# Medical marijuana questions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790 "2012-12-21T22:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/21 "2013-06-09T12:35:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I make a salve out of MMJ and waxes and oils. It seems to help, and at this point she’ll try anything. > > I don’t think it will do anything close to what morphine does. At least not in salve form. > > In any case, the salve does not make her ‘loopy’. I don’t think marijuana is a topical anesthetic, nor is it absorbed thru the skin. Placebo and rubbing help sometimes, but I suspect you are wasting money on the marijuana. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/22 "2013-06-09T17:33:54Z")
What are the reasons that you can’t ask the management to ask him to only smoke inside his apartment, or let you move to another unit? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/23 "2013-06-09T19:55:28Z")
Isn’t he committing a felony? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/24 "2013-06-09T20:13:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Isn’t he committing a felony? Where would someone smoke their medical marijuana, if not in their own home? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/25 "2013-06-09T20:18:33Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Where would someone smoke their medical marijuana, if not in their own home? Sorry, I got my threads mixed up; I thought this was recreational. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/26 "2013-06-09T20:34:42Z")
Even recreational use is not nearly a felony in California. Not without other aggravating factors. I’d be surprised if it was a felony anywhere that has any degree of medical or decriminalized use. [Patient’s Guide to CA MMJ](http://www.canorml.org/medical-marijuana/patients-guide-to-california-law) [State of California official stance](http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/mmp/) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/27 "2013-06-09T20:41:24Z")
Recreational possession is a felony in Arizona, even though medical mj is legal. According to [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_US_state) chart, it looks like it’s the only state where it’s a felony- all other states where it’s illegal, it only says illegal, not ‘felony’ like AZ does. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/28 "2013-06-09T20:49:03Z")
> [@NoHoGal](#): > > I wish I could. He actually lives upstairs. My bathroom vent is right next to his balcony, I run the bathroom fan when I begin to smell it, but I am afraid to run it if I am out of the apartment and I run 2 large room size air purifiers 24/7, no help. One little whiff and I am sick. Thanks for your response. Loved it. Credit due to my wife: when she was pregnant, a guy sitting next to her asked if she minded if he smoked. She said “I dunno, do you mind if I throw up on you?” He left. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/29 "2013-06-09T20:59:29Z")
Isn’t it a federal felony? Granted, the feds have mostly backed off from state-approved “medical” use, but there are still occasional busts. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790/30 "2013-06-09T21:02:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Isn’t it a federal felony? Granted, the feds have mostly backed off from state-approved “medical” use, but there are still occasional busts. Simple possession is very different from possession with intent to sell, or growing it illegally, etc. Most states do not consider simple possession a felony, except Arizona, but the other offenses may indeed be felonies in those states. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-questions/644790.md?page=1)