No need to smoke and hide...
... Because it will be a legal ride.
Yesterday, the voters of Michigan passed proposal one, which allows physicians to prescribe marijuana to treat the symptoms of terminally ill patients, and other seriously ill patients. I spent some time looking over the bill, and everything I found in it was good news to me. For one thing, ALS is explicitly listed as one of the diseases that doctors can prescribe marijuana for. The maximum amount a patient can possess is 2 1/2 ounces, a month's supply for even a prodigious stoner. The new law establishes an ID card system to be administered by the department of health. Patients are allowed to grow up to 12 plants, each of which would generate several ounces of smokable marijuana.
The most interesting part of the new law is the creation of "primary caregivers" who are granted the same protections against prosecution for possession or cultivation that the patients do. One of my caregivers is a tremendous pothead, and he seems excited about the opportunity of essentially getting a get out of jail free card. I think he might even be willing to grow some weed at his house if I supply the startup money.
I found an article in a journal for physical medicine doctors that made the argument for using marijuana to treat ALS. It gave eight reasons why the drug is effective, and admittedly euphoria was one of the benefits to treat the depression that can come with the disease, but the other seven reasons were more substantive. One of them is that cannabinoids have been shown to have neuroprotective properties, which means that smoking pot might actually make me live longer.
Pretty cool, eh?
Yesterday, the voters of Michigan passed proposal one, which allows physicians to prescribe marijuana to treat the symptoms of terminally ill patients, and other seriously ill patients. I spent some time looking over the bill, and everything I found in it was good news to me. For one thing, ALS is explicitly listed as one of the diseases that doctors can prescribe marijuana for. The maximum amount a patient can possess is 2 1/2 ounces, a month's supply for even a prodigious stoner. The new law establishes an ID card system to be administered by the department of health. Patients are allowed to grow up to 12 plants, each of which would generate several ounces of smokable marijuana.
The most interesting part of the new law is the creation of "primary caregivers" who are granted the same protections against prosecution for possession or cultivation that the patients do. One of my caregivers is a tremendous pothead, and he seems excited about the opportunity of essentially getting a get out of jail free card. I think he might even be willing to grow some weed at his house if I supply the startup money.
I found an article in a journal for physical medicine doctors that made the argument for using marijuana to treat ALS. It gave eight reasons why the drug is effective, and admittedly euphoria was one of the benefits to treat the depression that can come with the disease, but the other seven reasons were more substantive. One of them is that cannabinoids have been shown to have neuroprotective properties, which means that smoking pot might actually make me live longer.
Pretty cool, eh?
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