Medicinal marijuana

[Gonz]

Remember? It's for cancer patients too sick to take a pill. It'll take a script by alicensed doctor to get it. No, it's not for getting high, it's really fo rmedicinal use, Really?

High school students are finding easy access to medical marijuana cards and presenting those cards to school authorities as a legitimate excuse for getting high.

"Students are getting them for things like sleeplessness and stress - it just draws into question how easy is it for people to get their hands on these cards."

Sleeplessness & stress? That is part of growing up. Deal with it or don't. I hope they prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

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PS-I think pot should be legal but it's not. If you circumvent the sytem, you get jail time.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Simple solution, really.

If you present the card, you must also present your latest WBC count to get the weed. Chemo plays hell with yer white blood cells, so if all is normal, no weedie for you.

Anything else I can fix for you today ol buddy ol pal ol sock?

 

[2minkey]

or better yet, just make the shit legal.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

And give in to the stoner hippie love child lay on your ass and eat Doritos crew? Never!

 

[spike]

Remember? It's for cancer patients too sick to take a pill. It'll take a script by alicensed doctor to get it. No, it's not for getting high, it's really fo rmedicinal use, Really?

Yep.

You found an example of some high school students abusing the system so now it's not?

So if we find a few examples of people using other prescription drugs questionably then does that mean nobody takes those drugs legitimately?

 

[spike]

If you present the card, you must also present your latest WBC count to get the weed.

Yep, let's make everyone who goes to pick up any prescription present proof that they need it. The judgement of your doctor should mean squat, leave it up to the retailers.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

Yep, let's make everyone who goes to pick up any prescription present proof that they need it. The judgement of your doctor should mean squat, leave it up to the retailers.

Would solve a lot of problems and cut my workload in half.

Or should I assume you like being able to get drugs you really don't need?

 

[spike]

I like the idea of doctors deciding what drugs people need.

Should I assume you like the idea of some Walgreen's employee second guessing your physician when you go to pick your meds?

 

[Gonz]

If a doctor thinks some lazy assed highschooler needs pot to function, they ain't a doctor.

 

[Altron]

Yeah, seems like a total bullshit reason. How exactly is it going to make you LESS tired, stressed, and worn out, anyway? I've always heard that it makes you even more tired, dazed, and out of it than you were already.

 

[spike]

If a doctor thinks some lazy assed highschooler needs pot to function, they ain't a doctor.

If a doctor thinks some school kid needs ritalin to function they ain't a doctor. If some doctor thinks some housewife needs valium to function they ain't a doctor. If a doctor thinks some guy needs viagra to function they ain't a doctor.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

I like the idea of doctors deciding what drugs people need.

Should I assume you like the idea of some Walgreen's employee second guessing your physician when you go to pick your meds?

Funny you should mention. Walgreen's lost a prescription of mine recently. Claimed they could not find it. Treated me like a junkie. Seeing as it was a med I needed quite desperately, I placed a call to my doc, secured another scrip, and took it along with the other 9 scrips I fill regularly to a competitor capable of adequately doing their job. I have also taken the time to tell this story to as many people as possible (including now) in an efortt to cost Walgreen's all the business I can cost them.

Now answer my question please. I won't ask 4 more times like I had to last time.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

If a doctor thinks some lazy assed highschooler needs pot to function, they ain't a doctor.

If a doctor thinks anyone needs pot to function they ain't a doctor. I refused the stuff when offered by an oncologist. Within two months I had a new oncologist who just so happened to come to the realization (like 3 other docs had) that the chemo onc #1 was so fond of pushing into me was destroying my pancreas. I think the rest is already documented fairly well on here.

 

[spike]

Funny you should mention. Walgreen's lost a prescription of mine recently. Claimed they could not find it. Treated me like a junkie. Seeing as it was a med I needed quite desperately, I placed a call to my doc, secured another scrip, and took it along with the other 9 scrips I fill regularly to a competitor capable of adequately doing their job. I have also taken the time to tell this story to as many people as possible (including now) in an efortt to cost Walgreen's all the business I can cost them.

Now answer my question please. I won't ask 4 more times like I had to last time.

Oh, so now you don't want to leave things up to the retailer.

I answered your question. Trouble is last time and the time before that I answer your questions but you don't answer mine. Even when I ask mine first...remember?

 

[Gonz]

If a doctor thinks some school kid needs ritalin to function they ain't a doctor. If some doctor thinks some housewife needs valium to function they ain't a doctor. If a doctor thinks some guy needs viagra to function they ain't a doctor.

Actually, I agree with all that.

 

[spike]

Good thing we got your vast medical knowledge here to tell us who's a qualified physician.

 

[Gonz]

You do know that MDs do nothing but give educated guesses, right? Surgeons do the real work (plumbing) but most docs are pretending to know what their doing. That's why it's called the Art of medicine. If they give you th elittle blue pill it's supposed to make your ills go awy. That's what the pamphlet said.

 

[2minkey]

none of us do anything better than give educated guesses.

 

[Gonz]

True. I do respect, as a rule, doctors. They've gone through a lot to get where they are & most are bright, considerate professionals. However, they also get lazy (here take a pill...quit smoking...eat less red meat) & cornered by their malpractice insurance.

People think that doctors are extraordinarily smart & cops stop crime.

 

[SouthernN'Proud]

I've seen more than my share of docs over the last 4 years. Some great, some awful, most somewhere between.

I am fortunate to have a great one as my family doc. He listens to what I tell him, he is responsive, he has gone above and beyond on several occasions, and he shows a genuine compassion. Yes, he prescribes me pain meds. Without them I could not function. When this situation gets fixed and I no longer need them, I will not ask for more.

Too many people want their problems fixed with a pill. The whole "stop smoking, eat less red meat" thing is not bad advice...it's advice you don't want to hear. I was having an issue with ungodly leg cramping overnight. Waking me up screaming 3-4 times a night. Instead of a pill, he told me to drink tonic water with quinine and mix in some lime juice. Works like a charm. To me, that's doctoring.

I also am fortunate to have a primo general surgeon and one of the best GI docs east of the Mississippi. My oncologist (now) is adequate unlike the first one who damn near killed me just so she could keep billing for chemo and related lab work.

Conversely, I've been through some horrendous ER docs, a few specialists who I will never see again, and one quack I physically threatened one night in the hospital hallway. Doctors are no different than mechanics or chefs or any other profession...some are better than others. Ask a mechanic to make your car stop rattling, and he might fix bad pipes with duct tape. Ask a doctor to make it stop hurting, he might give you Percocet. Same difference.

It's your body and your health. Act accordingly and you might be surprised how much better care you get.