Washington State Judge Knows Better Than Man’s Physician, Takes His Marijuana
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…Defense attorney Douglass Hiatt argued that opiates sickened Dalton and did not relieve his pain, but Judge Laurie sided with prosecutors, effectively overruling the recommendation of the physician who okayed Dalton’s medical marijuana use.
An angry Hiatt said the judge had no business second-guessing the doctor’s recommendation. “If Judge Laurie wants to be a doctor, she should go to medical school … No patient in this state is safe if she’s right.”…
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It’s very disconcerting that someone who has the power to take away your freedom could be this uneducated on what is ultimately a very vital subject.
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Tags: Medical Marijuana
September 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Again, another fail for humanity.
September 26th, 2008 at 10:44 am
That seems like it should be illegal somehow. I thought you needed a medical license to, you know, practice medicine.
December 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am
What right does that judge have to take deny a mans medicine? She obviously doesn’t know the first thing about the medical field.