Cannabis Doctor Sting
I just found this whole thing weird and comical:
A Florida physician is fighting the state after its Department of Health sent undercover agents to visit his medical cannabis clinic and documented questionable practices, according to reports and public records.
Really? In a time where you can get legal weed in most states and this still happens in Florida? But there are some really fun parts to this story. The doctor is not a fraud and has a real medical background:
Dorn has had an active Florida medical license since June 1994, with no disciplinary history, according to a state database; it expires Jan. 31, 2022. He earned a doctorate in medicine and dentistry from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, according to his bio on his site and state records.
A former medical director at Covenant Hospice and Hospice of Citrus County, as well as an assistant medical director at Big Bend Hospice, Dorn has dedicated himself to medical cannabis since 2016.
Dedicated, though? I would say it looks like this whole scam is his retirement. From the story it looks like he is running a Cannabis Mill:
State inspectors did not find medical equipment at Dorn’s office besides a stethoscope when they visited in June 2017, according to the complaint. He charged $299 per new patient appointment.
Dorn did not conduct a physical examination, review controlled prescription drug history, or fully assess medical history for either man. He handed them cannabis certificates and prescribed them the plant.
No exam, no med history, and no worries. All you need is a stethoscope and a desire to make money.
So, as petty as it is that the Dept. of Health is still going after Cannabis docs, this physician has obviously quit on his oath and career and is selling out. I saw these offices in Maine years ago. These docs gave Cannabis Cards to ANYONE who came in. You had to pay two weeks in advance of your appointment and you would lose your money if you didn’t show. Guess who had the money to pay? Medicaid patients. I know because they told me.
What’s funny to me is that in the same MedPage Today edition there was this:
Nurses See New Career Opportunities in Medical Cannabis Space
— Some cite burnout and frustration with traditional healthcare settings as factors
Feel free to read the article and see what a joke being a Cannabis nurse is. They are basically playing Vanna White and asking what type of weed someone wants. You know, because who needs ANY type of medical evidence when recommending a drug.
Yeah, In Illinois it was made legal for private use. I have yet to smell any out in a public place so I suspect people are using it privately.
I’d personally try it if I had chronic pain but that is not the case. (I’m retired too) If it didn’t help, I’d quit it like so many of my patients who
tried it and found out it wasn’t helpful in their particular circumstance. I had some who did find it helpful but among the elderly I cared for, they
preferred oral preparations and didn’t want to smoke it.
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This is a medical ALCOHOL prescription from Prohibition days.
Physicians wrote a lot of these during Prohibition.
Oh, and another way around Prohibition was religious.
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Also a brisk business for fake rabbis. Any yahoo can call himself a rabbi and sell wine at the time.
So what has changed?
Pot should NEVER have been illegalized, and this would have obviated the problem. And yep. this dude was running a scam, which is scummy. And no, the state should not waste tax dollars on undercover stings on this penny ante chickenshit.