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Patients to File Lawsuit Over New Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act
The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) has announced that it is filing a lawsuit over the violation of Prop. 215 by the California Legislature and Governor Brown. The recent adoption of the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act attempts to modify a voter initiative, Prop. 215, something specifically forbidden by the California constitution.
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Date: Monday, September 14, 2015
Contact: Steve Kubby, Executive Director
Website: The American Medical Marijuana Association, http://americanmarijuana.org
PATIENTS TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION AND SAFETY ACT
(South Lake Tahoe, CA) The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) has announced that it is filing a lawsuit over the violation of Prop. 215 by the California Legislature and Governor Brown. The recent adoption of the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act attempts to modify a voter initiative, Prop. 215, something specifically forbidden by the California constitution.
"Our medical cannabis rights, protected for nearly 20 years by Prop. 215, have been hijacked and Prop. 215 is under attack like never before. The new law is an unacceptable and illegal infringement on our rights under Prop. 215,” said Steve Kubby, Executive Director of AMMA.
Kubby listed four areas that were of the greatest concern to patients and their physicians:
1. Patient gardens now limited to 100 square feet.
2. It is now a crime to share a joint from your garden with anyone.
3. Must now use your regular doctor for recommendations, most of whom have no experience with the medical use of cannabis
4. Allows city, county or both to ban cultivation, storage, manufacture, and transport.
"I'm getting calls from frightened patients who fear their own state government is planning on going after cannabis doctors as if they are some sort of dangerous threat that must be carefully supervised. Sick people cannot handle this kind of stress. Thousands of patients will die because of this calculated attempt to thwart the will of the people and deprive them of medical cannabis and the doctors who write recommendations to use the healing herb," added Kubby.
David Allen, a retired heart surgeon and expert on cannabinoid medicine, warns against the unintended consequences of the new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act. According to Allen, the proposed law "will create more crimes of cultivation, processing, storage, transportation, sales, and possession. It will create an army of bureaucrats that will increase the police state and create super drug task force solely for Cannabis and no other drug."
Date: Monday, September 14, 2015
Contact: Steve Kubby, Executive Director
Website: The American Medical Marijuana Association, http://americanmarijuana.org
PATIENTS TO FILE LAWSUIT OVER NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA REGULATION AND SAFETY ACT
(South Lake Tahoe, CA) The American Medical Marijuana Association (AMMA) has announced that it is filing a lawsuit over the violation of Prop. 215 by the California Legislature and Governor Brown. The recent adoption of the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act attempts to modify a voter initiative, Prop. 215, something specifically forbidden by the California constitution.
"Our medical cannabis rights, protected for nearly 20 years by Prop. 215, have been hijacked and Prop. 215 is under attack like never before. The new law is an unacceptable and illegal infringement on our rights under Prop. 215,” said Steve Kubby, Executive Director of AMMA.
Kubby listed four areas that were of the greatest concern to patients and their physicians:
1. Patient gardens now limited to 100 square feet.
2. It is now a crime to share a joint from your garden with anyone.
3. Must now use your regular doctor for recommendations, most of whom have no experience with the medical use of cannabis
4. Allows city, county or both to ban cultivation, storage, manufacture, and transport.
"I'm getting calls from frightened patients who fear their own state government is planning on going after cannabis doctors as if they are some sort of dangerous threat that must be carefully supervised. Sick people cannot handle this kind of stress. Thousands of patients will die because of this calculated attempt to thwart the will of the people and deprive them of medical cannabis and the doctors who write recommendations to use the healing herb," added Kubby.
David Allen, a retired heart surgeon and expert on cannabinoid medicine, warns against the unintended consequences of the new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act. According to Allen, the proposed law "will create more crimes of cultivation, processing, storage, transportation, sales, and possession. It will create an army of bureaucrats that will increase the police state and create super drug task force solely for Cannabis and no other drug."
For more information:
http://americanmarijuana.org
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Late Friday evening California lawmakers passed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA), which will provide a regulatory structure for the state’s medical cannabis industry. The state has lacked such a structure since the 1996 passage of Proposition 215, even though the initiative explicitly called on the Legislature to regulate the cultivation and distribution of medical cannabis. However, industry leaders are apprehensive that the last-minute passage of MMRSA has resulted in lack of clarity and conflict with prior legislation—and deprived lawmakers of a sufficient opportunity to consider how the regulatory structure will actually affect patients, dispensaries, growers and local communities. Specific areas of concern include low cultivation limits that could lead to shortages and higher prices, a lack of clarity on profitmaking, and the prohibition of farm-to-table, “bud & breakfast,” and other opportunities for small, artisan growers.
“Harborside welcomes the long overdue enactment of statewide medical cannabis regulations—almost two decades after Proposition 215 called for them,” said Steve DeAngelo, co-founder and executive director of Harborside Health Center. “However, we are concerned that time pressures made it impossible for legislators to adequately consider the impact of the new regulations on medical cannabis patients and the organizations that serve them. In addition, some of the language in the bill is unclear or may be in conflict with prior legislation. Harborside looks forward to working with lawmakers next session to address and resolve these outstanding issues.”
“Harborside welcomes the long overdue enactment of statewide medical cannabis regulations—almost two decades after Proposition 215 called for them,” said Steve DeAngelo, co-founder and executive director of Harborside Health Center. “However, we are concerned that time pressures made it impossible for legislators to adequately consider the impact of the new regulations on medical cannabis patients and the organizations that serve them. In addition, some of the language in the bill is unclear or may be in conflict with prior legislation. Harborside looks forward to working with lawmakers next session to address and resolve these outstanding issues.”
For more information:
http://www.theweedblog.com/harborside-heal...
Ask the now Governor then Attorney General (Mr. Brown) how as he stated in the AG Guidelines (he wrote) that a "dispensary" is NOT recognized as a legal and lawful entity according to California law regarding marijuana medical or otherwise and that only "cooperatives" and "collectives" were recognized as legal entities but NOW all of a sudden and out of nowhere there NOT?
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