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Officials seek public input on medical marijuana
8/21/07|The News Tribune| by M. Alexander Otto

The Washington State Department of Health is looking for public input on what constitutes a 60-day supply of medical marijuana.
Officials also want to hear the public’s ideas about how patients can gain access to adequate and safe sources of medical marijuana.

The department is looking for answers to those questions because the state Legislature earlier this year asked officials to make new rules on those two topics in an effort to smooth access for sick people to medical marijuana, which Washington voters legalized in 1998.

"We want to hear from anyone interested in the topic,” said Blake Maresh, who is directing the rules effort for the agency.

The rules, due next year, are ultimately to be based on research, expert advice, public input and the best practices of other states.

The plant helps fight nausea and pain in people sick with multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS and other serious illnesses.

The public can submit comments to medicalmarijuana@doh.wa.gov.

Public workshops will also be in Seattle, Spokane, Yakima and Vancouver in mid-September.

The Seattle workshop is scheduled for Sept. 10.

Following the workshops, the draft rules will be filed, and formal, public hearings on them will take place.

The state’s medical marijuana Web site has updates on how the rule-making is going, the schedule for the public hearings, and other issues related to the medical use of marijuana at Information on Medical Marijuana.

Broliette

A 60 day supply of marijuana; I'd say....make it as much as the Compassionate IND program patients, like Irvin Rosenfeld, get - 11.5 ounces per 25 days

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Buzzby

It so much depends on what the patient needs and it can vary widely. I'm a medical user at 0.3 g/day. I read about a woman who needs 25 g/day. She'd need 22 oz per 25 days. I'd need 0.18 oz for the same period.

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stoneygreenbud

As buzz said, it will vary widely.
where buzz only uses 0.3g per day, I on the other hand need anywhere from 6 to 10g per day depending on my level of pain. and a patient that cooks with cannabis as well as smokes is gonna use more, simply because cooking will require more.

since the law in Wa. is very grey in what is a 60 day supply, I've been following Oregons guidelines. you can find Oregons guidelines at norml , Oregon--medical use.

I've found that with those limits a patient should be able to always have their medicine with out fear of running out.

If you live in Wa. even if your not a medical patient take the time to send an email in the above post and let your voice be heard! myself and patients like me are counting on you too.

Stoney

ssj3gotenks

I'd be very curious to know if this is some schwag, mids, dank, or elite strains. I thought i heard somewhere that there's a place in the US sponsored by the gov. that has been critisized for weak mj.

Buzzby

The weed the federal government has grown for it at they University of Mississippi has been reported as being sub-standard, but only a handful of patients receive it. They're all survivors of a medical marijuana pilot program from the 70s.

The medicinal marijuana used by people in the states where it's legal tends to be of very high quality.