Cannabis News Protecting Patients Access to Medical Marijuana
  No Easy Pot Prescriptions: Local MDs
Posted by FoM on July 31, 2001 at 15:18:48 PT
By Deb Guerette, Herald-Tribune Staff 
Source: Herald-Tribune  

medical Mistahia Health Region doctors aren't ready to roll out medical marijuana prescriptions with ease, despite new federal access rules implemented Monday. Doctors have concerns about using marijuana medically and the new access rules leaves them in a "precarious" position when patients begin to seek it, Mistahia medical director Dr. Herb Janzen said.

"It is a very real problem and it needs to be taken seriously. It does put doctors in a precarious or untenable position," Janzen said Monday.

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Comment #4 posted by dddd on August 01, 2001 at 07:02:23 PT
yes,,,these are good points Mr Take it easy
...but my fear is,,,(not so much in Canada),,that here in the states,
,,that the DEA will start sniffing around any and all doctors who
do prescribe Marijuana,,and they will try to harass them,and
threaten to pull their licenses,,audit them,,etc..if they write too
many prescriptions...........

....I am not a doctor who has the documentation to prove it,,,but
if I was,,,man would I be thinkin' twice about any of my patients
who wanted to renew their Oxycontin prescriptions,,,they already
had a monitoring system for all prescription drugs,,,,,my cousins
mother in law is a M.D....She was about 60 years old at the time,,
,,in practice for over 30 years,,,and the DEA came a knockin' and
said that she was prescribing way too much Vicoden,,,they had some
sort of special federal warrant,,and they rifled the poor old gals office..
...of course,,she was completely legit,,,guilty of having a bunch of
older patients that were in pain.................Anyway,,,,,

I say,,,just watch...they will build a whole new strange beauracracy
around medical Marijuana,with I.D. cards,,and state and federal registration
as a "Marijuana user".......Of course it will start with the innocent excuse
of registering legal pot smokers so they wont get busted,,,,ah yes,,,but
that also leaves them with a scary list of citizens,,,with names,addresses,
and all manner of info,,,,,eventually,,one will apply for insurance,,and perhaps
be turned down due to the medical status of Marijuana use,,saying that it is
not "proven",,or federally approved and accepted as medicine...

...on another note......
It is indeed,,,quite interesting to observe the scurrying of the Drug Pigs,and
see the increase in their obscene propaganda.....they can sense the tide of
change,,and they are on full alert.....They are having to be very loud,,but in
a qiuet way,,,,the idiotic drug ads have increased on TV,,and the printed matter
has become noticeably more obvious,and fake.

dddd

("Drug Pigs",is my new term for the hardcore antis,,,I was inspired when I heard WarPigs on the radio the other day......Dan B is hep.......)

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Comment #3 posted by Mr. take it easy on August 01, 2001 at 06:00:12 PT
Relax everybody
You could say that fighting these new regulations is going to speed up the legalization process altogether. People will get it if they need from their doctor. That is to say if they have a good relationship with them. Most doctors will try to make you feel better. If you have tried everything and along with your doctor you bring up the fact that mari actually helps, they will not have a problem.

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Comment #2 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on July 31, 2001 at 17:31:58 PT:

I Repeat My Offer
If these doctors wish to alleviate their own ignorance and anxiety about clinical cannabis, I would be happy to have them finance a seminar, which I would be happy to organize, with a number of extremely qualified medical and legal experts.



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Comment #1 posted by jorma nash on July 31, 2001 at 16:48:16 PT
Hypocritic Oath.
""Doctors have concerns about using marijuana medically and the new access rules leaves them in a "precarious" position when patients begin to seek it, Mistahia medical director Dr. Herb Janzen said.""

oh, don't you feel sorry for this rich, healthy, upper-class white male's "precarious" position?

trade places for a year with
someone forced to choose between abatement of chronic suffering,
or breaking the law and risking prison time...
then you can talk to me about a "precarious" position.

"When patients come looking for a specific drug, particularly painkillers such as codeine, demerol or other narcotics, doctors' "index of suspicion (about why the drug is being requested) is high," Janzen said."

you don't suppose it could be they have found cannabis to be more effective
for treating their chronic pain than the synthetics pushed by the Conglomerates that Own you?

oh, no, this (a-hem) healer knows far more about his patient's pain
than the person who is actually suffering it.

not quite sure if they take the Hippocratic Oath in Canada.
however, if the choice between defying a rapidly crumbling prohibition in Canada
and treating chronic pain is such a "precarious" one,
my index of suspicion is high that you thought you took a Hypocritic Oath.



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