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"Weeks said that interactions like these are precisely why it was urgent that the unregulated medical marijuana system be brought under the watchful eye of the state. "

Uh hello? THE PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST UNTIL YOU PUT THE CONDITION ON THE FORM!

And let's take a close look at one of the reasons stated in this article...

To match up data with the opiates...

That is code for those of you not aware. It is code that means, if you write an authorization for cannabis, you better not write a prescription for an opiate because if the DEA matches that, the doctor could get their federal licenses taken away.

I know this because I have had doctors refuse to do it for me. In fact, I was released from a hospital during a massive pacreatic attack because I admitted to being a medical cannabis patient. The hospital release form even stated to stop using marijuana.

This is an absolute outrage and Ms. Weeks answer is, don't get an authorization. When I confronted her on it in person, she told NE to get a lawyer and sue the DOH, because she was not going to change it. Never mind the fact that it was not part of the law to include it and there was no input from the public at all.

Shameful. Would you like us all to start wearing yellow stars on our shirts next?
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Sorry about the typo...should say, "..she told ME to get a lawyer..."
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Let me just say that if you worked in a pharmacy and shouted out someone's medical condition, you'd be fired on the spot. Anyone who deals with anything "medical" should know HIPPA through and through.
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Wow. I just can't even with this. I'm honestly too angry to form coherent response but I agree with @3 that HIPPA should apply to MMJ patients and providers. It was insulting enough to essentially force patients into rec shops where the employees (in my admittedly limited experience) tend to be less knowledgeable and less professional...but now this. What the actual fuck?
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"Weeks also noted that patients will only be required to show their authorization form annually, when they first sign up for the state's patient registry and again upon renewal. "

Wrong, and still unacceptable. Authorized patients who choose not to register (and therefore won't receive a recognition card) would still need to carry their authorization form with them if they needed to prove patient status, and all patients must until the registry database is operating (July at earliest). Many patients will choose not to register due to legitimate concerns about privacy, proven corruption in regulatory agencies, and self-incrimination (not just law enforcement but also CPS and federally funded agencies).

Weeks calls the patient registry voluntary, yet those who don't will be denied access to high-THC and other medical products to be sold at stores with medical endorsements, have further decreased allowed plant and possession amounts (already greatly decreased by the new law), and no arrest protection. That's not voluntary, that's coercion.

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