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Many people who qualify for medical marijuana recommendations choose not to pursue treatment because they fear they will end up on a "master list" of marijuana patients. Thankfully, this list doesn't exist. There is no consolidated database the DEA can use to conduct raids or employers can use to conduct background checks. Your patient status will remain confidential.The record of your medical marijuana evaluation is protected under federal laws through HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), just like documents at any other doctor’s office. Releasing medical records requires patient permission, and doctor-patient confidentiality extends to the police, DMV, and employers. Therefore, your evaluation will stay private.Additionally, doctors retain these records separately and securely. Often, these records can be accessed online (and legally the site must be HIPAA compliant) but there is no consolidated verification site. That's why you have to go to different websites for different doctors' offices (or call the office by phone) to verify. Check a medical marijuana recommendation and you should see either a specific phone number or specific website where you can verify. Then, try verifying the recommendation on the site for a random doctor - it doesn't work.With a recommendation, you can receive medical marijuana through a collective, often called a dispensary. To register as a member, you will need to provide your recommendation and an ID (this is done through your Meadow account). You will also need to complete a registration form. California law requires collectives to protect all of this information, just like any business would. Although the DEA has raided dispensaries, a patient has never been arrested as a result of these records. Simply put, you should not be worried about joining a collective.The bottom line is that there isn’t any master list of medical marijuana patients. Receiving a medical marijuana recommendation puts you on the right side of the law—without exposing you to additional risk.

Under chattel slavery, workers are bought and sold and they have no right to leave their employer to seek a job elsewhere.It is not true that chattel slaves were always of a different race or ethnic group than their masters/owners, tho this was true of the more dominant form of slavery in the 1700s-1800s. For example, under the Vagrancy Act of 1597 people in England who were unemployed could be rounded up and sentenced to "transportation", that is, to be sent to America or the English Caribbean colonies & sold as a slave. They were called "bond-servants" and were in servitude for a limited period, usually seven years. But as Daniel Defoe wrote back then, they were really slaves. They could be whipped, could not leave their employer, they could be bought and sold, and they were included on a master's list of possessions on death.Also, it is not quite correct to say that the difference is that chattel slavery is "involuntary." If a small class monopolizes the companies & means of production, many will be forced to seek employment from them. They will say they were "forced" to take a job offer, that they "had no choice"...given that they were facing starvation, being evicted or other dire consequences if they didn't take the job offer. It's precisely because of this element of force in wage-labor that it is sometimes called "wage-slavery." Even so, the person is still free to quit. They are legally free to starve. They are not the property of the employer. And that's why it's not chattel slavery.

Originally the difference lies in their name. Private equity started off as investing in private securities. That would also include taking public firms private.Long only on the other hand invests mainly in public securities.Due to the nature of the strategy, private equity also has different funds called vintages with fixed lifespans. Given their usual large ownership, it also means they have the ability to improve the firms in terms of operational, infrastructure etc. As time goes by, we do see some convergence in these aspects. Some long only do try to improve things and all, similarly we also see PE funds try to do minority type public investing as well.. and the list goes on.Overall, both are mainly long duration vehicles, they look at undervalued securities and are usually operated in a master-feeder or partnership type of legal form.