Its Official: State Proposes Gutting Medical Cannabis Law Posted by Ben Livingston on Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:13 PM Earlier this month we revealed state plans to end medical cannabis as we know it: to reduce patient possession limits, remove patient growing rights, and eliminate certain defenses for medical cannabis patients charged with pot crimes. This afternoon the states medical cannabis workgroup—comprised of the liquor board, health department, revenue department, and the governors office—released their formal recommendations, and they are just as drastic as we initially revealed. The basic idea is that the voter-approved medical cannabis law would be mostly scrapped, and patients who are accepted into a proposed government registry would be allowed tax deductions on pot, which could only be purchased at I-502 stores. Among the recommendations: Eliminate patient home growing rights Eliminate collective gardens Eliminate medical dispensaries that dont comply with I-502 Eliminate the affirmative defense for pot patients Create a state-funded patient registry program Require health care professionals to register patients with the state Forbid doctors from running a medical cannabis specific business Remove the right to petition for new medical marijuana conditions Reduce patient possession amounts from 24 ounces to 3 ounces Allow I-502 stores to sell reduced-tax pot to registered patients.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 04:28:55 +0000
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