My thoughts about the debate currently undergoing in Washington about recreational and medical cannabis rules........ A thought from the patients viewpoint... having the ability to produce ones own medicine at a fraction of the cost of any form of retail model is critical to those of us who use cannabis therapeutically. We must be able to juice whole plant matter, to reduce matter into butter for baking and oils and to have the amount of cannabis needed to replace toxic narcotic medications that are used to treat serious illness. I do not hear anything from Ms Holcomb about a definite plan to protect the patients ability to have access. What about the poor patients that have no place to garden for themselves? What retail establishment will set aside 30% of their profits to donate to the poor who live on minimum fixed incomes? What about hospice programs.. those patients should pay nothing for their cannabis therapy.... what about catastrophic illness and the patient who has lost their job over the effects of cancer treatment? Where will they go to find safe access. For my opinion the rules and regulations are not practical for a reasonable success.. the limits were not realistic..did anyone from the "industry" provide audited financials for the LCB to review and see the true usage by medical patients? Sure doesn’t seem so when I look at the results. To much time has gone into counting all the "intended profits" while leaving the medical patients out to fend for themselves. MEDICAL CANNABIS THERAPY IS FOR THE SICK AND DYING..... RECREATIONAL CANNABIS USE IS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION......... They are not the same and should be treated differently.... Those of use who are responsible and care for our clients understand the difference...maybe the those that are influencing the decisions need to have a clear understanding of this as well....
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:02:52 +0000