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Medical Marijuana FAQ:
Can I legally grow marijuana?
In California, as a legitimate patient or caregiver, one is entitled to grow a reasonable
amount for patient use only.
There is no reason that anyone, living in California, who is in possession
of a doctor's recommendation for medical marijuana would not qualify for
membership into one of the buyer's clubs. Proposition 215 allows for any
patient with a doctor's recommendation to use, possess or cultivate
marijuana for medical purposes.
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WAMM patient working in the garden
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How does Prop 215 protect me in California?
Applicable only to CA residents, an Affirmative
Defense is your best recourse for defending your
rights as a U.S. Citizen.
Am I protected under any other law?
For out of state residents, the Federal Government the
Necessity Defense applies.
The U.S. Federal Government presently serves eight patients annually with as much as
6
lbs. of pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes. This comes to about 300 pre-rolled
marijuana cigarettes per months under IND (investigational New Drug Program).
These
states have expressly addressed the issue of
palliative care, usually allowing some medicinal uses of marijuana in derogation
of controlled substances prohibitions
I have never grown marijuana before. How do I begin?
The following are suggested reference materials:
Isn't marijuana available in a pill
form? How well does it work?
Marinol, a pill made up of marijuana's most
psychoactive ingredient, THC, is available by prescription. For some patients, Marinol works. But for others, this
highly potent synthetic drug is too much, "knocking out" many patients
shortly after taking the pill. Marinol also does not stimulate appetite as well
as whole marijuana commonly does. Marinol is also expensive -- as much
as $30,000 a year for one patient's prescription!
In which
states in the U.S. have voters passed medical marijuana initiatives?
Many states have acknowledged that medical marijuana does have medicinal
uses. According to the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Alaska, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Maine, Oregon, Nevada and Washington. In Arizona and
California, medical marijuana laws were approved in 1996; in Alaska, Oregon and
Washington, 1998; in Maine, 1999; in Colorado and Nevada, 2000; and in the
District of Columbia, voters approved an initiative in 1998 with 69% of the
vote, but Congress overrode the law.
Collection of FAQ's from other sites that you
might find helpful:
For answers to other
questions you may have, please email WAMM.
Please be patient, we try to each answer each question individually
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