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Originally Posted by Yoda  That little bit about Ashmoon's problem was complaints of them selling to to young patients is not good,.
This is a Problem, & needs to be addressed..
I''ve said it many times MMJ patients should be a Min of 21,.
Teenage years are 13-19 ..
I see it in the clubs and the Doctors offices,
Makes me mad, and if anything these kid's are going to ruin it for everyone,.
How these kid's can be in such serious pain is beyond me,.
they walk and talk just fine,.
16 and 17 year old's with their parents permission to use MMJ is crap, something needs to be done about it,.
please !! |
First, you need to consider it's the cops who said the patients look too young. Just because cops think someone's too young, doesn't mean they are.
There are several other things to consider here:
- Chronic illnesses effect people of every age. A close friend of mine who's 26 has cancer - she was diagnosed when she was 25. Another friend of mine who's in his mid twenties has arthritis - he was diagnosed with arthritis when he was a teenager.
- As long as a minor has a parent's permission, there's no reason he/she shouldn't be able to access medicine that helps.
- Why should we hold medical marijuana to a different standard for measuring adulthood? If you can buy cigarettes and fight in the army when you're 18, I think you're capable of choosing your medicine with the help of a doctor.
- People who are sick often don't look sick. Example: ASA's executive director looks young and healthy. Unless she's having a particularly bad day when she can't move, you wouldn't know that she's in constant pain due to serious back injuries.
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Law enforcement should NEVER decide if a patient is sick enough or old enough to use medical cannabis. That should be determined by the patient, a doctor, and, if the patient's a minor, his/her parents.