What is the medical marijuana eligibility in CA?

[poohbear227]

Just a mature adult asking a mature question out of curiosity, so please no immature flames or for the topic....

I *think* CA is the only state currently that allows medical marijuana to be prescribed and distributed, is that correct?

If so, who is eligible to get medical marijuana? Is it limited to cancer patients or critical illnesses that cause severe pain, nausea, or lack of appetite? Or do they also prescribe it to those suffering from anxiety disorders or other mental health disorders?

Can it only be prescribed by a physician or can a psychiatrist prescribe it as well?

 

[phorsenuf]

Just a mature adult asking a mature question out of curiosity, so please no immature flames or for the topic....

I *think* CA is the only state currently that allows medical marijuana to be prescribed and distributed, is that correct?

If so, who is eligible to get medical marijuana? Is it limited to cancer patients or critical illnesses that cause severe pain, nausea, or lack of appetite? Or do they also prescribe it to those suffering from anxiety disorders or other mental health disorders?

Can it only be prescribed by a physician or can a psychiatrist prescribe it as well?

California Medical Marijuana Laws:

Cannabis for medical use was approved in California by 56% of voters on November 5, 1996.

Medical use of cannabis became legal November 6, 1996. marijuana-california

This act removed state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who possess a “written or oral recommendation” from their physician that he or she “would benefit from medical marijuana.” Patients diagnosed with any debilitating illness where the medical use of marijuana has been “deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician” are afforded legal protection under this act.

Conditions Approved for Use of Medical Marijuana in California

* AIDS
* Anorexia
* Arthritis
* Cachexia
* Cancer
* Chronic pain
* Glaucoma
* Migraine
* Persistent muscle spasms, including spasms associated with multiple sclerosis
* Seizures, including seizures associated with epilepsy
* Severe nausea

· Other chronic or persistent medical symptoms

Cannabis Quantities Allowed

* Possession: patients (or their primary caregivers) may legally possess no more than eight ounces of dried marijuana and/or six mature cannabis plants. Twelve immature cannabis plants are allowed in place of the six mature ones.
* Senate Bill 420 allows patients to possess larger amounts of marijuana when recommended by a physician.
* This legislation also allows councils and municipalities to approve and/or maintain local ordinances permitting patients to possess larger quantities of medicinal weed than allowed under the new state guidelines.

SB 420 also grants implied legal protection to the state’s medicinal marijuana dispensaries, stating, “Qualified patients, persons with valid identification cards, and the designated primary caregivers of qualified patients … who associate within the state of California in order collectively or cooperatively to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes, shall not solely on the basis of that fact be subject to state criminal sanctions.”

 

[poohbear227]

Thank you for that info

I have to say I'm surprised it is not prescribed to individuals with anxiety or panic disorder.....maybe there is just not enough research to support it's use in that area?

 

[DisMN]

Thank you for that info

I have to say I'm surprised it is not prescribed to individuals with anxiety or panic disorder.....maybe there is just not enough research to support it's use in that area?

It is. As a matter of fact it's being prescribed for uh....really just about any dang thing.

It's in the last line of the list of conditions. It says specifically "Other chronic or persistent medical symptoms."


Other being anxiety, heartburn and anything else you might think of to *have*. LOL

 

[Squirlz]

We have it in Michigan too.

 

[poohbear227]

Thank you. I didn't realize anxiety was considered a medical condition. I actually have anxiety and panic disorder and I am prescribed prescription meds for it (not marijuana-I live on the East Coast and it is not legal here).

I did not realize that it is also legal in Michigan.

How do people pick up their "prescriptions"? I'm guessing not at the local CVS pharmacy!

 

[kimblebee]

In Manitoba we are allowed to designate someone to be our grower. There are limits but I'm not sure what they are. I qualify for it because I have MS and I asked my neurologist about it and he said the government stuff is really low quality and recommended if I chose to do it to find a good local dealer

 

[Debbie Jean]

New Jersey approved a bill to provide medical marijuana earlier this year... I actually asked my opthamologist about it because I have glaucoma which has been difficult to control and have suffered vision loss... the marijuana reduces intraocular pressure...

this link gives a summary of the regulations
http://cmmnj.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-jersey-legislature-approves-medical.html

BTW, it says the NJ is the 14th state to approve marijuana for medicinal purposes

 

[Tiggeroo]

Nj is going to be very controlling about it. It will not be like Cali. In addition to limiting who can get it, it will only be grown by the state. I suspect it will not be as high a quality as what you can get in other states where private growers are involved. It is also going to be controlled for thc levels, to keep them lower.

 

[mamacatnv]

As a side note and an FYI - It is my understanding, that employers do not have to accept the "card" when screening current or perspective employees and that a person can be terminated or denied hiring based on a positive drug test regardless of card holders status.

 

[poohbear227]

As a side note and an FYI - It is my understanding, that employers do not have to accept the "card" when screening current or perspective employees and that a person can be terminated or denied hiring based on a positive drug test regardless of card holders status.

WOW, is that in all 14 states or just some? That is just terrible

 

[SandrA9810]

In Manitoba we are allowed to designate someone to be our grower. There are limits but I'm not sure what they are. I qualify for it because I have MS and I asked my neurologist about it and he said the government stuff is really low quality and recommended if I chose to do it to find a good local dealer

That's how Flin Flon got on the map finally.

When I was visiting there in 2002, there were talks of using the old Smelting mines to grow the weed. Some time in 2003 or later I believe is when they started doing it.

From Wikipedia:

Marijuana production
Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based company for the production of medicinal marijuana. Medicinal marijuana is only available in Canada with a doctor's prescription. Canadian users of medicinal marijuana must agree to provide information to Health Canada for research purposes.
Prairie Plant Systems, based in Saskatoon, has used an inactive underground copper/zinc drift owned by the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company to produce approximately 400 kilograms of medicinal marijuana annually. The entire operation is several hundred metres under Flin Flon for security and climate control reasons.
Since the original stock of marijuana seeds were obtained from Royal Canadian Mounted Police drug raids, there was some lack of consistency in the early crops of medicinal marijuana. After selective use of seeds from the first crop, subsequent generations have shown to have a more consistent quality.
As of 2009, Prairie Plant Systems has discontinued operation at the mine, due to the ending of the lease and the impending closure of the Trout Lake mine.

 

[kimblebee]

LOL that's right I had forgotten it was grown up there. Even though that article says the stuff has gotten better, I think I would still follow my doctors advice and just find a friend who can hook me up.

 

[Handbag Lady]

Thank you. I didn't realize anxiety was considered a medical condition. I actually have anxiety and panic disorder and I am prescribed prescription meds for it (not marijuana-I live on the East Coast and it is not legal here).

I did not realize that it is also legal in Michigan.

How do people pick up their "prescriptions"? I'm guessing not at the local CVS pharmacy!

There are several places all over that have green crosses as an insignia. You go in, tell the doctor your ailment, he gives you the card, and in some cases, you can buy it right there.

After living near Venice Beach (Marina del Rey) for 10 years, it sure was funny the first time I saw such a place ON Venice Beach. Many years I spent walking the boardwalk declining offers of sales to find it there, legal.

 

[mrsxsparrow]

There's a proposition on the upcoming ballot in CA to legalize marijuana. So soon, you may not need an medical condition or a doctor at all.

 

[SeaSpray]

There's a proposition on the upcoming ballot in CA to legalize marijuana. So soon, you may not need an medical condition or a doctor at all.

This might persuade me to move to CA....

 

[Heidict]

You can pretty much get a prescription for it for just about anything. As Ron White said "Well, I get depressed when I don't have any marijuana". So, the doctor told him that marijuana would cure that and gave him a prescription. There are many doctors that don't care, you can make up whatever excuse you want and they will right you out a prescription.

They have actual stores set up. You go in and if you have kids with you, you can leave them up front and they will watch them. Only people with a medical card can go in he back. You go back there it's set up like a pharmacy, where you go up to the counter/half door and they have a three ring binder that contains all the types of marijuana they have in stock at that time.

You can flip through the book, smell the product, and look at it. It has the amount per gram listed on each bag. The staff is knowledgeable about the types they have and they can steer you towards the type that would best suit what you are looking for. You are limited in the quantity that you can buy, but I have no idea how much it is.

Also, just because the state of California, or what ever other state has legalized it, tells you it is okay to smoke it and in some cases grow it, it is still against federal law and the feds can and have raided growers and stores and busted them.

 

[DawnCt1]

I picked my supply up the other day. I'd tell you where I got it but I am suffering from short term memory loss! Wonder why? (just kidding!!!)

 

[Heidict]

I picked my supply up the other day. I'd tell you where I got it but I am suffering from short term memory loss! Wonder why? (just kidding!!!)

What are we talking about?

 

[Squirlz]

What are we talking about?

Oreos.....right?