i've never really looked into the legalities of medical marijuana, but as someone studying to be a pharmacist (no, you can't have the damn keys to the narcotics cabinet, STOP ASKING!), few things piss me off more than when the federal government interferes with the healthcare system for no reason other than as a dick-waving exercise. granted, this was the courts, and yes, the law is the law, but like someone else said, it really sucks for patients who really need this stuff. i've seen people who have chronic pain or a certain type of pain where opioids do nothing but make them puke and not ever poop. no amount of fentanyl would alleviate these people's pain, but for whatever reason, marijuana makes life livable for them again. i'm hoping to learn a bit about the advocacy trade from a pain management pharmacist who works in the VA hospital across the street from where I'm staying at school. that guy breaks his back for his patients, and spends the rest of his time railing against the VA for patient abuse, amongst other things that make them rotten, vile people. personally, i'm hoping to spend a chunk of my professional career waging a vendetta against the DEA and any other organization that knows how much suffering it causes through its actions, yet blatantly ignores the consequences no matter what the response from the healthcare community is. for example, i read a story about a guy who was arrested by DEA agents (them or the local pigs, I don't recall, but the DEA was involved at the top for sure) because he had been receiving, "too much narcotic medication" and they charged him with distribution because he had his prescription bottle on him. exactly which shithead at the DEA gets to make that decision, i wonder...i'd bet any amount of money its not a doctor. so a guy being treated for legit pain gets shaken down and bullied...way to go DEA, your dick's bigger than mine...can we stop this now? its pot...IT'S FUCKING POT! you're gonna stand there and say pot is illegal and dangerous, and yet keep a drug like propoxyphene on the market...which doesn't even work? Fentanyl, a drug that can kill regular patients (and n00bs who insist on writing, "how do i shoot fent" threads) cause grandma wanted to use the heating pad for her achin' back? maybe companies should just take responsibility for the people they hire and fire the guy if he's doing a shitty job, not if he's on drugs. if he slacks off cause of drug use, fire his ass. if not, leave him alone. honestly, i think all those vitamins pediatricians prescribe for kids are pills that create an enormous tolerance for bullshit and insanity...maybe a new conspiracy theory? just for all this BS, the next time someone brings in an obviously forged CII script to my pharmacy without a date or DEA number, i might accidentally correct it and fill it. sorry for ranting, i think this might even be my first post on here, but thanks for listening to a frustrated healthcare worker. cheers.
