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Medical Marijuana Policy Still Fuzzy!
Posted by FoM on April 30, 1999 at 14:23:07 PT
Source: Seattle Times
Gregory Sheffield, an HIV-positive patient who is crippled by arthritis, asked his doctor for a letter allowing him to legally smoke marijuana to decrease his pain and increase his appetite. He heard conflicting answers. 
One was that his doctor supported his using marijuana for those medical problems. The other was that the doctor, who works at Harborview Medical Center, had been told by his medical director not to sign such letters. Voters in Washington last November passed a law legalizing the use of marijuana by certain patients, allowing a physician to write a letter or statement "qualifying" a patient to legally possess a 60-day supply. Click the above link to read the whole article!
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