{"id":1444,"date":"2012-03-14T07:57:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T07:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2012-03-14T07:57:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T07:57:31","slug":"medicating-with-cannabis-gets-patient-kicked-out-of-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medicating-with-cannabis-gets-patient-kicked-out-of-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicating with Cannabis gets Patient Kicked out of Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/medicating-with-cannabis-gets-patient-kicked-out-of-hospital\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"111\" height=\"53\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCSF-medical-center1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UCSF medical center\" title=\"UCSF medical center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13091\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medicating-with-cannabis-gets-patient-kicked-out-of-hospital\/attachment\/ucsf-medical-center-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCSF-medical-center1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a>Western medicine has been very rigid in its approach toward treating patients, leaving little room for alternative ideas.\u00a0 Accepted medical techniques are bound to the law in America so alternative approaches are often illegal.\u00a0 This week a highly publicized example of the battle between stubborn \u201caccepted practices\u201d vs. alternative methods found its way into the news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/angeljustice.org\/angel\/Angel_Raichs_Website.html\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Raich <\/a>is a widely recognized marijuana advocate who has fought tirelessly over the years for marijuana reform (<a href=\"http:\/\/4lawnotes.com\/showthread.php\/2027-Gonzales-v.-Raich\" target=\"_blank\">click here for info on the U.S. Supreme Court Case Gonzales v. Raich<\/a>) \u00a0 She has suffered debilitating issues since 1995 and most recently has developed an inoperable brain tumor.\u00a0 She attempted to vaporize marijuana while at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsfhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCSF Medical Center <\/a>and was forced to leave the hospital. Angel Raich has claimed that her quality of life has improved drastically with marijuana use and that she would have been wheelchair bound for the last 17 years without it.\u00a0 Her physician <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drfranklucido.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Lucido M.D.<\/a> has said that &#8220;Angel has no reasonable legal alternative to cannabis for the effective treatment or alleviation of her medical conditions\u2026Angel will suffer imminent harm without access to cannabis.\u00a0 Angel needs to medicate every two waking hours. After a certain number of medications have been tried, it would be malpractice to subject the patient to further unnecessary harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We do not recommend that anyone violate the laws of a hospital, but we do understand that patients can be left without much choice.\u00a0 As her physician has previously stated, Angel Raich\u2019s life is threatened constantly by excruciating pain if she is unable to medicate with cannabis.\u00a0 Ms. Raich is not a teenager trying to get exposure, she is a trailblazer trying to make her days tolerable. \u00a0\u00a0We also understand that hospitals must be concerned with smoke of any kind, but perhaps they will consider an alternative to turning their backs on sick patients.<\/p>\n<p>The UCSF medical center released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UCSF is a smoke-free campus and this includes medical marijuana. Several members of the media have asked if UCSF allows the use of a vaporized form of marijuana. It does not. Even a vaporized form of medical marijuana releases particles in the air that are damaging to the lung. Any particles from vapor and odor could have an impact on other patients and hospital employees.<\/p>\n<p>Under federal and state law, a physician is at legal risk related to any activity that could be construed as prescribing medical marijuana to a patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At some point we hope to see a medical facility that will challenge federal guidelines and place more emphasis on relief rather than worrying about the legal backlash for permitting patients to medicate with marijuana.\u00a0 As Angel Raich struggles, we hope her story will highlight the obstacles that many patients face.\u00a0 In all facets of life, established ideas rarely die without kicking and screaming but there is room for more than one idea.\u00a0 Medical marijuana does not have to be at odds with traditional medical treatments, rather it can work simultaneously with established treatments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"111\" height=\"53\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCSF-medical-center1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"UCSF medical center\" title=\"UCSF medical center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13091\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/medicating-with-cannabis-gets-patient-kicked-out-of-hospital\/attachment\/ucsf-medical-center-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/UCSF-medical-center1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"53\" \/><\/a>Western medicine has been very rigid in its approach toward treating patients, leaving little room for alternative ideas.\u00a0 Accepted medical techniques are bound to the law in America so alternative approaches are often illegal.\u00a0 This week a highly publicized example of the battle between stubborn \u201caccepted practices\u201d vs. alternative methods found its way into the news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/angeljustice.org\/angel\/Angel_Raichs_Website.html\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Raich <\/a>is a widely recognized marijuana advocate who has fought tirelessly over the years for marijuana reform (<a href=\"http:\/\/4lawnotes.com\/showthread.php\/2027-Gonzales-v.-Raich\" target=\"_blank\">click here for info on the U.S. Supreme Court Case Gonzales v. Raich<\/a>) \u00a0 She has suffered debilitating issues since 1995 and most recently has developed an inoperable brain tumor.\u00a0 She attempted to vaporize marijuana while at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsfhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCSF Medical Center <\/a>and was forced to leave the hospital. Angel Raich has claimed that her quality of life has improved drastically with marijuana use and that she would have been wheelchair bound for the last 17 years without it.\u00a0 Her physician <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drfranklucido.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Lucido M.D.<\/a> has said that &#8220;Angel has no reasonable legal alternative to cannabis for the effective treatment or alleviation of her medical conditions\u2026Angel will suffer imminent harm without access to cannabis.\u00a0 Angel needs to medicate every two waking hours. After a certain number of medications have been tried, it would be malpractice to subject the patient to further unnecessary harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We do not recommend that anyone violate the laws of a hospital, but we do understand that patients can be left without much choice.\u00a0 As her physician has previously stated, Angel Raich\u2019s life is threatened constantly by excruciating pain if she is unable to medicate with cannabis.\u00a0 Ms. Raich is not a teenager trying to get exposure, she is a trailblazer trying to make her days tolerable. \u00a0\u00a0We also understand that hospitals must be concerned with smoke of any kind, but perhaps they will consider an alternative to turning their backs on sick patients.<\/p>\n<p>The UCSF medical center released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UCSF is a smoke-free campus and this includes medical marijuana. Several members of the media have asked if UCSF allows the use of a vaporized form of marijuana. It does not. Even a vaporized form of medical marijuana releases particles in the air that are damaging to the lung. Any particles from vapor and odor could have an impact on other patients and hospital employees.<\/p>\n<p>Under federal and state law, a physician is at legal risk related to any activity that could be construed as prescribing medical marijuana to a patient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At some point we hope to see a medical facility that will challenge federal guidelines and place more emphasis on relief rather than worrying about the legal backlash for permitting patients to medicate with marijuana.\u00a0 As Angel Raich struggles, we hope her story will highlight the obstacles that many patients face.\u00a0 In all facets of life, established ideas rarely die without kicking and screaming but there is room for more than one idea.\u00a0 Medical marijuana does not have to be at odds with traditional medical treatments, rather it can work simultaneously with established treatments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1469,52,121,56,9,51,70,1,3,1470,1471,61],"tags":[4038,2632,2699,2636,2631,5,4039,4040,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}