Ohio Patient Network

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OPN LOOKING CANNABIS USER THAT WERE ADDICTED TO OPIATES

Ohio Patient Network (OPN) is looking for current or former cannabis user who were addicted to opiates (any type) and used cannabis/marijuana to either reduce or wean off the opiates.

OPN is currently working on adding Opiate addiction as a qualifying condition to the Ohio Medical Marijuana program. Please contact OPN by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or calling 513-442-4495.

Medical Marijuana Patient Registry Delayed

Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient Registry Delayed

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All Ohio Physicians Have a Green Light to Recommend Medical Marijuana

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/19/2018

The Pharmacy board has delayed the opening of the Ohio Medical Marijuana Patient Registry due to the delays in cultivation. Opening the patient registry would have exposed patients legally. It would have cut short the time period of the limited legal protection in Section 6 of HB523 for those who have a recommendation; while there was still no adequate legal supplies.

The purpose of section 6 was to serve as a bridge to the future and provide some legal rights to patients. Note that right was taken away by the Ohio Legislature in 1997’s Senate Bill 2.

But, the state administrators, in particular the Medical Board and the Pharmacy Board must stop answering physicians with misleading information. That only serves to instill doubt and fear into Doctor’s offices about making a recommendation to a qualified patients.

All Ohio MD & DO Doctors are protected by law (Ohio Revised Code 4731.30 Section H), whether or not they have the certification or not! Furthermore The Medical Board of Ohio has recognized the fundamental truth about Ohio Physicians' freedom to make recommendations for medical marijuana soon after the law was effective. Below is a direct quote from the Medical Board policy decision at their 10/19/2016 meeting….

"The Medical Board is in no way prohibiting the recommendation of medical marijuana now that HB523 is effective.”

Ohio Patient Network strongly encourages all patients who qualify to talk to their own physician to obtain a recommendation. Having a recommendation now will fast track a patient to obtain a “State Certified Recommendation”. Thus when the dispensaries are fully stocked and open patients will be able to obtain a legal supply of medical marijuana.

Below is a link to a legally complaint Ohio Medical Marijuana Recommendation Form

http://www.ohiopatientsnetwork.org/images/OMB/Interim_Ohio_Medical_Marihuana_Recommendation.pdf or by a much shorter Hyperlink - http://tinyurl.com/OhioMMJRec

Ohio Patient Network, a 501C3 Non Profit Patient focused organization. Physicians and Patients may contact OPN for more information at 513-442-4495 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

more information for physicians and patients can be ofund on our informational brochure for physicians and for patients.

Links

http://www.ohiopatientsnetwork.org/images/pamphlets/Ohio_Doctors_n_Cannabis.pdf

http://www.ohiopatientsnetwork.org/images/pamphlets/Ten_Facts_about_Cannabis.pdf

House Passes Budget with Medical Cannabis Protection Amendment

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment will Protect Patients from AG Sessions until September

Press Release Prepared by American for Safe Access

Washington, D.C. — Today, after months of debate and continuing resolutions, the House of Representatives passed its Appropriations package for the fiscal year of 2018. Unlike previous short term measures, this bill will fully fund the government through September 30, 2018. At over 2,200 pages the bill is a massive combination of funding outlays and policy. Due to the hard work of advocates the bill includes the text of the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment.

OPN stepped up legally to protect the MMJ program from being frozen

Ohio Patient Network was contacted by the lawyers representing the State of Ohio; to oppose the challenge to the Medical Marijuana Control Program by the failed cultivation applicants. The failed applicant were seeking to freeze the program till all the cultivation scoring mechanism questions are resolved. OPN, via our lawyer, officially intervened in the case for OPN and worked with the patients and state's lawyers.

We asked Ohio MMJ patients to testify at the two court hearings in Columbus on the impact freezing the program would have on them. OPN was very pleased with response and the testimony and various affidavits we were able to introduce into the court case.

While we fully understand the frustration of the cultivators with the Department of Commerce handling of the application and scoring, we could not let the program be frozen. OPN appreciates the patients for stepping out and speaking up! The judges in the two separate cases have rules that the program will not be halted

Rob
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Robert Ryan
Executive Director
Ohio Patient Network
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Ohio Medical Board accepting Physicians applications for Medical Marijuana Certificates

Per an announcemnt by the State Medical Board of Ohio, The Medical Board is now accepting applications for a certificate to recommend (CTR) under the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program. MDs and DOs with a full, unrestricted Ohio license are eligible to apply. The full requirements are outlined in HB523 and medical board rules OAC 4731-32.

Physicians must complete an OSMA-approved or OOA-approved, 2-hour CME course on the subject. There is NO fee for the certificate to recommend.

The typical course will cover the following subjects