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veggie
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The End of California's Pot Shops?
#9305470 - 11/24/08 05:16 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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The End of California's Pot Shops? November 24, 2008 - reason.com
Today the California Supreme Court ruled (PDF) that people who merely provide marijuana to patients for medical use do not qualify as "primary caregivers" under the Compassionate Use Act, which means they are not allowed to grow or possess the drug. The act defines a "primary caregiver" as the "individual designated by the [patient] who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, or safety of that person." According to the court, that definition implies "a caretaking relationship directed at the core survival needs of a seriously ill patient, not just one single pharmaceutical need." Hence "a defendant asserting primary caregiver status must prove at a minimum that he or she (1) consistently provided caregiving, (2) independent of any assistance in taking medical marijuana, (3) at or before the time he or she assumed responsibility for assisting with medical marijuana."
The upshot, says California NORML Coordinator Dale Gieringer, is that only patients themselves or people directly involved in their day-to-day care, such as friends, relatives, nurses, or attendants, are permitted to grow and possess marijuana for medical purposes. That means dispensaries that claim to be "primary caregivers" because they supply marijuana to patients are now illegal, although cooperatives through which patients produce marijuana for their own medical use are still permitted. The court's reading of the law seems reasonable to me, but Gieringer is right that it "highlights the inadequacy of California's current medical marijuana supply system." He argues that "the law needs to allow for professional licensed growers, as with other medicinal herbs."
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Sikbik
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: veggie]
#9305490 - 11/24/08 05:22 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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oh noes
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Rebirtha
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: veggie]
#9305676 - 11/24/08 05:55 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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It would be cool if the clubs could evolve to actually be a care giving service and be set up to help people in other means besides selling them weed.
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GigaHurtz1
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: Rebirtha]
#9306037 - 11/24/08 06:41 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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why this double standard? its not required for hard pain medications such as oxycodone. bulllllshiiiiiiiit
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bongoboy2000
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: Rebirtha]
#9306045 - 11/24/08 06:42 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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ummmm....this is kind of a big deal... so are all the dispensaries going to shut down? holy fuck.
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Green_T
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: bongoboy2000]
#9306841 - 11/24/08 08:23 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Its actually bittersweet. On one hand, the dispensaries are going to close down, but co-ops for aids patients and others can remain open, so at least they are OK.
I never liked the idea of dispensaries because it merges the pro-legalization movement with the medicinal movement which are two different things. It sucks seeing college students make a mockery of the system and get bogus prescriptions to buy pot, at the same time hurting the cause of the sick because politicians know better.
A system where people could lie about bogus shit to get a prescription for pot wasn't going to last long, it simply wasn't sustainable. Hopefully a move like this can help separate the two movements.
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smily
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: bongoboy2000]
#9307091 - 11/24/08 08:53 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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guess that goes for Pharmacy's also????? they provide nothing but DRUGS?????
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MysticMushy
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Re: The End of California's Pot Shops? [Re: GigaHurtz1]
#9307302 - 11/24/08 09:15 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
GigaHurtz1 said: why this double standard? its not required for hard pain medications such as oxycodone. bulllllshiiiiiiiit
Really. I never got the deal about medical cannabis. For fucks sake we have "medical" morphine, oxymorphone, etc. Is anyone really going to tell me that cannabis is more harmful than amphetamines or opiates? Our laws are so stupid. Lets deny people a non addictive and relatively harmless drug, instead lets pump them full of opiates for pain, and meth if they "cant focus". Bullshit Bullshit Bullshit
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