Claim: The medical marijuana ballot initiative "doesn't require a physician writing a prescription" and can be for conditions like "having a back that needs to be scratched."
Fact-check: Medical marijuana ballot initiative requires doctors' input but not a prescription for 'debilitating' conditions
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Joshua Gillin;Amy Sherman
Date published: 2014-02-21T00:00:00