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Concerned Physicians working for safe and appropriate use of Medicinal Cannabis

 

Help for doctors, attorneys and patients legal documents, decisions, precedents, opinions etc.
Proposition 215
(read the text -- its short)
Also known as: California Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (CCUA) Health and Safety Code 11362.5 (HSC 11362.5).
Conant v. Walters
(complete text version)
summary | .pdf (35 pages)
Bearman v. Joseph
with commentary by Dr. Bearman, Attorney Weisberg, and Dr. Lucido
Implementation of the Compassionate Use Act in a Family Medical Practice: Seven Years Clinical Experience by
Frank H. Lucido, MD

Selections from above:

Marijuana Myths,
Marijuana Facts
Cannabis resource list

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About Frank Lucido, MD

Why MedBoardWatch.com?

by Frank Lucido MD
This page Updated 1/26/05

On July 30, 2004, I announced to the Medical Board of California's Division of Medical Quality: (MBC DMQ) 

"I will be monitoring all cases that come to my attention of doctors being investigated for having recommended cannabis, particularly those involving the popular afgoo strain .  I will be posting all pertinent documents on a new website I will be creating:  MedBoardWatch.com".

BACKGROUND:

I see 2 diverging but equally true realities:

  • Doctors have been afraid to recommend medical cannabis.
  • Doctors should never be fearful of practicing good and compassionate medicine, whether they're discussing treatments or simply having a laugh at a party in a weed costume .

PURPOSE

My purpose is to educate doctors, attorneys, law enforcement, legislators, patients and patient advocates on:

  1. The safety and effectiveness of medicinal cannabis.
  2. The laws that apply to medicinal cannabis, and legal judgments/precedents:

  3. Why and how doctors come to be investigated for having recommended medical cannabis.
  4. What standards will be most protective of patients and doctors in recommending this safe and effective medicine.  What is the range of standards that exist?

FURTHER INTENTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS SITE
 

  1. To forward allegations of law enforcement non-compliance with the law to appropriate resources.
  2. Track all Medical Board of California actions against physicians regarding medical cannabis.
  3. Links to continuing education resources.
  4. Possibly a conference for physicians to learn more about medical cannabis?

MY GOAL 

My goal is also to continue the work we have begun towards normalizing medical cannabis practice. I would like to see more primary care physicians (and treating specialists) give safe and appropriate recommendations for medical cannabis, since they know the patient best, and have the best documentation of the serious illness for which they have been following the patient. But until medical cannabis and its safety become, I believe more widely known to the primary care and specialist community, there will be a need for medical cannabis consulting physicians as a specialty, to fill the compassionate need of many sick patients.

Forward any questions or comments to:
Frank Lucido MD� [email protected]

Go ahead and search us:

Input to the Medical Board of California by year:
2004
November 5, 2004 -- Statement
  Reiterating the need for monitoring
 
July 30, 2004 -- Reply
  Regarding the MBC statement of 7/03
May 7, 2004 -- Transcript
  Various question raised to the MBC. Comments on MBC positions.
January 30, 2004
  Packet contents summary and statement calling to cease targeting doctors.
  Dr. Lucido reports on 1/30/04 MBC meeting
  Transcripts: 1/30/04 meeting
2003
November 7, 2003
  Will medical practice be determined by doctors or police?
August 1, 2003
  A cannabis resource list
  Associated risks
  Review of therapeutic effects
May 8, 2003
  Defining standards of care, complaint initiation and responsibility

 


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