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Stoney Girl · 07-11-2008, 05:19 PM

Another patient brought up the issue of having his doctor fire him for testing positive for marijuana. This is an important issue for all of us with pain that requires pain medications in addition to cannabinoids. The Emerald Steel decision means that they can no longer deny us services based on a positive urine tests without being liable for stiff federal fines and loss of federal funding. I made them aware of the ruling and what it means and gave them the opinion of The State's ADA consultant of record on the matter.

The doctor who runs the Medford VA claims that He has unuasually high rates of marijuana use in his pain management clinics, and I explained that traditionally, Oregon has had higher rates of marijuana usage than the national average based on SAMHSA surveys going back to 1970 and DASC reports going back to 1988. He responded that marijuana users exhibit abberant behavior and have addictive issues. I was not allowed to respond to his reefer madness issues.

07-11-2008, 05:19 PM	#4
Stoney Girl 420 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Happy Valley, Oregon Posts: 61	Re: Oregon Pain Management Commission Another patient brought up the issue of having his doctor fire him for testing positive for marijuana. This is an important issue for all of us with pain that requires pain medications in addition to cannabinoids. The Emerald Steel decision means that they can no longer deny us services based on a positive urine tests without being liable for stiff federal fines and loss of federal funding. I made them aware of the ruling and what it means and gave them the opinion of The State's ADA consultant of record on the matter. The doctor who runs the Medford VA claims that He has unuasually high rates of marijuana use in his pain management clinics, and I explained that traditionally, Oregon has had higher rates of marijuana usage than the national average based on SAMHSA surveys going back to 1970 and DASC reports going back to 1988. He responded that marijuana users exhibit abberant behavior and have addictive issues. I was not allowed to respond to his reefer madness issues.