The problem I see with MMJ

Oh you'd be very very wrong with the amounts of money people spend on prescriptions...especially the elderly. Also prescriptions are usually covered by health insurance, if they WEREN'T you'd be paying a TON.

For example: I take a non-generic anti-depressant - every month it's $25 - except for the first couple months of the year when I have a HUGE deductible that I have to pay - so this month it was $131!

IF I DID NOT have insurance it would be $131 every month. Oh and that insurance - we pay a good $250 a week through my wife's work for me and my daughter.

The elderly who aren't on Medicare or have Health Insurance can rack up huge prescription bills. There are drugs out there that cost anywhere between $10 and $100 PER PILL.

I worked in the Health Insurance field for a time, I know of what I speak.

The difference between pharmaceuticals and MMJ is that Pharmas are covered by insurance and MMJ is not.

 

My neighbour spends 400 euros a month on weed when he isn't growing it himself.

 

I almost started growing here in Canada for patients but was told the company finding me legit card holders that I don't set the price I arrange one with the patients to work with what they can afford its a good system but I see growers selling ounces here to card holders for $30/ounce

 

Grow.Your. Own.

..and be free!

 

You make a LOOOOOOT of ASSumptions. You know, you just may not be accurate here. There's a SHITLOAD of patients who grow their own. If you're not a patient, how would you know?

There are also plenty of patients who get low-cost of free meds from growers directly.

Again, you don't have a frame of reference, you're just spit-balling on a subject you know very little about.

 

She would get reduced or free meds from every single MMJ Club I've ever been to. The high prices that we who can afford to pay help subsidize patients who can't afford it.

 

I'm sorry, but I am going to quote you on that. This was before we tried MMJ. Before my wife's insurance kicked in, we would have to spend over a thousand dollars a month on my medications. I have an extremely rare condition and most of the medication I tried before MMJ cannot come in generic form, as such the companies can charge whatever they want. And as somebody who can't live without the medications, we were stuck. MMJ, although expensive in itself, has taken the place of many of my other medications, which are more risky and harmful anyways.

It might be expensive, but it's better than the alternative, at least for me.

 

setting up a grow(medical is onmost always grown indoors) cost thousands...now if you just grow a couple plants in your back yard then its way cheaper but you are still going to have to spend money maintaining the plants

 

Is this due to the financial cost you see of a patient who uses cannabis on a daily basis?

Consider this. At one point (less than a year and a half ago) docs and those who thought they were had me on over 15 separate medications at one time. I have good drug coverage through my insurance plan. However copay's always apply, and average $10-$20 each prescription. Monthly, I would spend $250 or more. Sure prescriptions were mostly covered, but those damned co-pays.

I have read that an average medical user can expect an ounce of cannabis to last about a month. Now, in this situation, slightly more is being spend on cannabis than pharmaceuticals. However, taking so many meds at once is hell on a body and mind. Not only does each med have its own side effects, when you combine many different classes of drugs-the side effects multiply. There have been very scary times that had required a hospital visit due to medication interaction. Add $2k-$3k minimum there.

After making a decision to give the finger to the big pharm, I halted all medications except for one. Still side effects, but extremely minimal compared to what it used to be.

And in the end, I am consoled by the fact that a once high liver count is now low again.

I am curious, however. Are you suggesting that a plant that has been used for over 5000 years for its medical properties is not, in fact, actually medicinal?

 

If weed was legal in Canada you would get HUGE discounts since it would be classified as medicine. I get about a 80% discount on all medication the doctor prescribes

 

maybe im wrong though since the pharmaceutical companies wouldnt be supplying it?

 

grown your own /thread

 

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it will be awesome when the time comes for doctors to say as you are leaving their office...I have no pills to subscribe, just go and grow your own medicine in the dirt under the sun. Until you get your grow established you will need a supplier..