The people who put together Arizona's Medical Marijuana proposition said they tried to learn from other states on what went right/wrong. Yes, Arizona is limiting dispensaries to 1 per 10 pharmacies which amounts to about 140 dispensaries in the state. And if someone lives more than 25 miles from a dispensary they allegedly will be able to grow it.

Also there will be a database that will track when you get your 2.5 oz (per 14 days) so you don't try to go from one dispensary to another. You must have a 'recommendation' from a doctor. The conditions are for all the obvious pain: ALS, cancer, HIV, etc. but they've also said conditions that cause chronic pain. (I'm paraphrasing)

It seems Arizona has put in place some controls that other states haven't but we'll see when it gets enacted in April of next year. I am all for it to hopefully get off these damn opioids.

We had a NP from the chronic pain department of a hospital speak to our RSD support group last month. He said Marinol doesn't have all the therapeutic cannabinoids (sp) that the plant does. His patient success rate for Marinol helping was 50/50. He was strongly against anyone smoking anything and was hoping a cream would be developed to apply directly to the problem area.

Nancy