The medical marijuana amendment seems simple enough. If you have a note from your doctor and are registered with the state, you can acquire, grow and possess a limited amount of this illegal substance and not violate the state s drug laws. However, all of these activities remain federal crimes, so you still need to sneak around like a criminal if you engage in this conduct. As political satirist P.J. O Rourke once said about U.S. foreign policy, this law is something that can be understood. What it can t be is believed.
Physicians can prescribe all sorts of heavy-duty narcotic drugs with nary a notice from society.
Just take the prescription to your neighborhood pharmacy and start to feel better immediately. But under this amendment, if you want the pain relief from a debilitating medical condition that marijuana might provide, you need to register with the state and then find an illegal street source for your purchase. But if a mild hit on a joint might help this friend in her post-surgical recovery, she would have to commit a crime or petition the state for a marijuana registration card. This is obviously a draconian law. But what is really sad is that its proponents needed to go this route at all.