You can call BS all you want, they have the Doctor right there in an adjacent office who will give the prescription for anything anytime.
Insomnia and headaches are popular maladies.
I thought this was urban legend - but it looks like you’re right: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Medical-Marijuana-is-Already-Recreational-Say-Insiders-291993051.html
Why was he busted?
‘at his sentencing, Judge George H. Wu of Federal District Court in Los Angeles recounted Mr. Lynch’s efforts to obey local law and said there was no evidence he had known of infractions federal agents described: that a worker had made secret sales on the side and that some of his more than 2,000 enrolled customers had received prescriptions on fraudulent pretexts.
‘“Individuals such as Lynch are caught in the middle of the shifting positions of government authorities,” Judge Wu said as he disregarded the federal request for a mandatory five-year term but said he felt legally compelled to sentence Mr. Lynch to a year and a day.’