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Report
Deems
Oregon
Medical
Marijuana
Patient
Directory
Successful
10/27/00
(courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org)
Portland, OR: The medical
marijuana registry in Oregon registered 594 patients in its first year,
and since May 1, 2000 another 474 patients have signed-up to receive a
medical marijuana identification card. In order to legally qualify
for Oregon's 1998 Medical Marijuana Act, patients must possess a doctor's
recommendation and register with the Oregon Department of Human Services
Health Division (ODHSHS) for a $150 fee (which in turn funds the program).
"Oregon was the first to
implement a statewide registration system for patients," said Martin Wasserman,
MD, administrator of the ODHSHS. "Our first-year review shows the
system is working as it was intended. A substantial number of qualified
patients and their physicians are using it, and only a very few inquiries
from law enforcement officials regarding patients have occurred."
According to a report released last week by the ODHSHS, during the medical
marijuana program's first year (5/1/99 - 4/30/00):
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Males accounted for 70 percent
of the 594 patients who registered.
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The average age was 46, and
patients ranged from 14 to 87 years old.
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Sixty-seven percent of patients
used medical marijuana to control severe and chronic pain.
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Patients reside in 31 different
counties.
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A total of 329 physicians provided
the required medical documentation for the 594 patients. Since April
30, 2000 that number of doctors has increased to 438.
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Sixty percent of patients requested
a registration card for their primary caregiver, the person who helps manage
their well-being, and may help administer the medical marijuana.
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Issue #157, 10/27/00
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