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| Kaiser Doctors May OK Marijuana |
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Posted by FoM on July 06, 2001 at 06:52:51 PT By Karen Auge, Denver Post Medical Writer Source: Denver Post 
If Kaiser Permanente doctors want to endorse medical marijuana for a patient, they can, the HMO has decided. And if they don't want to, they don't have to. "It is our preliminary decision that physicians should be afforded the responsibility as to whether to endorse medical marijuana," said Dr. Kim Adcock, assistant medical director for Kaiser in Colorado. That came as good news to Earl Thomas, a Denver AIDS activist who has had the disease for 15 years. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #3 posted by dddd on July 06, 2001 at 18:46:39 PT |
| If HMOs start allowing their doctors to prescribe pot,it will indeed be a major step forward,,,,unfortunately,,HMOs are so intertwined with federal entities and payola,,that it's somewhat unlikely they will allow it. dddd [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by Kevin Hebert on July 06, 2001 at 11:02:05 PT:
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| For the pharmaceutical companies. Medical Marijuana keeps health costs down, because the patient can grow their own medicine. Widespread acceptance of medical marijuana for its diverse number of uses will greatly reduce health costs. As long as they keep getting their premiums, medical marijuana means greater profits for insurance providers, possibly in a huge way. It only makes sense for them to back it; it's just too bad they aren't more vocal about it. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by Dan B on July 06, 2001 at 07:50:14 PT:
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| I was hoping these folks would have the good sense to look at their own longitudinal research (showing that cannabis use does not raise mortality), and it appears that they have. Good to see that yet another major medical association in this country is willing to step up to the plate with regard to medical cannabis. Dan B [ Post Comment ] |
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