Medical Marijuana Ignorance: Lobbyist Dan Harmon's Advisor Wins First Prize

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist.

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(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Whoever was Dan Harmon’s advisor, he did not know or understand anything about the State Medical Marijuana Program and especially the victims requiring the medicine. The State of Oregon says IT IS MEDICINE. 12 other states have similar laws.

I will attempt to clarify the mistakes of Dan Harmon and his advisor:

1. Every other medicine they can think of is more dangerous than Cannabis, morphine-like pain killers ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

2. Alcohol and other dangerous brain depressants are rarely tested for --- why not?

3. High School students know all about drugs and DARE is a failure.

4. Treatment options for drug abuse are an excellent idea for Morphine, Meth and Alcohol. Legal Medical Cannabis users really don’t need it, problems are RARE.

5. Amending the OMMA to stop abuse won’t work. These medical patients, card holders, are NOT the abusers. They can’t afford to waste money.

6. OMMP cards are given only to those patients who have specified medical conditions by the state --- no exceptions. Any new conditions must be approved by a very strict committee.

7. Most patients or care givers can grow only one crop per year and most use about one ounce per month. It would be cruel and immoral to deny those patients to use the only medicine giving good relief. There is no reasonable plant size. It requires a plant of 6 to 8 feet tall to produce a reasonable amount of usable medicine. One large grow area is better and safer than many with a few plants.

8. Violations of OMMA are already fined or jailed --- if there is space.

9. Most patients have been using Cannabis for medical purposes many years. They just want to get cards and be legal. Two hundred NEW patients are applying EVERY week. Are these supposed to be felons?

Attorney Dan Harmon

10. Of 8000 physicians in Oregon only 3000 have the “courage” to sign an application. About 2000 have signed only one or two. Cannabis Doctors are one-time specialists in the strictest sense of the word.

11. Almost all patients are Chronic. These are NOT for short term acute conditions. Supervision is not essential for these long-term users.

12. If a Cannabis patient says he can perform his job it must be true. Federal regulations control this employer/employee interface.

13. There is NO specific dosage, no two batches of Cannabis are alike. Frequency of use and method of consumption are highly variable the doctor CANNOT advise on this, the patient knows.

14. Marinol is known to cause severe anxiety reactions and severe paranoia. If patients have the choice they will NOT USE Marinol. Besides one pill costs about 20 dollars.

15. It is illegal for the OMMA office to tell anybody anything about patients and cards.

For more information on Harmon's plan to change the wishes of Oregon voters, visit: myspace.com/saveommp

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