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Central to the Ohio Patient Network is the cannabis plant. It could
reasonably be said that cannabis affects each person differently, but
neither can one escape the fact that cannabis has predictable and desirable
effects of its own. These effects are what have drawn people to the plant
for more than 5,000 years. They personify the plant and in many ways
represent universal human values, which OPN members hope to emulate.
We value:
- (C) Compassionate, caring community. Cannabis causes its users to be more
introspective and sociable and, as a result, to be communally focused in a
compassionate and caring way.
- (A) Accuracy, authenticity, and truth. Cannabis promotes understanding and
insight from which an accurate and authentic view of truth should follow.
- (N) Non-discriminatory practices. Cannabis represents a useful treatment
for a myriad of conditions and illnesses. It does not discriminate its
benefits with respect to malady, race, color, creed, nationality, income,
sex, or orientation.
- (N) Necessary Actions. Cannabis' action on the body is selective and
affects only what is necessary, rarely damaging tissue or causing
irreparable harm.
- (A) Amicable Relationships. Cannabis can make people more jovial, easy
going, and friendly, thereby improving human interaction and engendering
more amicable relationships.
- (B) Being our Best. Because of its medicinal qualities, cannabis helps
people to feel better and, as a consequence, be better than they may have
been before. By feeling and being better, individuals are more apt to live in a
way that exemplifies their best selves.
- (I) Inspiration and Creativity. Cannabis can result in inspired ideas and
creative solutions, which form the basis for a greater appreciation of
music, art, and nature.
- (S) Sustainability. Cannabis has stood the test of time and provided
sustenance to humanity in the form of medicine, food, cloth, building
materials, and energy for thousands of years.
In essence, we are a (C) Compassionate, caring community that uses (A)
Accuracy, authenticity, and truth, combined with (N) Non-discriminatory
practices, to take the (N) Necessary Actions that build (A) Amicable
Relationships and allow us, by (B) Being our Best, to utilize (I)
Inspiration and Creativity to attain (S) Sustainability for our
organization, the cannabis plant, and the world at large.
Note: This comes from OPN's newly approved Code
of Ethics. |
