Pharoah
Active Member
Hey, just thought I'd let you know our experience with getting a medical license.
We signed up through MMAS.ca (search google for others)
Legitimate doctors will ask for your medical records, medications, etc.. (here's a list of docs who sign for you, they actually won't sign for people unless they feel it is a last resort: http://johnturmel.com/doctors.htm)
First step is you sign the Government's medical forms (more info on medicalmarijuana.ca) There are a few forms you must sign, the representatives who aid you through the process will tell you which ones.
You're going to have to send in about 450 dollars to the agency that will hook you up with a doctor,diagnose your conditions, tell you what to do to get your license from step 1. It's a long process but I think it's worth it to have to legally grow marijuana.
Since you have depression and have taken meds (I presume that they make your condition worse through their side effects and seldom work) you will most likely be accepted for the license.
The license expires 1 year after it has been issued, and you're going to have to pay another 200ish dollars to that same agency you signed through to renew your license. You do that on an indefinite bases every year or until any changes have taken place.
We've waited about 5 months and will be getting the license in a few days.
OR, you can just go to a local doctor in your area (or the one who prescribed those meds for you) whose brain actually works and will sign for you instead of saying "no, it's bad for your health and illegal"
The reality is in actuality, Doctors are not ethically allowed to refuse a safe form of treatment as long as the treatment is working. Refusal of treatment is a violation of the Code of Ethics for doctors. In addition to this violation to the Code of Ethics, they also violate our "common law" doctrine of "informed consent" which allows any ADULT to use cannabis medically, and for a doctor to "refuse it" is a breach of that Doctrine.
While these points are not the ones a person should lead with, as a Doctor can refuse you service if you threaten them with these facts. They can be used to inform your doctor of some misconceptions of medical cannabis.