Ripcord

Input sought for new medical marijuana rules
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
BY JOHN BRANTON, Columbian staff writer State health officials have been directed by the Legislature to create new rules for the legal use of marijuana for ...

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big bud man

id be happy to have medical weed over here in oz,our square government will only allow marijuana derivitives ie marinol to be used legally,no smoking of weed is allowed ,this really gets me wild as i have an illness that could benefit from smoking weed.it amazes me that even in america there are places were you can get medical weed but in australia thats a big no no.when will politicians grow some balls and do the right thing.

CalicoJack

If you live in Washington, I would try and petition for 10 mature plants.
and no dispensaires, they are too easy to point at and scapegoat for problems inherent with any prohibition.
and have your card be good for two years in stead of one.
Asking for public input is great, don't squander this opportunity, mobilize yourselves.
There's a lot of people on here who would love just to live in a state w/a medical.
Good luck, Go Mariners

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TheGrower420

Yes i do.

I think that the states should demand licensing on the state level, require schooling and a level of competency testing for anybody that wants to provide Health Care Marijuana Services. What we are seeing in Decriminalized and legalized medical states is a group of criminals swooping down and financing gang and other illegal gotten money to co-ops. We all loss when this happens.

I have seen the prices at these so-called co-ops;
They are doing nobody a favor but themselves. I would be much happier with co-ops that setup hydro-systems for the patients and going there once a month as a medical care giver in a full white lab coat to check on the system and adjust as needed.

Growers could grow and sell clones to these new “hydro-co-ops” and in turn the co-ops would redistribute the product to their patients every month. This takes the middle man out of the picture and creates a patient care system and not a money machine.

Even more importantly, it will keep street-side co-ops from becoming a hangout for customers; this only solidifies the far rights cry that legalization would ruin neighborhoods.

Then patients can come here to GardensCure.com and get all of the information they need to grow. And even more important, they can take a part in their own recovery.

I think the co-ops have their place, but selling bud to sick people at the highest possible price is BOGUS!

Shame on them.

Keep the faith…
TheGrower420

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420Saloon
“The prosecution of a crime should not do more damage to the person or to society as a whole than the crime itself”…. President Jimmy Carter –
Concerning Mandatory Drug Sentencing.

ioneyesus

One important rule has to be count the patients' quantity of plants by canopy square foot and not by number.

CalicoJack

yeah, the price thing pisses me off too.
I don't have ot deal with it, but charging sick people hundreds of dollars is sick itself.
Profiteering off the cause is disgusting.
and the "fair market value" argument is total crap, the black market and the medical market are two seperate entities and should be treated as such.

How would you regulate with the square ft. on the canopy?
"x" amount for veg and flower? and measuring? that can get tricky I think.
having enough plants to make it year round comfortably, and to be able to cook with buds is what is important I think. People get too focused on the smoking aspect when a lot of patients need to eat it, which takes a lot more quantity. It also has positive health effects like colon cleansing, immune system help, etc....
good luck Evergreen State
go Mariners!!!

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Ripcord

Whats kinda funny is big pharm has been doing that exact same thing for many years, and now they own our politicians.

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swordfish

The level of compassion is measured in dollars and cents. When you get laid off from your job and no longer receive health care benifits you once enjoyed. When a person is insured they only pay a small co-payment for RX's. The actual price you would have to pay for a thirty day supply of pills obtained at Costco without any health insurance would be $300 thru $700 for certain name brand medications.

Why should the marijuana market be run any differently, including the percs that come with the job, the boys over at Merc are being driven around in limos. Some smart marijuana entrepaneurs, not carpetbaggers figured out they could own some of the nice luxery items like there counterparts over at big pharma. Their selling pain relief that's addictive none the less, herb on the other hand achieves the desired pain killing effects so why all this sympathy for these patients. They line up at the Canadian and Mexican borders monthly in droves if they haven't yet figured out how to order on the internet. You all say these people sticking their collective necks out haveing a compassion club and they shouldn't get rich? Hell know 99% of stoners need to be self supporting through their own contributions, or pay a high price to someone.

The $400 thru $700 a month a poor customer has to come up with every month, considering they are uninsured seems like a fair amount to have to pay, that's probably what they have to spend on their other meds.

I'm all for collectives who want to help the less fortunate of people who pool resources in advance of a project where only the selected members of the collective partake in the harvest. What you put in is what you take out, it's that simple.

CalicoJack

yes, two wrongs make a right.

They're doing it so why can't we.

good argument

I myself stand for integrity in enterprise, and answer to a higher moral calling.

not for everyone

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swordfish

"Risk assesment" should be rewarded. People who don't participate should pay a higher price. The people who run these clubs in legal states still have the feds to worry about. Two wrongs don't make it right is like saying I don't believe in capitalism as it relates to sick people. There is alot of money to be made off ageing boomers when they will eventually need assisted living centers. Should we demonize the smart guys who read the tea leaves correctly and make a ton of money because they charge $5000 a month for an ageing boomer to have a place to live when he can know longer care for him or herself. I say put a Sun Cell grow box in everybodys room and bingo you have assisted living centers for ageing Greatfull Dead heads. I personally would have know problem taking the money and running a show like this. The marijuana community doesn't run dubious adds on television promoting questionable medicines that have toxic side effects.