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Comrade Grumpy

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10. They don't write prescriptions, they write "recommendations."

Reply to shanti (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:50 PM

Jan 2013

You have to be licensed by the DEA to prescribe medications, and the DEA threatens to take the license of any doctor who prescribes medical marijuana, so the state laws are written for "recommendations."

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This article is messed up. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #3

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Schedule 2 allows States to make laws on their own which is why doctors can prescribe Desoxin Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #8

what? shanti Jan 2013 #9

They don't write prescriptions, they write "recommendations." Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #10

The doctor's prescription pad is filled out in triplicate. Socal31 Jan 2013 #13

Good. nick of time Jan 2013 #11

Honest question loyalsister Jan 2013 #14