sorry, i have to rant here for a second before i loose my sanity.
As some of you know, my girlfriend was heavily addicted to narcotics, which she legally was prescribed from her doctor. When i say heavily addicted, she was taking the chemical equivalent of 120 percocets per day. 40mg x 12 oxycontin, + 24 percocets per day, in addition to a host of other medications she was legally prescribed - from the same doctor. She became so heavily addicted, that she forged a prescription. Needless to say, she was arrested, and placed on probation. Here's where it gets interesting. According to her probation, she couldn't take any medication unless it was prescribed, meaning 600mg of opiates (12g of morphine) is kosher. Go figure, she tries that, and she violated her probation by forging another prescription. Now, at this point, her probation was revoked. No problem right, everything makes sense. So, to break the addiction, and keep in mind she has a bulging disk in her back, needs a hysterectomy, and has a growth on her thyroid (she needs pain meds is what i'm saying), we get her on medical marijuana. Apparently, this violates her probation.
Now, her probation was revoked at this point, so i'm not sure what exactly she is violating here. Secondly, if she keeps getting opiates, she'll forge another prescription, so while 100% legal, isn't a wise decision. To manage pain, there are 4 options (my mom is a doctor) :
1 - opiates (which she obviously has problems with
2 - morphine - she was admitted to the hospital after being prescribed this because she stopped breathing
3 - corticosteroids - tried and not effective
4 - medical marijuana
So by taking option 4, we are choosing the only rational choice for her. Apparently, even though she was prescribed the marijuana, it violates her probation by having it. Yes, the probation which was revoked, is what she is "violating".
The doctor, who did early refills on a Class 1 controlled substance is still practicing, even though i showed the police numerous bottles with early refills on it 8 months ago. Apparently giving an addict their preferred drug of choice is OK, but god help you if you try and break the cycle. What happened to the spirit of the law? Why is it OK to give someone the drugs that are bad for them, but its not OK if they're trying to get better? According to the probation officer (why does she still have one when it was revoked), she didn't submit paperwork through the court to clear her for medical marijuana. What happened to the spirit of the law which was intended for people to make their lives better? Why does the spirit of the law fail here, yet she could just as easily have taken prescription heroin (opiates) and been legal?
I'm finding it hard to have faith in the judicial system, and the laws that were designed to protect people, when what i see around me is a blatent attempt by law enforcement to keep people from making progress. Why is this doctor still practicing medicine, when clearly he violated the charter of the american medical association, and violated federal law? Is this the new and improved way of keeping the cities coffers full, when clearly they're loosing money in property taxes?
I'm so confused right now as to what the heck is going on. Before anyone asks, i was in police academy, and have always had a high view of police officers, or peace officers as their new job description is. How hard will it be to do police investigations when the general public no longer trusts the police to uphold what the law was intended to do? Is this just a sign of bad economic times, where the police have to harass people to make their cities some money, and has the law failed those who it was designed to protect?
Sorry for the long post, i wanted to make sure i covered everything. Thoughts?
As some of you know, my girlfriend was heavily addicted to narcotics, which she legally was prescribed from her doctor. When i say heavily addicted, she was taking the chemical equivalent of 120 percocets per day. 40mg x 12 oxycontin, + 24 percocets per day, in addition to a host of other medications she was legally prescribed - from the same doctor. She became so heavily addicted, that she forged a prescription. Needless to say, she was arrested, and placed on probation. Here's where it gets interesting. According to her probation, she couldn't take any medication unless it was prescribed, meaning 600mg of opiates (12g of morphine) is kosher. Go figure, she tries that, and she violated her probation by forging another prescription. Now, at this point, her probation was revoked. No problem right, everything makes sense. So, to break the addiction, and keep in mind she has a bulging disk in her back, needs a hysterectomy, and has a growth on her thyroid (she needs pain meds is what i'm saying), we get her on medical marijuana. Apparently, this violates her probation.
Now, her probation was revoked at this point, so i'm not sure what exactly she is violating here. Secondly, if she keeps getting opiates, she'll forge another prescription, so while 100% legal, isn't a wise decision. To manage pain, there are 4 options (my mom is a doctor) :
1 - opiates (which she obviously has problems with
2 - morphine - she was admitted to the hospital after being prescribed this because she stopped breathing
3 - corticosteroids - tried and not effective
4 - medical marijuana
So by taking option 4, we are choosing the only rational choice for her. Apparently, even though she was prescribed the marijuana, it violates her probation by having it. Yes, the probation which was revoked, is what she is "violating".
The doctor, who did early refills on a Class 1 controlled substance is still practicing, even though i showed the police numerous bottles with early refills on it 8 months ago. Apparently giving an addict their preferred drug of choice is OK, but god help you if you try and break the cycle. What happened to the spirit of the law? Why is it OK to give someone the drugs that are bad for them, but its not OK if they're trying to get better? According to the probation officer (why does she still have one when it was revoked), she didn't submit paperwork through the court to clear her for medical marijuana. What happened to the spirit of the law which was intended for people to make their lives better? Why does the spirit of the law fail here, yet she could just as easily have taken prescription heroin (opiates) and been legal?
I'm finding it hard to have faith in the judicial system, and the laws that were designed to protect people, when what i see around me is a blatent attempt by law enforcement to keep people from making progress. Why is this doctor still practicing medicine, when clearly he violated the charter of the american medical association, and violated federal law? Is this the new and improved way of keeping the cities coffers full, when clearly they're loosing money in property taxes?
I'm so confused right now as to what the heck is going on. Before anyone asks, i was in police academy, and have always had a high view of police officers, or peace officers as their new job description is. How hard will it be to do police investigations when the general public no longer trusts the police to uphold what the law was intended to do? Is this just a sign of bad economic times, where the police have to harass people to make their cities some money, and has the law failed those who it was designed to protect?
Sorry for the long post, i wanted to make sure i covered everything. Thoughts?