“There is no way that this guy is seriously ill and needs medical marijuana.  Just look at him.”  I can not tell you how many times I hear people say that medical marijuana is being handed out to a bunch of pot heads just based on how they look.   My question to you is [...]

In April 2003 Dr. Sean Breen was the medical officer for 1st Battalion 4th Marines 1st Marine Division and in charge of the care of 1000 United States Marines as they marched up the road to Baghdad to remove Saddam Hussein from power.   During that month, his CO tasked him with the transport and [...]

Actor Seth Rogan, known for his hilarious role in the movie Superbad, admitting to “medicating” with marijuana while being interviewed by Howard Stern on Sirius Satellite Radio yesterday.   He freely admits to smoking 2 joints a day on average and how it helps him with his creativity at work.     In a nutshell, [...]

I recently listened to a Medical Doctor speak out against the use of medical marijuana in Kansas.   His main argument was that there is a process in the United States (the FDA or Food and Drug Administration) that makes sure drugs brought to the market are safe for patients to use.   He went [...]

Quite often I speak to patients about medical marijuana and what specific diagnosis qualify a patient to use it in California.   Often they will say this to me:  ”When I go into some dispensaries most of the patients don’t look sick.  They look like a bunch of pot heads using it to get high.” [...]

Yesterday in my Long Beach office I took care of a 72 year old man who suffers from peripheral neuropathy.    He had recently (the day prior) ben evaluated for medical marijuana by a doctor in Hemet, CA for this same problem.   The reason why he was in my office is because this doctor [...]

This past weekend Anaheim Convention Center hosted the Kush Expo under the cloak of medical marijuana.   It featured a hot kush girl contest, a smoking room to use marijuana and had hundreds of vendors selling and marketing products “all marijuana”.  Legally they can do this because of Proposition 215 which allows patients to use [...]

Since 2008 I have been evaluating patients full time who want to use medical marijuana to improve the quality of their lives.   I started with one clinic in Irvine, expanded to Long Beach and Encinitas and now continue to run two clinics full time.   I went from one employee up to 7 and [...]

The California Medical Board is on a mission to put an end to the illegal medical marijuana clinics that are currently operating across the state.  A few months back a doctor in Whittier was arrested and held on $20,000 bond for aiding and abetting an illegal medical practice. The ownership in a medical practice has [...]

Republican hopeful Mitt Romney is against the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Watch this video posted on youtube.com when a chronic pain patient with Muscular Dystrophy asks him if he would have him arrested for using medical marijuana. HERE IS THE LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY6UTnS6Z-A&feature=share