Florida Medical Association Opposes Amendment 2
The Florida Medical Association voted to oppose ‘Medical’ Marijuana Amendment 2 appearing on the November 8th, 2016 ballot.
“The Florida Medical Association, representing more than 20,000 physicians in our state, once again passed a resolution in opposition to the so-called ‘medical’ marijuana measure,” said FMA CEO Tim Stapleton. “There is nothing medical about this proposal, and the lack of scientific evidence that pot is helpful in treating medical conditions is far from inclusive.”
The Florida Medical Association joins a multitude of national medical associations and organizations that support the FDA process and oppose the legalization of smoked marijuana as medicine such as: the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Glaucoma Society, American Lung Association, and the American Medical Association.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Founded in 1874, the Florida Medical Association is a professional association dedicated to the service and assistance of Doctors of Medicine and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine in Florida. The FMA represents more than 20,000 physicians on issues of legislation and regulatory affairs, medical economics and education, public health, and ethical and legal issues. We advocate for physicians and their patients to promote the public health, ensure the highest standards of medical practice, and to enhance the quality and availability of health care in the Sunshine State.
you want scientific evidence? read more. support rescheduling.
are you involved in ben goldacre’s alltrials.net campaign? if not, get involved.
as for your feigned concern for lungs, straw men arguments are inherently weak. we patients want medical cannabis to eat, use transdermally. again, please read more. educate yourself by reading something other than cme published by pharmaceutical reps or books not ghost written by them, as in the nemeroff scandal. if you’re unfamiliar here’s a link to begin some research:
http://www.miwatch.org/2011/04/apas_ghostwriting_controversy_grows.html
& as for scientific evidence- please. as an MS patient who wasn’t diagnosed until after more than 35 years after onset & MS had long turned progressive, again please. i’ve seen the under belly of your science & it ain’t science. no more than ssdi is about disability.
case in point:
dr: oh we can’t prescribe drug x;, its not an MS drug & its too dangerous.
3 months later after enrolling in same dr’s MS drug study
dr: oh you’re now starting drug x? we don’t want to list that in our drug study because we know drug x will improve your function.
REALLY? you wouldn’t prescribe a drug that you knew would improve my function. now you want that improvement to be credited to your MS drug. science, NOT. & as for dangerous? laughable. more dangerous than progressive MS? ha, read more- please.
or is it money? have you read the study regarding drops in rxes in medical marijuana states? & that’s just medicare patients !!
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1230.abstract
please educate yourselves. you do a disservice disseminating this misinformation. or is it willful blindness? what do you use to treat your trigeminal neuralgia, vagus neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, pudendal neuralgia …. ? i’m going to stop there & forget about spasticity. & sleep.
you people don’t care about patients – but you do make me sick.