Silverbackman

Swim never renewed his medical cannabis card because of the many possible legal and societal sanction he could have gotten if it were discovered. More specifically, since medical marijuana is still illegal under federal law there are (or were) many hurdles preventing it made known or others finding out about it. I did read a case of a man who was denied an organ transplant because he had thc found in his metabolites....even though he was a medical marijuana patient. I have also heard of medical marijuana patients who have been terminated or refused a job after admitting they were medical marijuana patients even though they had all the legally required documents.

But now the Obama administration has promised to end raids on medical marijuana dispensaries and patients. This most likely means that federal prohibitions on medical cannabis don't apply anymore, right? And wouldn't this mean that medical cannabis is now more easily able to be accepted due to it being legitimate medicine under federal law?

So it would be safe if your employer or doctor (well organ transplant doctor, in case it came to that) to know or find out about your medical cannabis prescription? I mean they wouldn't be able to just fire you since that would be like discrimination based off medical issues or disabilities.....since it's now almost 100% legal medicine. Is it now safe to get a medical cannabis recommendation without having to face job or medical consequences now that the raids will end and it has been declared that cannabis is federally legal medicine?

legalizeItnow

I would say every employer will handle this issue differently.

I would also say that until a change is made on Federal level for
MMJ patients, anyone is still at risk, regardless, even if they hold a
cannabis card from a DR.

Silverbackman

I wonder whether they are going to make plans to re-classify cannabis from schedule 1 to at least schedule 3, in the same group as marinol and synthetic thc. Otherwise how could they stop raids? I mean yeah they could claim to do so but then some DEA idealist might decide that they can still legally arrest cannabis patients due to the current scheduling.

Calculus

Well my workplace doesn't do random drug checks (I've been working the same job for almost 2 years now and not one test has been given out even when I interviewed for the job). Anyway, I will not let them know that I'm smoking medicinal weed unless I'm smoking on the job (which I will never do) and I know it's going to affect my performance. Just because how society is in general about marijuana, I'd keep it to myself unless they really need to know and I even live in California.

Sofa King

Obama's POLICY on not overriding State law is just that, a Policy not a Law. MJ is still illegal under federal law. Plus the policy does not forbid the Feds from doing raids it just discourages it. The new policy left the window wide open for the Feds to continue raids if they feel the need to.

__________________

**** ** **** ** CDXX ** **** ** ****

KillerWeed420

#1: Your MJ authorization does not need to be renewed.
#2: Never tell your employer about any prescriptions you're taking. Its none of his business.
I would start a debate with the other employees first on MMJ. Don't admit to anything but just get everybody to talk about it. Maybe at some point if you have to do randoms, get your fellow employees to gether with the boss and find out his feelings on the matter. Maybe he'll stop his randoms, save some money.

shibshib

Says who? If you are referring to the recent court decision in california regarding the need to renew ones prescription... while the court did say doctors have the *option* to grant non-expiring medical cards, it was deemed up to the *doctor* to decide.

Since the doctors follow guidelines from the medical board (which encourage yearly checkups), there are no doctors (I've called a ton to try to find one) that will give you a scrip longer than 1 year.

The whole point OF a card/scrip is to have certain protections incase of LEO encounter... but if your card is expired, how are you covered?

If you hand an officer an expired card and he is willing to call, the doctor will state what is reality... which is your scrip has expired and you are no longer authorized--under that doctor's professional opinion--to use medical marijuana.

I've come to look at it as a yearly fee I pay to make sure a guy with a medical degree will vouch for me. Part of me feels its scammy (some places charge upwards of $150 to $200 per year for renewals), but the other side of me can respect the amount of risk these doctors are taking and the cost to keep up their automated verification systems, etc. etc. Don't get me wrong, I never pay more than $100 to renew and anymore is outrageous, but yeah... it's the cost to use marijuana.

I don't know... maybe I'm missing something here or this is for a different state... but in california, you can renew with any of many doctors offices and your records are kept confidential... meaning no risk of anyone finding out you use marijuana (its not like registering with the state... and there is no reason to register with the state).


As for your other concern... I am happy to let loved ones and close friends know I use medical marijuana... but beyond that, I believe it is personal, just like any other medication, there is no reason to chat about it.

Further... I *never* *ever* admit to using marijuana on any type of record (be it voicemail, text messages, or paperwork). Who knows what the future holds for marijuana, and I don't find any benefit of letting people know who control my job, insurance, or health care.

__________________
Q: Does weed make you smarter, ShibShib?
A: No, it just focuses me. ADHD is like having a bunch of TVs in your head, all running different programs, and having no ability to control them. Marijuana not only appears to give me a remote, it also allows me to shut off all the other TVs sucking up the juice... which makes the TV I'm watching a bit brighter.

SleepyJohn

In a retarded State, My Main Healthe Provider, Doctor of Medicine, told Me,"When I was doing My internship, in California,"IT" was studyed over, and I'd perscibe it to You in a second, the synthatics available, are chemical samples, of THC, so I'll have to go with the opium extraction,and I'm sorry, but that's all I can do". I asked Him, why It's illeagal, and He said,"Ignorance, and the non FDA restrictions,are Probably paying off the pharmasutical companys, who would loose all the Money, on a plant,anybody can grow."