Employee insurance plan must pay for medical marijuana
- Thread starter PKHydro
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Farmer.J
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Hey this news scores one big win for home growing. What better reason for government to lighten up on the topic. If people grow their own, it isn't going to be a drain tax payers or insurance companies.
WHATFG
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Interestingly, and sort of the same, the compensation board I deal with won't accept cannabis as a med becuase it isn't in the provincial drug formulary....but nabilone is....so they won't cover the real thing but something that imitates it is good to go.....it's hard to get receipts from the BM anyway...lol...
kDude
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i don't want them doing this, covering medical marijuana.
firstly i don't want the weak excuse MJ cards to get free pot.. you know so many would try to exploit this.
but more-so, because of that; i see it causing all sorts of problems, with them likely eventually even getting doctors to re-do/re-check if someone really needs it, and not renewing many cardholders. "its legal, you can get the little you need there now"
..maybe even limiting it back to cancers and serious ailments only, if they decide to cover it.
y'all think it could be great for you.. knowing govs; i think it could be horrible for you.
firstly i don't want the weak excuse MJ cards to get free pot.. you know so many would try to exploit this.
but more-so, because of that; i see it causing all sorts of problems, with them likely eventually even getting doctors to re-do/re-check if someone really needs it, and not renewing many cardholders. "its legal, you can get the little you need there now"
..maybe even limiting it back to cancers and serious ailments only, if they decide to cover it.
y'all think it could be great for you.. knowing govs; i think it could be horrible for you.
cannadan
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Agreed K dude.....those that would abuse the system....would screw over those legit patients
just like those that sell pills...have screwed over legit chronic pain patients....
or one better would be forcing LP's to provide mmj to the medical system for free or maybe just for shipping costs...they rode on our backs to get into this (rec)market early...
and need to do the right thing....by providing cannabis at cost or less to medical patients
it should be part of the licence requirements.
PKHydro
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Ya, I wonder if this will force worksafeBC to begin covering cannabis.
ANC
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I can't wait for that to become law here too. They will have a hernia, they already spend hundreds of dollars a month in pills to keep my sorry arse alive.
What I suggest government focus on is the safe growing of cannabis. I.e. maybe some education plan that involves fire and electrical code specifications, maybe some cheap safety-only inspection in regards to the above. Done by 3rd party companies. Requiring towns to spend some of their pot tax money on providing testing facilities for impurities and toxins. etc. THings that are not only going t6o make the weed safer, but also protect the lay grower from making life-changing mistakes like burning their or a neighbor's house down.
What I suggest government focus on is the safe growing of cannabis. I.e. maybe some education plan that involves fire and electrical code specifications, maybe some cheap safety-only inspection in regards to the above. Done by 3rd party companies. Requiring towns to spend some of their pot tax money on providing testing facilities for impurities and toxins. etc. THings that are not only going t6o make the weed safer, but also protect the lay grower from making life-changing mistakes like burning their or a neighbor's house down.
ANC
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Yeah but you don't want 10 ballasts plugged into the same trip switch.
Many who are sick already do with no INS
cannadan
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WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALL ALONG....maybe high time some med patients caught a break.
