http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/MMP/Pages/Medical%20Marijuana%20Program....

Personally I think that if marijuana is used medically for legitimate reasons, I see nothing wrong with it. The synthetic junk they currently use is not nearly as effective as the real stuff. It relieves pain and nausea and stimulates the appetite, which is especially important for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Should it be used in front of children? I think that depends on how old they are and their ability to understand why it's being used. I hope she doesn't think she can just start saying it's for medical purposes because I believe you have to be approved and carry a card to be able to use it (at least in CA). I know that people use it under the radar for both legitimate and recreational purposes, but I don't know how a judge would view its use in front of children. You might try to find some prior cases similar to yours and see how the court ruled.

If I think about it I get angry. Oh well, here I go.

Medicinal purposes? Give me a f'in break! Sometimes I have really bad joint pain too but I value my job and my family too much too risk it. I have thought at times I had Fibro as well and I've even been tested for Lupus because they thought that it might be that. You've got to be kidding me. Last time I checked maryj was still illegal in most situations. That's the same as Lil Wayne telling Katie Couric he smokes it due to his migraines. Yeah right.

I'm with you. There are certain situations where it can be of value. I'm not sure Fibro should qualify. What about Lyrica? At least that is legal.

The BM we deal with smokes it all the time too. She has since junior high according to DH. I wonder what her excuse is? She's almost 50. I wonder sometimes if her future grandchildren will be subjected to her problem. The problem with our BM is that her "issue" has landed her son without a license due to son being pulled over in her car. "Oops, DH I forgot to take it out" was the excuse she gave upon DH's questioning her. Then the dummy tried to call the cops and tell them it was hers and SS should not be punished for her mistake. Hello BM, the damage is already done - how are they going to prove it was yours and not his? Anyway, he lost his license for six months over that ordeal. I could go on and on. I had another time when my exH son called me and apologized to me for having smoked dope with said BM. OK now, so not only is her son bearing the brunt for her mistakes, but now my ex SS was taught by BM how to do this? What else does she do with children? And how did she get her hands on my exSS?

I think young adults are going to do what they are going to do. However, at some point they need to grow up and realize they have kids to raise and it would be the right thing to do to not subject your kids to it. Young kids have enough to deal with from their own peers. They deserve a good role model. We've all done stuff like this before. At some point we should all outgrow it. That is just my two cents and I hope I did not offend anyone!

"OCD sucks"
Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to destroy.
--Henri de Lubac

where did I say it was no big deal? I said I see nothing wrong with using it for LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSES.

You asked for opinions and I gave mine. Sorry it wasn't what you wanted to hear.

You're right that is a difficult subject. The only person I know that every used it was my aunt. She had been battling cancer for years and had undergone 2 bone marrow transplants. When she was doing the last round of chemo it was terrible for her. So her doctor enrolled her in a test group. It seemed to ease her pain some and helped her have enough appetite to let her get through the day. She preferred it to going on a morphine drip. All I know is it helped her live out her last few months without being in too much pain. I don't know what I would do in the same situation.

If she uses drugs recreationally or otherwise, can you ask the court to order her to have drug testing ?
More so if she drives with the kid in the car... and high.
I think but not sure.... they can tell how much pot has been smoked ?
Maybe she is abusing it ?

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because she may be able to legally smoke pot, but can she legally drive stoned?
and what about the kids? are they smoking it with her? drug testing on them too maybe ?

I have Fibro and so do two of my g/f's and we have never gotten offered Mary Jane and we live in a pretty liberal city. We just got pain meds - which as you all know still had side affects like causing drowsiness.

I admit i used to smoke weed when I was younger and tried a lot of other things too but I turned my life around once I had a kid. If she can't get her shit together maybe SS needs to be living in your home.

I used to manage a commercial property and one of our tenants provide mj but it was for cancer patients and patients that had AIDS and I thought it was awesome to be able to give this to people that were suffering.

I can see it in some medical cases like cancer. I know fibromyalgia is difficult to diagnose and is often a 'catch all' diagnosis when they can't figure out what is wrong.

But people like your BM seem to be addicted to pot and can no longer think clearly - and trust me I have known plenty of people who have smoked it for years and they seem to be pretty fried even though they claim to not be. My family and I have had our own issues with various things and I can recognize just trying to justify their use.

It clouds your thinking overall with that much use and I think a judge would be VERY interested to hear a BM does it period - I think you can request mandatory drug testing, especially if SHE has had any arrests or legal problems because of it.

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin