Medical marijuana witch-hunts are here
On April 24th, Governor Inslee signed SB5052, the “Cannabis Patient Protection Act” into law. Although named such, this bill threatens patient access to health care providers who are willing to work with medical cannabis patients and who have the clinical tools to do so.
In discussion with fellow citizens since the passage of SB5052, I’ve found many people are unaware why, for most patients, it is not a simple move to obtain an authorization for cannabis from their primary care doctor or their specialist (i.e. neurologist or oncologist). Prescriptive rights and a valid medical license are explicitly necessary for patient care, yet health care providers may risk their prescriptive rights as well as medical licensing when they discuss details of how to use cannabis with their patients. Compounding the issue, doctors working at large healthcare organizations and hospital systems may have administrative orders not to write recommendations or to discuss...
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