Beneficiaries Abuse Proposition 215 – Medical Marijuana Advocates in Defense
According to Dr. Jean Talleyrand, Medi-Cann founder, “Overwhelmingly, they’re seeking relief from pain; pain for any different reasons; people who’ve had multiple fractures; people with arthritis.” He stated that his purpose on icing medicine in more holistic ways has inspired him to establish Medi-Cann. Medi-Cann is a statewide network of nine medical clinics offering evaluations for individuals in order to obtain a licensed physician’s or marijuana doctor’s referral for marijuana.Medi-Cann has been seeing more than 500 patients a week. Talleyrand has completed his training in San Francisco and said that, “I kind of have a little bit more progressive, alternative look at health. As I developed what I wanted to do, a lot of it was alternative healing; acupuncture, botanical medicine. Marijuana is botanical medicine and when you start thinking of it that way, you redefine what it’s good for. A lot of plants and herbs are good for a lot of different things.And because they tend to be more benign than pharmaceuticals, they tend to have lesser side effects too.”
Wayne Justmann, member of a San Francisco cannabis cooperative, Church Street Compassion Center said that the critics against San Francisco cannabis have been reproving the users and advocates (caregivers, providers, marijuana doctors) of the drug of exploiting the expansive language of Proposition 215 as they seek out marijuana for frivolous purposes. Justmann had argued that Proposition 215 has been clear on the fact that San Francisco cannabis users should secure permits and a licensed physician’s or marijuana doctor’s recommendation prior to possessing and cultivating the drug.
Justmann has been positive for HIV for 18 years. He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was the first person to secure a medical marijuana ID card in San Francisco with a recommendation from a licensed physician/marijuana doctor. He said that in his case, San Francisco cannabis or any medical marijuana coming from other areas has been established to be more effective than any prescribed drug or pills. Justmann said that he does not have faith in the behavior of other people inhibiting access to marijuana.He said that, “People will abuse any type of system; it’s human nature. Do we close down the Internet because some people abuse it?” Equally, founder of Americans for Safe Access, Sherer, had admitted that she take Oakland cannabis for her chronic pain owed to a neck injury. Sherer has been an
activist and organizer on campaigns that involved social justice, globalization, and various progressive causes. She had worked with patients and advocates (caregivers, providers, marijuana doctors) of medical marijuana. As she suffered a neck injury, she was left with severe chronic pain and shifter her career path. Shere had shared that, “About
a year and a half into my injury, my kidneys started failing because of side effects from my pain medications and ibuprofen.
It’s not an uncommon thing — about 1 in 200 people’s kidneys shut down when they have to take 3200 milligrams of ibuprofen a day. I was not a marijuana user — I thought that medical marijuana was for people who were dying.
Luckily I lived in California and had a marijuana doctor who said that maybe I should try it.”
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