Here it is very difficult to find a doctor to sign your medical marijuana paperwork. I lucked out and my family doctor signed it - he has been pretty compliant since I got MS? Good, I guess. I'm hearing that most people who want cards are having to travel to this one doctor in Truth or Consequences New Mexico. Also, here the state has the strictest MM laws in the country. You actually have to have a pretty serious medical condition to get approved for MM. The only "psychological" condition now approved is PTSD. Good news is that the system is set up to change and people are hammering the state health dept with personal exemption requests and with requests to add addtional illnesses to those "approved" for MM.

In the entire state, the lastest I could gather, is that only 369 individuals have cards - but there is no where to buy MM in the state yet - the first commercial grower - called a "Provider" that can legally grow up to 95 mature plants for distribution to MM patients within the state - does not yet have any product. There are now ten Provider applications submitted to the state and two have been approved and only one is actually in production and says they should have product around middle of July.

I'm trying my best to get a Provider license myself but what a pain in the ass. Incorporating a non-profit is lengthy and annoying but the hardest part of all is find a "Medical Board Member" which one must have to be approved by the state. The board member must be a doctor or nurse or "other medical provider" which is defined as anyone who can write a prescription in the state. I thought I had a great lead but she said that she and everyone she spoke with at the hospice is just too afradi to put their professional license on the line for this MM business. I don't blame them, really.

When you say the word, "Marijuana" peoples minds often just turn to jelly, like it's some magic word or somethig. After that any logic or reason is gone