Activists Concerned About Changes to Medical Marijuana Bills
People are now smoking marijuana less, basically for quick relief.
Other patients are relying on cookies or strips with various active ingredients into their mouths to alleviate pain, nausea and seizures associated with the growing lists of ailments.
And prices that a year ago were markedly more expensive than the underground market have dropped sharply and are now competitive, according to dispensaries, state officials and market analysts.
A native of Monroe, William McDonald, 42, said he took the oil when he started having success.
“Cannabis is unique in that it’s brought to market in a high-value dried flower form that loses value and weight as it evaporates, and it requires very unique inventory tracking in order to maintain a clear chain of custody and to prevent diversion”.
After being bitten by a brown recluse spider in 2008, McDonald had cancer and other health complications, including heart failure and staph infections.
The House Judiciary Committee did not vote on the medical marijuana dispensary or tracking bills. KATU probably created more buzz about the conference (which I help organize) by pulling the ad, than if the station would have just aired it, so get your tickets while you can.
When she first became a patient at Compassionate Care, Miller needed a wheelchair or power scooter to get from the handicapped parking spot to the front door.
“Every step for me is a challenge”, she said.
“This has resulted in a decrease in the doses of my other drugs, including anti-spasticity medication”, Miller said, recalling that while her neurologist did not favor her joining the medical marijuana program, her general practitioner did.
“It seems excessive”, said Rick Thompson, former editor of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Magazine. “I can track my caregivers. It seems to work well”. Governor Rauner has until the end of the month to say yes or no.
Greg Steube of Sarasota has refilled a bill that is seeking to allow the medical use of marijuana. After news hit that a commercial for the Oregon Medical Marijuana Business Conference (OMMBC) was going to be the first ever marijuana commercial aired during the network news in Portland, Oregon, ABC affiliate KATU decided to flip-flop and prohibit the ad. A KATU Senior Account Executive emailed OMMBC producer Alex Rogers at 10:20am Tuesday morning, stating that the ad was good to go. “I would say it’s 50-50 at this point”.