I have a comment on medical marijuana being sold as a “prescription drug” by mom & pop dispensaries that are popping up all over the state.
I don't think this is exactly what the majority of pro-medical marijuana voters had in mind. I think the majority of voters who supported the medical use of marijuana believed that it would be dispensed exactly as all other prescription medications are dispensed. I also think that they voted in support of medical marijuana in sympathy for sick people who truly need relief for pain or symptoms that conventional prescription drugs did not help. I do not think that most people who voted for medical marijuana ever foresaw marijuana shops opening up in private homes in their neighborhoods.
If marijuana is indeed a prescription drug, it should be treated just like all other prescription drugs, should be subject to testing, standardized dosing, quality control, and should be dispensed only by licensed pharmacies.
Can anyone tell me, was this lack of regulation and unorthodox method of distributing a “prescription drug” addressed in the ballot issue and simply missed or misunderstood by the voters, or did our legislators allow this to happen after medical use of marijuana was voted in?
I am glad to see that some who serve in government are still listening to the people they serve… and I would hope that government officials everywhere would take note of this attitude. After all, the entire purpose of government is to serve the citizenry, not to dictate to them. Kudos to you who do know the difference!
Tax, I saw on another thread that you listed this resolution as being the correct one on gardening. Apparently it is not either…. H.R. 745 - Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act (Introduced in House) [H.R.745.IH] I'm still checking but would really like to know where you got that info.
H.R.845 Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 (Introduced in House) Tax, can you check your HR number? (This resolution is definitely not concerning gardening.)
Granny, you took the words right out of my mouth. I did a little checking and if you want a good laugh, go to the wikipedia page on this guy and check out his picture. It's well worth a chuckle. Seems he was a guest on the Jerry Springer show if that tells you anything… this made me think of “Paulson for President” but I think old Pat had a lot better following. :)
Native, The two listings I see for Phillips are BP/Phillips and ConocoPhillips Co., so I am guessing here that Phillips 66 is one of these two and it looks like they are good.
I thought this was interesting information for those of us who would rather not support the Middle East's oil producers.
This info was sent to me in an email, and the full information is available from the US Department of Energy. I checked that site myself and found this info to be reliable. If you want the link, I posted it below. http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petrol…
This is good information for you to see where your fuel dollars are going and who they are supporting…
While the DOE says it cannot guarantee where the gas you put in your car comes from since refineries sell their gas to other companies, at least we can support those US oil companies who do not buy direct from the Middle East.
“Some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco………………0 barrels
Conoco………………0 barrels
Sinclair………………0 barrels
BP/Phillips………….0 barrels
Hess………………….0 barrels
ARC0…………………0 barrels
These companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell……………………… 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco……… 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon/Mobil…………… 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway… 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco……………………….62,231,000 barrels
Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. “
I have been in communication with TMH on this issue. It appears they have actually gotten most of the problem resolved. They have verified that NCO did get my payment and it was turned over to the emcare er docs as it should have been, although quite a while after I sent it to NCO. It appears that when TMH followed up with EMCARE verifying that they had their money and told EMCARE that NCO was still calling me demanding payment on a paid account, EMCARE must have told NCO to back off because as of last week, the telephone calls from NCO have mysteriously stopped.
I also received an explanation of how this happened in the first place that I think is well worth posting here. This is an excerpt from the letter I got from TMH:
“Back in November of 2005, TMH contracted with Northwest Colorado Emergency Room Physician (EMCARE) to staff the ER physician coverage & handle the billing for the ER physician charges. EMCARE, unfortunately, uses NCO Financial as their collection agent. That contract is between EMCARE&NCO Financial. Please understand, NCO Financial is NOT a collection agency for The Memorial Hospital and TMH has no influence on their handling of EMCARE patient accounts. As of May 1, 2007 we no longer contracted with EMCARE and all ER Physician charges now are included with your billing from TMH.”
So it appears that it wasn't TMH's choice to end up with NCO collecting bills, but EMCARE's choice that caused the problem. At any rate, at least now I understand what happened, and TMH did a good job for me of getting most of the problem resolved…
As to the listing on my credit report, well, I guess that's just going to sit there until it expires in 2011. Not to worry though, I found out through a recent transaction that lenders are fully aware of NCO's lousy intimidation tactics and if you have otherwise a clean credit history, they tend to ignore NCO's “harassment postings.” Aggravating, but it isn't ending up hurting me and it is pretty clear that NCO's disgustingly crappy reputation is widely known throughout the lending industry.
Bottom line is this…I got a quick response from TMH, they did everything to resolve as much of the problem as they were able, and they kept me updated during the process. My recommendation to anyone with NCO harassing them is to document the hell out of your payments and let EMCARE or TMH know if they're hassling you for money you already paid.
Native, I agree with you that this is not TMH's fault. I'm pretty sure if they had known then what they probably know now about NCO they would never have signed them on. Unfortunately I'm betting a bunch of other people are having problems with them that are a lot worse than this petty crap they're pulling on me.
I have cooled off quite a bit since this got to me last night, and now I have to say that when I look over my credit report how ridiculous this NCO bunch is. By putting a 68 buck notation on a 30 year history of consistently reliable credit, they really, in all honesty, look absolutely like the pathetic, vindictive losers they must really be. I can't imagine a company with any integrity whatsoever acting like these people are. Pretty ugly bunch in my opinion.
Having said that, how they're going to get this genie back into the bottle, I don't know.
21 November 2009
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
I have a comment on medical marijuana being sold as a “prescription drug” by mom & pop dispensaries that are popping up all over the state.
I don't think this is exactly what the majority of pro-medical marijuana voters had in mind. I think the majority of voters who supported the medical use of marijuana believed that it would be dispensed exactly as all other prescription medications are dispensed. I also think that they voted in support of medical marijuana in sympathy for sick people who truly need relief for pain or symptoms that conventional prescription drugs did not help. I do not think that most people who voted for medical marijuana ever foresaw marijuana shops opening up in private homes in their neighborhoods.
If marijuana is indeed a prescription drug, it should be treated just like all other prescription drugs, should be subject to testing, standardized dosing, quality control, and should be dispensed only by licensed pharmacies.
Can anyone tell me, was this lack of regulation and unorthodox method of distributing a “prescription drug” addressed in the ballot issue and simply missed or misunderstood by the voters, or did our legislators allow this to happen after medical use of marijuana was voted in?
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
I am glad to see that some who serve in government are still listening to the people they serve… and I would hope that government officials everywhere would take note of this attitude. After all, the entire purpose of government is to serve the citizenry, not to dictate to them. Kudos to you who do know the difference!
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
Thanks! I think I'll settle in for a little reading.
18 March 2009
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
Tax, I saw on another thread that you listed this resolution as being the correct one on gardening. Apparently it is not either…. H.R. 745 - Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act (Introduced in House) [H.R.745.IH]
I'm still checking but would really like to know where you got that info.
18 March 2009
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
H.R.845
Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)
Tax, can you check your HR number? (This resolution is definitely not concerning gardening.)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_…
Granny, you took the words right out of my mouth. I did a little checking and if you want a good laugh, go to the wikipedia page on this guy and check out his picture. It's well worth a chuckle. Seems he was a guest on the Jerry Springer show if that tells you anything… this made me think of “Paulson for President” but I think old Pat had a lot better following. :)
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
Native,
The two listings I see for Phillips are
BP/Phillips and ConocoPhillips Co., so I am guessing here that Phillips 66 is one of these two and it looks like they are good.
15 April 2008
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
I thought this was interesting information for those of us who would rather not support the Middle East's oil producers.
This info was sent to me in an email, and the full information is available from the US Department of Energy. I checked that site myself and found this info to be reliable. If you want the link, I posted it below.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petrol…
This is good information for you to see where your fuel dollars are going and who they are supporting…
While the DOE says it cannot guarantee where the gas you put in your car comes from since refineries sell their gas to other companies, at least we can support those US oil companies who do not buy direct from the Middle East.
“Some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco………………0 barrels
Conoco………………0 barrels
Sinclair………………0 barrels
BP/Phillips………….0 barrels
Hess………………….0 barrels
ARC0…………………0 barrels
These companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell……………………… 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco……… 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon/Mobil…………… 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway… 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco……………………….62,231,000 barrels
Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. “
15 April 2008
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
Update…
I have been in communication with TMH on this issue. It appears they have actually gotten most of the problem resolved. They have verified that NCO did get my payment and it was turned over to the emcare er docs as it should have been, although quite a while after I sent it to NCO. It appears that when TMH followed up with EMCARE verifying that they had their money and told EMCARE that NCO was still calling me demanding payment on a paid account, EMCARE must have told NCO to back off because as of last week, the telephone calls from NCO have mysteriously stopped.
I also received an explanation of how this happened in the first place that I think is well worth posting here. This is an excerpt from the letter I got from TMH:
“Back in November of 2005, TMH contracted with Northwest Colorado
Emergency Room Physician (EMCARE) to staff the ER physician coverage & handle the billing for the ER physician charges. EMCARE, unfortunately, uses NCO Financial as their collection agent. That contract is between EMCARE & NCO Financial. Please understand, NCO Financial is NOT a collection agency for The Memorial Hospital and TMH has no influence on their handling of EMCARE patient accounts. As of May 1, 2007 we no longer contracted with EMCARE and all ER Physician charges now are included with your billing from TMH.”
So it appears that it wasn't TMH's choice to end up with NCO collecting bills, but EMCARE's choice that caused the problem. At any rate, at least now I understand what happened, and TMH did a good job for me of getting most of the problem resolved…
As to the listing on my credit report, well, I guess that's just going to sit there until it expires in 2011. Not to worry though, I found out through a recent transaction that lenders are fully aware of NCO's lousy intimidation tactics and if you have otherwise a clean credit history, they tend to ignore NCO's “harassment postings.” Aggravating, but it isn't ending up hurting me and it is pretty clear that NCO's disgustingly crappy reputation is widely known throughout the lending industry.
Bottom line is this…I got a quick response from TMH, they did everything to resolve as much of the problem as they were able, and they kept me updated during the process. My recommendation to anyone with NCO harassing them is to document the hell out of your payments and let EMCARE or TMH know if they're hassling you for money you already paid.
28 March 2008
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nativegirl (Anonymous) says…
Native, I agree with you that this is not TMH's fault. I'm pretty sure if they had known then what they probably know now about NCO they would never have signed them on. Unfortunately I'm betting a bunch of other people are having problems with them that are a lot worse than this petty crap they're pulling on me.
I have cooled off quite a bit since this got to me last night, and now I have to say that when I look over my credit report how ridiculous this NCO bunch is. By putting a 68 buck notation on a 30 year history of consistently reliable credit, they really, in all honesty, look absolutely like the pathetic, vindictive losers they must really be. I can't imagine a company with any integrity whatsoever acting like these people are. Pretty ugly bunch in my opinion.
Having said that, how they're going to get this genie back into the bottle, I don't know.