as suffering from one or more of the conditions enumerated below;
- A physician, in the context of a bona fide physician-patient relationship with the person:
- Has discussed with the person the possible health risks and therapeutic or palliative benefits of the medical use of marijuana based on information known to the physician, including, but not limited to, clinical studies or anecdotal evidence reported in medical literature or observations or information concerning the use of marijuana by other patients with the same or similar conditions;
- Has provided the person with the physician's professional opinion concerning the possible balance of risks and benefits of the medical use of marijuana in the person's particular case; and
- Has advised the person, on the basis of the physician's knowledge of the person's medical history and condition, that the person might benefit from the medical use of marijuana;
- The person has disclosed to the physician that person's medical use of marijuana; and
- The person is under the continuing care of the physician.
A. Possession and Growing Limitations
Maine's Medical Marijuana Law was amended to allow for the term "usable amount of marijuana for medical use" to mean:B. Consumption of Medical Marijuana
- 2-1/2 ounces or less of harvested marijuana and;
- A total of 6 plants, of which no more than 3 may be mature, flowering plants.
Under Maine's Medical Marijuana Act, the medical use of marijuana by an eligible patient is not authorized in a public place or in a workplace where such use is not permitted.
C. Paraphernalia associated with medical use
Title 22, section 2383-B, subsection 5 of the Act permits any paraphernalia associated with the medical use of marijuana including any paraphernalia involved in the use, possession with intent to use, planting, propagation, cultivation, growing, harvesting, manufacture, compounding, conversion, production, processing, preparation, testing, analyzing, packing, storing, containment, concealment, ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introduce marijuana into the human body for medical use.
D. Access to Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana patients cannot go to a pharmacy for medical marijuana. Pharmacies can only dispense medications that are "prescribed." Unfortunately, medical marijuana is classified by the federal government as a Schedule I drug which means that it cannot be "prescribed" by any health care professional.
Under Maine's medical marijuana law, doctors may only "recommend" marijuana, and that allows patients to grow their own medical marijuana for their private use. The state of Maine does not provide information on the acquisition of marijuana. Therefore, the State of Maine will not assist in getting seeds or plants to start growing medical marijuana.
Essentially, as a prescribing physician in Maine, I cannot "prescribe" this drug. I can only write a letter recommending that the use of marijuana in a patient is appropriate for symptom control. And with that in mind, there are only certain patient's that will qualify.
The patient apparently has to keep this letter on his/her person and will therefore be exempt from arrest if they are found to be following the guidelines of us.
To this point, I have written only one of these letters for a quadriplegic with muscle spasticity.
ADDENDUM: And since I've never used marijuana, I don't know if 2.5 ounces is a lot or a little, and I don't know if 3 flowering plants is a lot or a little.
My Way News - Feds to issue new medical marijuana policy
This is one more thing out of many that I disagree with that I actually agree with. The Federal government should not be stepping on the toes of States rights. Currently there are 13 states that allow for medical marijuana use with people who obtain written notice from their doctors to treat chronic conditions.
We need to spend DEA funds to track down crack-cocain--herion & meth dealers.
Your thoughts?
YAAAAAAAYYYY!!! Finally- Medical Marijuana will be legalized soon in all 50 states!!! Oh this is GOOOOOOD news!!
With fewer potheads in jail, there will be plenty more space for REAL criminals- to serve longer sentences!!! Woot Woot!!!! Less "overcrowding" = Good policy!!! Wow- I mean, the US has 25% of the world's population behind bars as it is.. And we only make up less than 15% of the total population of the world. Sad that a country with so much proported freedom has so many of its own citizens lacking in it..
I am THRILLED ABOUT THIS NEW LAW.
Wait a minute...
This doesn't make marijuana legal. It would only make medical marijuana legal.
And as I noted in my post regarding Maine's laws, medical marijuana is only to be recommended to a very small subset of the population.
I'm willing to bet that of all the people in jail for marijuana violations, only the smallest fraction of them would qualify medically.
Wow. Something I can agree with. The Obama (May his camels be plentiful) seems to understand better then some. Drug legalization is a States Rights issue. Each state has the right to determine their laws regarding drugs.
Wow. Something I can agree with. The Obama (May his camels be plentiful) seems to understand better then some. Drug legalization is a States Rights issue. Each state has the right to determine their laws regarding drugs.
But how can he be for states rights when he has a plan for global domination?
I am a high school teacher and a mother of two teenagers.
OH MY GOD HOLY JESUS MOTHERFUCKING SHIT!!! And you listing those credentials somehow is suppossed to strengthen your arguement... how?
But I mean if your kids think its okay, somehow appropriate, or the correct behavior to steal your drugs then some where along the line you really failed as a parent...
Fuck the FDA too.
Drinking beer and whiskey is also all about the high.
Doing a shot next to someone does not have the risk of passing the intoxication or the other effects over to the second person
And alcohol does have medicinal uses as just what it is, in it's chemical form... the chemical benefit of marijuana can be had it an approved delivery form without the high... kind of like why we have methadone and not heroin not being prescribed
I'm on this kick because Dis has accused (UNJUSTLY!) that I am a drug addict and/or alcoholic.
We all know that is a fabrication. Only unhappy, miserable people are potheads and drunks.
Hey, Dis, where does that leave you?
OMG! Now it's possible to get high because someone next to you is smoking?
Pills are easier at school because there's no way the kids can sneak off campus for the most part to light up. Pills are much more dangerous..and easy to pass around right under everyone's nose.If marijuana truly helps people with specific illnesses, then I approve. However from what I've learned from friends in CA, it's pretty easy to get for just about any disorder.
I am a high school teacher and a mother of two teenagers. Pills stolen from parents are very very popular today. Kids think it's ok, because it comes from a doctor. The same will go with marijuana. I do not want to see it legalized. Kids are stupid enough.
Ok, I'm lost.
If I had medical marijuana, I could perhaps remidy that situation.
Did I misspell remidy?
Don't bother answering, at this point, I'm honestly not caring.
If marijuana truly helps people with specific illnesses, then I approve. However from what I've learned from friends in CA, it's pretty easy to get for just about any disorder.
I am a high school teacher and a mother of two teenagers. Pills stolen from parents are very very popular today. Kids think it's ok, because it comes from a doctor. The same will go with marijuana. I do not want to see it legalized. Kids are stupid enough.
I remember when I got high for the first time, the third time that I had tried, I remember thinking......... how the fuck could this be illegal, surely it will be legalized soon, surely people will figure out that "Reefer Madness" was complete bullshit backed by the alcohol industry. How insane is it for people to be jailed for enjoying such a great feeling. That was 37 years ago! I smoked pot for 35 years, quitting a few times to pass drug tests. I finally quit completely 2 years ago, cold turkey, to get a new job that does random tests......... haven't even smelled any since then. I miss it, just like I would miss anything I enjoy, but it certainly wasn't addictive or detrimental to me in any way that I know of. It didn't even make me a liberal.