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Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by jasonvm »

stef25 wrote: post #9
ryanobjc wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In California, there is no such thing as a “prescription for weed”. You don’t get one from a doctor, the dispensaries don’t describe it as such. What you do get is a recommendation by a doctor that you would benefit from cannabis. This is a critical difference. It’s merely a doctors opinion you would benefit. And as many have noted, sone doctors appear to hold the opinion most adults would benefit. They might not be…

Perhaps I did just completely misquote what my (Californian) friend told me.

He's splitting hairs a bit. It's true that a doctor gives a patient a recommendation instead of a prescription (so you can purchase cannabis legally), but otherwise what you wrote is correct.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by jpatokal »

Edd314159 wrote: post #6

Was marijuana the blockchain of 2017? Where as long as you aligned your product with weed, even if it was actually a pretty generic product, there was suddenly extra interest?

Weed is not a generic product because it's still illegal on the federal level, and tightly restricted on the state level even when legal. The article does a pretty poor job of explaining what Meadow provides specifically to deal with this though; for example, most credit card processors won't touch marijuana.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by [deleted] »

FearNotDaniel wrote: post #2

Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…

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Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by dumbneurologist »

FearNotDaniel wrote: post #2

Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…

You are exactly right.

As a doctor who sees patients with a legitimate use for compounds that come from the cannabis plant, the people who want recreational access just bog down the health system.

I am strongly in favor of federal recreational legalization, if for no other reason than to get it out of my office.

Prohibition has failed, and legalization is a far superior public policy option.

Recreational use should be available through places like Meadow, and medical use should come through conventional pharmaceutical manufacturing methods (like you would want for any other medication you take).

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by dumbneurologist »

hguhghuff wrote: post #5
stef25 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only negative thing about it I see is that doctors are willing to give you a BS script. Friend of mine went to a doc and complained about an old knee injury to get medical weed and the doc just wink-winked him a prescription. Then again, I would do it if I was in the US and smoked and anything to decriminalise this is a good thing.

Doesn’t the charade corrupt the integrity of the medical profession?

It does, actually.

The doctors who do this (largely running a cash-only practice) are really a disgrace to the profession.

It's good to be willing to think outside the box and practice with compassion, but it's another thing entirely to create prescriptions for surreptitious indications that is motivated by personal profit.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by ryanobjc »

jasonvm wrote: post #11
stef25 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps I did just completely misquote what my (Californian) friend told me.

He's splitting hairs a bit. It's true that a doctor gives a patient a recommendation instead of a prescription (so you can purchase cannabis legally), but otherwise what you wrote is correct.

I disagree, and the reason Is that the word prescription is a legal and medical jargon term with specific meanings and ethical requirements.

However an opinion is not. Thus building a moral barrier there.

Some other opinions that many doctors have: everyone should drink more water. Everyone should exercise. Many people will get this advice/opinions without a prescription for such.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by Dowwie »

FearNotDaniel wrote: post #2

Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…

People are literally medicating themselves with it, though. People drink alcohol to medicate. They reach for Xanax, Valium, or other for the same. Those who are feeling happy and fulfilled but just want to experience a psychedelic experience are probably more of an exception than the norm. Maybe this will be studied one day and we'll know better.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by wjp3 »

dumbneurologist wrote: post #14
FearNotDaniel wrote: post #2

Jesus Christ, what a hypocritical world we live in. Such Orwellian doublethink to maintain the pretense that only 'patients' are receiving 'medical marijuana' from 'dispensaries', otherwise the powers that be might shut the whole thing down in a fit of 'reefer madness' paranoia about the collapse of society. Maybe it'll take two or more generations of maintaining this ridiculous charade, everyone admiring the Emperor…

You are exactly right. As a doctor who sees patients with a legitimate use for compounds that come from the cannabis plant, the people who want recreational access just bog down the health system. I am strongly in favor of federal recreational legalization, if for no other reason than to get it out of my office. Prohibition has failed, and legalization is a far superior public policy option. Recreational use should b…

I think you should also direct some of that angst towards the "non-patients" to also the doctors that advertise on websites listing weed-friendly docs. I don't partake, but even I know how easy it is to find a friendly doc to write a script.

Re: Meadow is the Amazon of weed

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Post by fragmede »

ryanobjc wrote: post #8
stef25 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only negative thing about it I see is that doctors are willing to give you a BS script. Friend of mine went to a doc and complained about an old knee injury to get medical weed and the doc just wink-winked him a prescription. Then again, I would do it if I was in the US and smoked and anything to decriminalise this is a good thing.

In California, there is no such thing as a “prescription for weed”. You don’t get one from a doctor, the dispensaries don’t describe it as such. What you do get is a recommendation by a doctor that you would benefit from cannabis. This is a critical difference. It’s merely a doctors opinion you would benefit. And as many have noted, sone doctors appear to hold the opinion most adults would benefit. They might not be…

Given that California legalized recreational use as of Jan 2018, you are technically correct as to the mechanics of medical cannabis, but that's not the best kind of correct.
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