oh point located in the university district of seattle what i do is i help medical cannabis patients who are in pain gain access to medical cannabis they can become a member a member of our collective garden and obtain medicine from our location thank you could you read just a short history of medical cannabis medical ca bis is the use of cannabis plant for medical reasons physicians recommend this form of medicine or herbal therapy and there are other federally approved synthetic forms of cannabis as well such as proven by the cancer research institute to have a positive result on cancer patients by making the cancers disappear because of this plant from which the cannabis drug is derived has a long history of medical use with evidence dating back to twenty seven thirty seven b c a number of studies claimed that medical cannabis relieves pain symptoms and is helpful in the treatment of many diseases why have you chosen to help patients with this medicinal herb well in the year two thousand i went into the united states navy and i was an aircraft director there in late two thousand and three or  early two thousand and three i developed epilepsy and i started having seizures by late two thousand and three early two thousand and four i was getting medically discharged from the navy i couldn't i couldn't be there  job and so the medication i was taking would would have hurt my my liver and my kidneys over time so when after i got out of the navy i started using cannabis and that replaced the medication i was previously taking it did not hurt my internal organs and thus was better for me so i got into this job to show and educate people about cannabis and the benefits of using it i figure if it can hold me can help other people and i figure i owe it to something that that keeps me from having seizures can you tell us the benefits of medical marijuana sure the most common use for medical cannabis is as a pain reliever there's a lot of pain relievers out there such as  buycott in that are used as a painter's pain reliever in their awful strong and addictive marijuana is neither of those and most times people can function when they use it thank you or there are dangers with over use as with all medicines well i'd like to say that you know cannabis could be used as an over counter medicine but then again it is a pain reliever and it is a medicine so it should be treated like one i wouldn't want to see this medicine be used as a rush recreational drug you know become you know open legal for everybody you know i'd like to focus on suite two hundred seattle washington nine eight one zero five you can look up the address income here and that's what a cannabis access point is you can come here and we've done all the work you know not everybody can produce their own product their own cannabis can you tell me where i can get medical cannabis authorisation if you're looking to get your green card you can visit w w w dot medical marijuana practice dot com this is our sister company the washington state medical marijuana authorization agency you can also call two zero six nine seven nine nine four two zero and we will answer any questions you may have if you go to the website please navigate to the forms page and fill fill out the forms separately there is a submit button at the bottom of each form once we receive your forms will call you to set an appointment why is your medical marijuana better than  regulated illegally grown weed or the cannabis here is better than cannabis you'll find off the street because oftentimes people who are growing cannabis for you know to make a profit you legally are they don't care about the end product as long as it looks and smells good so generally you can find mold powdery mildew spider my and other insects and bugs within the plant  sometimes there's still food that the plant was grown with that's left inside the plant not not flushed from it you could get mugged on the street when trying to get your medical cannabis you could be ripped off generally when you come into nevil i've already done the job to make sure to find the best medicine that you can find i am educated and i've been doing this for a while and i know how to find the medicine