DOC request three complete - Cannabis Defense Coalition

" mCF'Medical ClinicS
i813 13tfD Ave N.E. #210
BeiIevue; WA 9800S
Phone: 425-869-6186 or 1-800-7l3-O188
Far. 425-869-63711
www.thc-foundation.org or nw.hem,p.org'
DQcumentaticn ~fMerlica1 A~morlza.tioli to,PosseSS M:trijuans.. foY Medical'
P~o,seS in Was~ingtOn State '
The text of this .o.t. I if:. '1 II - 'i . hingtoD. S~ Medical Assoc!ation.
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I, Thomas Orvaid, ~ ll- physician licensed in the S~ ~W~ .r am'tIeatiDg' , '
t:be ab,ove named'patient' fill" 8: t~ illness or a ~ ~dition as defined in', ' ,
RC,W 69.51AOIO~ Ih!i1le ad.vi,~ the ~O"."e ~e4,paii~,about~e p~ risks
and b~efits of~ ~ca1, ~,o(meri~ I have ~ the'abov:e~ed', .
patient's medical histOry ~d medic:al ~Ddition.. Jt'is mY. Diedical opinion that ~e
potential benefits of the medical use of marijuana. would llke1y outweigh the health
risks for this, patient. . . .'.' . '
S~atur~ofP~ician:
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T oday's ~te= " 'IiAR t i -- '. Expirati,!n date: -' ~. MAR ! 5 2009 :
~~ks ~tl ben~fits of med.ical mariju~a:
U1:lder WashWgton state law, the us~ of medical ~ is nav,;, p~ssible ~ so~
patients with terminal Or dehiiitating, illnesses. The laws're£l11a1jtig~, ~CW'6951A) .
aIlo"t'JS physician's to advi:se patients about the,risks and'benefitS of~e mediC3.1 use of
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. Th~ medical arid sci~c evidence-suPP,Crtirig the use ormedica:!' malijmma r~;rlmJ
con.troversial in the mediGal commtm..itY. .. Net a.'l health ~ ~vjders believe that
medical marijuana is safe or: effective and !rome prOviders f~ that it is a dangerous drug •.
According to the Washington sbrte law the'benefits of~edic;al marijuana. ~ include.
treating nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy; AIDS wasting syndrome; severe .:
·muscle spasms from multiple sclerosis or other spasticitY disorders; ~~d: some __..__....._._.._._.._...._-
___,...-. W.es-ofintractable·pain;--· ~'~-'~--'. . '. ,
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Some of the risks of medical iriari.j~ may inchide possible long-term. effectS f.the
briUn 'in ~e !U'eas of memory, CQOrdination and cognition; impairment of the ability to
drive or operate beavy machinery; respiratory damage; possible lung Catloor. p~cal or
psychological dependence.' ,
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