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potone

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4. Not necessarily.
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:04 AM
Aug 2015

Just people who are too ideologically opposed to marijuana to be able to look at the evidence objectively. What enrages me is all the years when research could have been done on the therapeutic uses of marijuana but wasn't because it was a schedule 1 drug. Fortunately some research was done in Europe, so there is work that can be built on.

Another thing that pisses me off (as long as I am on the topic) is the fact that even in states where medical marijuana is legal, anyone wanting it has to jump through expensive hoops to get it, which is not the case for any other drug. In Oregon, where I live, you first have to get a referral from a physician whose practice is dedicated to that. I checked into it, and the least expensive one I found charged $150, which is not covered by insurance. Then you have to submit paperwork to the state and pay $200 for the card allowing the patient to purchase it. Of course neither the card nor the drug is covered by insurance. I am hoping that this is temporary, and that eventually it will be treated the same as any other prescription drug. But we are nowhere near that yet.

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