Posted on 07/02/2017 2:39:35 PM PDT by Jyotishi
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two additional medical marijuana dispensaries -- one on Oahu, the other on Kauai – were recently given the green light by the state Health Department to begin cultivating cannabis, even though the labs needed to test marijuana products still have not been certified to begin doing so.
The announcement brings what's expected to be an even bigger workload for employees from the three independent testing facilities, who have not even begun to approve any of the cannabis that's already been harvested.
The continued delays have one pain specialist concerned for a very specific reason: He says one of his patients died waiting for relief that can only come in the form of medical-grade cannabis.
Paul Klink is the founder of the Honolulu Wellness Center on Oahu -- and a certified medical cannabis consultant. His clinic offers non-synthetic solutions to medical conditions, including the use of medical-grade marijuana.
For one of his patients, Klink said, the wait for the cannabis was too long.
"I don't know why I still get emotional over this, but I can tell you his first name was Peter," Klink said. "He had cancer, very bad. Came in (to the clinic) in a wheelchair. Just sitting down, talking about the medicine, he was smiling."
Even though Peter was terminally ill, Klink said, he refused to take marijuana that wasn't tested for impurities and ended up dying while waiting for the drug to become legally available.
Klink said Peter was just one of his many patients who refuse to break the law by turning to the black market – even if it would mean relief.
"Most of the people can't afford the space or the time, or are too sick to grow it, and they need to go to the dispensary," Klink said....
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Red Tapes infects even this I see.
Somewhat hyperbolic.
This article is pure bulls@@t.
I doubt cannabis would have extended his life, but it might have made his last days more tolerable.
If it were me, I would have gotten it anyway I could, legal or not. I also drive 5 mph over the posted speed limit more often than not.
It would be no less accurate to say he died waiting for the release of Thor: Ragnarok.
HYPERBOLIC?!...HYPERBOLIC?!...WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!....SOMEBODY DIED FROM NOT BEING HIGH ENOUGH!
It was delayed because they hadn’t tested it enough. How much testing do you need for pot? Usually a sniff and a couple of puffs will tell you all you need to know.
Dear God, please don’t let me die before Thor: Ragnarok comes out. Amen.
“offers non-synthetic solutions to medical conditions”
Would the opium poppy be considered non-synthetic?
But, how does he know being high would have relieved his pain? He was loath to break the law and smoke weed. Now, it’s legal and he’s dead. Quite the conundrum.
What a weird story. Not buying it.
It was delayed because they hadn’t tested it enough. How much testing do you need for pot? Usually a sniff and a couple of puffs will tell you all you need to know.
It is a drug now, and just like any new, experimental medication, each variety/brand/grade will need extensive Federal review and approval for sale and use.
If I were a Doctor I would be stupid to Rx some random - origin and transport unknown - medicine to a patient. When you are sued by the surviving family what study of efficacy do you provide the Courts? You may even be criminally liable if a Sheriff is smart enough to send it to the Feds; which I would do.
Years ago a friend mine’s mom tried pot to offset the effects the chemo she was getting for her breast cancer. She smoked some, still got sick. She was so stoned when she threw up she ended up flushing her false teeth down the toilet! No more pot after that.
I suppose this terminal patient, “Peter”, was afraid to take strong opioids, because he might get addicted? Or he might overdose?
No, he’s being used as a political pawn by a “medical professional”
LOL
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More fake news!
Like Mary Jane is not available on the street ?????
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Pure? maybe there is a little turkey do-do too.
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this story is either spectacularly retarded, or criminally propagandistic.
pot is NOT life preserving, life saving, or life extending. if this is what the libertarians are now stooping to, then they deserve to finally be drug (no pun intended) out of the tent — you abandon this sort of catastrophic stupidity, you don’t attempt to reform it.
Not buying this story..
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