Comments on: ASA sues California DMV for revoking driver’s license of medical marijuana patient

By: jacquelyn Holderfield

jacquelyn Holderfield — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:20:08 +0000

I have a commercial licenses and a cannabis card and failed a drug test and is being told that i am gonna loose my licenses..I just got my class b after being unemployed for 3 years and it is so unfair..I left my husband of 17 years because of his Meth habit i am devastated :( Do you have any advise that can help me?

Sincerely

By: Brinna Nanda

Brinna Nanda — Mon, 09 May 2011 01:21:17 +0000

ASA was involved in a lawsuit against the California DMV that tried to revoke a woman’s license when they found out she had a medical marijuana referral. The DMV lost, and now has a new policy which treats medical marijuana like any other medicine.

Here is the link: http://www.safeaccessnow.org/article.php?id=5689

Good luck to you, my friend.

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:03:16 +0000

It’s 2011. I’ve been a patient for 2 years now. I googled “Driver’s License for Medical Marijuana Patients” to see if there is an exemption to drive for pot patients. I have a similar situation….I have a family to support. my wife works. I drive all day for work. And I used to get migraines all week. I don’t get em now because I eat an edible or vaporize Great White Shark for motivation and energy, before work. It works for me better than Nortryptaline (which depresses me for 3 straight days). But my concern was, could I lose my driver’s license along with my job because of using medical marijuana (Responsibly, I believe)? Cause, either way…I lose 3 days of work using pills, or vape before I work and get through the day normal. IT DOES MAKE ME MORE OF A RESPONSIBLE, COURTEOUS, AWARE AND CAREFUL DRIVER NOW. I used to have serious road rage before using mj. Now, my wife bugs me to get out of the slow lane or she says “why are you driving so slow?” Please, if anyone has any info regarding this topic of driver’s license, please respond. thanks.

By: Brinna

Brinna — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:54:12 +0000

Thanks, Urb, That is the carrot, this is the stick:

I’ve posted this comment before, and I’m going to keep on doing it until it picks up steam. And it will work if we all join in. Since I contribute to Democratic causes, I get a lot of fund raising requests (both in email and snail mail).

Starting today, I am sending all the requests back saying;

A personal word to (whoever has sent the letter):

I’m not sending you guys another penny until I am assured that you will demonstrate a true desire to rethink and CHANGE our failed drug policies, that have only resulted in more arrests AND more drug use.

Our drug policies should be based on science, not politics.

Take a page from the Netherlands, and from states that have legalized medical cannabis, and decriminalized small amount of cannabis for personal use. These are place where illicit drug use has gone down.

Then I sign my name, address and phone number.

Use your own words, but hit them where is hurts: in the pocketbook.

By: Urb Age

Urb Age — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:46:06 +0000

Good take Brinna…..

By: Brinna

Brinna — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:06:35 +0000

I am trying not to become furious… but I am losing that battle. This article was particularly depressing after reading the bona fides of Daschel, Biden, and Holder vis a vis cannabis.

AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

OK, no anger, no depression. Activism!!! It is the only answer: step up, speak out, do one thing (at least) everyday to move the cause ahead. One letter, one blog post, one conversation, one membership in an anti-drug war organization, one donation, one attempt to network, one anything — holding the intention that the status quo WILL change for the better; that rationality, and truth will finally ascend. If 20 million of us ingest cannabis regularly, well, dammit, that is a lot of power if it is coordinated and directed to the same end: freedom and civil rights, compassion and community.