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Originally Posted by Tritech420
Good day all, I hope all here read the MMJ-News on a monthly basis. As a registered patient/caregiver/dispensary owner I want to let you know that several other dispensaries in this wonderful state have been out right lying to thier perspective patients. I have called several and I get this response, "you must assign us as your caregiver, and you may only obtain meds from us." This is an out right lie!!!!!!! Check out the 2009 Colorado Patients" Campaign @ [url=http://www.cannabisunivercity.webs.com/09copatientscampaign.htm]
as a registered Colorado MMJ patient has the right to obtain meds from any source no matter who your caregiver is!!!! It is time patients stand up and make the dispenaries realize that they will not survive without us, take away the membership fees, the outragous prices for meds, and quit lying to us!!!!!! A reputable dispensary will not require you to sign a contract, pay a membership fee, and will also show true compassion for thier patients by charging them according to thier income, not the dispensaries profit margin, in reality it only cost 400.00 to grow a pound of pot, so why are they charging 400.00 an ounce to folks on SSI or SS-DI? Get involved and speak out!!!!
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FYI - There is a point of law to contend with:
(4) (a) A patient may engage in the medical use of marijuana, with no more marijuana than is medically necessary to address a debilitating medical condition. A patient's medical use of marijuana, within the following limits, is lawful:
(I) No more than two ounces of a usable form of marijuana; and
(II) No more than six marijuana plants, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants that are producing a usable form of marijuana.
(b) For quantities of marijuana in excess of these amounts, a patient or his or her primary care-giver may raise as an affirmative defense to charges of violation of state law that such greater amounts were medically necessary to address the patient's debilitating medical condition.
Consequently (the way I understand it), a caregiver or patient can only grow the amounts that are medically necessary, which usually means only two ounces, etc. However, the law is not clear on how often this medically necessary amount can be in the patients' possession, i.e., every day, every month...?? I am guessing it means how often the patient needs it to adequately address the medical problem? Consequently, in order for us, for example, to legally grow more medical marijuana than we have permission to do so, would require us to be named as caregiver for those registered patients. For us to sell to a registered patient who has not given us legal permission (caregiver-ship) to do so would be unlawful - therein lies the rub: A registered patient can buy from any source, but a grower cannot legally grow for any registered patient without being that patient's caregiver.
Unfortunately, this is a confusing (not user friendly) law both for the patient and caregiver - a chicken and egg dilemma at best, and following the rules is problematic. So, unless the law is clarified (instead of muddied by the state's latest amendment regarding caregivers), and unified with federal law, the interpretation/implementation is wide open, inconsistent, frustrating and potentially fraught with undesired legal consequences.
Fortunately for us, our first two registered patients had faith in our ability to provide them with a medicinally and cost effective product, and named us as their caregiver. And now, five months later, their faith in us has been rewarded.