A Life Savior

Medical marijuana is proved to have certain valuable medical properties, which are witnessed and documented. Just to name a few of them, there are: improvement in patients that suffer nausea and vomiting, raise of appetite in patients that undergo chemotherapy or suffer AIDS, it also reduces intraocular pressure and possesses general pain relieving properties. Some studies as well confirmed marijuana to have benefits for a vast range of medical conditions, from disseminate sclerosis to depression and similar conditions. Synthetic THC (THC is the main active component of marijuana) is also available as a prescription drug, known as Marinol. Marijuana effectively helps in a wide range of medical conditions and diseases, including muscle spasms, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS, HIV, diabetes, chronic pains, nausea, insomnia, seizure disorders, appetite loss, medium pains, spasticity, brain cancer, and lung cancer. Globally accepted by the medicinal society as an alternative treatment for patients, who suffer from a broad range of chronic diseases and medical conditions, medical has truly become one of a few treatments that are really effective. Of course, each patient has to first get a marijuana card.

Medical marijuana is most often used as an illegal substance or a recreational drug in other words, in a lot of developed nations. Medicinal researches have displayed that the THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) - marijuana's main active component - supplies essential medical benefits in a lot of patients. Voters of Arizona and California considered these benefits substantial and have approved regulations that allow the use of medical marijuana by any patient that has a medical marijuana card. In order to be taken through marijuana treatment, each patient has to be approved for and issued a marijuana card by a trusted doctor that has a marijuana license. After this patients are permitted to go through medical marijuana treatment. If a patient doesn't want to have troubles, they should register marijuana card of their own. One of the significant issues of being a marijuana card holder is that a patient is granted full legal protection of marijuana regulations and laws. Obtaining a medical card might be a tough thing to do, since it demands a reference from a physician that has a medical marijuana license. Make certain to visit one of your local medical marijuana dispensaries and proceed with the registration of your own marijuana card. But don't forget to contact the Department of Health of your state to verify which papers you need to bring along with you for your MMJ card registration. Although you could need to put up some additional efforts to become eligible for and acquire your medical card, you shouldn't be scared of the time the process can take. The physicians will provide you a recommendation if they consider that you really need it for your medical condition. Marijuana can also be an injurious drug, but it can supply tons of benefits if it is employed only, when somebody's health truly needs it.

Deputy Attorney General James Cole issued a new memo that has medical marijuana dispensary owners worried. President Obama's Justice Department has issued a new memo that is bound to effect the 16 medical marijuana states. Previously, The Obama administration signaled that it would not use the Justice Department resources to prosecute medical marijuana patients and caregivers. U.S. Deputy Attorney Dan Ogden issued a memo that that the Obama administration did not want to use valuable resources to target marijuana dispensaries and patients if they were obeying state law. The U.S. Department of Justice has now reversed its position and indicated that it will prosecute medical marijuana patients and dispensaries. This stunning reversal has the medical marijuana patients and dispensaries in an up roar. The minimum punishment under the federal system is a mandatory 5 years in prison. Under the previous Dan Ogden memo, marijuana dispensaries flourished. In the state of Colorado, dispensaries opened at an astonishing rate.

Before the Ogden memo there were only 12 marijuana dispensaries in the state of Colorado. After the Ogden memo, the number of dispensaries increase to over 800 through out the state of Colorado. Medical marijuana patients and dispensary owner are feeling betrayed with president Obama's new stance toward medical marijuana. On the campaign trail in 2008, Obama personally stated that he would not use the Justice Department to target medical marijuana patients and their caregivers as long as they were complying with state laws. The marijuana community is now under attack and in a state of panic. Marijuana dispensary owners are now on code red alert. At any time, the federal government came come and shut them down. They are organizing with their patients to protest and raids that may occur from any federal agencies. These plans include having patients show up during any raids with picket sign to help bring attention to this new policy.

Patients are encouraged to contact their local media, television station, radio station and to video tape any law enforcement encounter. Will this do any good? Only time will tell but its better than just staying under the radar and hoping things will change. The medical marijuana movement has had to fight every step of the way and they are not about to stop now. They only way to try to gain traction is to bring this new position to the public. The dispensary owners are trying to force the government out of the medicine cabinets of their patients. They face severe consequences to continue to serve their patients. Undoubtedly, there will be some dispensary owners that will shut down and close shop. But there will be those that step up to the challenge and open and expand their current operation. For now dispensary owners are cautioned to keep a low profile. That means turn off the neon put leaf's and cancel the newspaper advertising. Good luck to the brave marijuana dispensary owners that choose to stay open.