Denver City Council Meeting 1/11/10 MMD Regulations

[MMDInsuranceCo]

Here is the link for the public hearing if anyone wants to go.

City Council - Welcome Message (http://www.denvergov.org/Homepage/tabid/381050/Default.aspx)

City Council - Welcome Message
Here's a Summary from the City Attorney's Office
Summary of Council Bill 34, Series of 2010
Licensing of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
In General
â?¢ The bill establishes a licensing requirement for medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) to be administered by the Director of Excise and Licenses.
â?¢ The entire bill is based on the premise that a dispenser of medical marijuana must qualify as a â??primary care-giverâ?� to a patient within the meaning of Amendment 20, but leaves it to the state to further clarify who may or may not qualify as a â??primary care-giver.â?�
Effective Date and Applicability
â?¢ On and after March 1, 2010, a person or entity must be licensed as an MMD in order to engage in the sale or distribution of marijuana to six or more patients in Denver, regardless of whether or how long the person was involved in selling or distributing medical marijuana prior to the adoption of the licensing requirement.
â?¢ Dispensaries that apply for licenses prior to March 1 but have not yet received their license may continue in operation pending approval or denial of the license.
Relationship to state law
â?¢ The bill recognizes that Amendment 20 allows patients and their care-givers to possess medical marijuana, and is intended to clarify how and where patients may acquire marijuana if they do not choose to grow it themselves under Amendment 20.
â?¢ For consistency with state law, the bill cross-references key terms and definitions in Amendment 20, and does not attempt to redefine these terms locally.
â?¢ If and when the state ever adopts any additional or different regulations on dispensaries, the state regulations will control.
Persons prohibited as licensees
â?¢ Persons who have committed a felony or served a felony sentence within the past five years.
â?¢ Persons who have had an MMD license revoked in the previous year.
â?¢ Persons who lie on their MMD license application.
Prohibited dispensary locations
â?¢ Residential zone districts (prohibited for any MMD).
â?¢ Within 1000 feet of another dispensary (prohibited for any MMD established after December 15, 2009 as reflected in retail sales licensing records).
â?¢ Within 1000 feet of a school or child care center (prohibited for any MMD established after December 15, 2009 as reflected in retails sales licensing records.)
Performance standards
â?¢ On-site consumption of medical marijuana prohibited.
â?¢ On-site cultivation and processing of marijuana allowed.
â?¢ Home delivery allowed.
â?¢ Unaccompanied minors prohibited on-site.
â?¢ Hours of operation limited to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
â?¢ Security requirements: cameras, alarms systems, safe storage required.
â?¢ Labeling requirements.
KEY ISSUES NOT ADDRESSED IN COUNCIL BILL 34
(â??State Issuesâ?�)
â?¢ Legitimacy of doctor-patient relationship.
â?¢ Relationship of doctors to dispensaries.
â?¢ Administration of the state registry and issuance of registry identification cards
â?¢ The lawful amount of medical marijuana that may be possessed by patients and caregivers at any one time.
â?¢ The meaning of â??primary care-giverâ?� and the question of whether â??care-giversâ?� should be separately tracked and licensed at the state level.
â?¢ Ratio of patients to care-givers.
â?¢ Ratio of care-givers to patients.
â?¢ The licensing or regulation of freestanding medical marijuana â??grow operationsâ?�
â?¢ Public health regulations for human consumption of medical marijuana.
â?¢ Clarifying state criminal laws to provide clear exceptions for grow-operations and dispensaries from criminal prosecution.

[palerider7777]

Here is the link for the public hearing if anyone wants to go.

City Council - Welcome Message (http://www.denvergov.org/Homepage/tabid/381050/Default.aspx)

City Council - Welcome Message
Here's a Summary from the City Attorney's Office
Summary of Council Bill 34, Series of 2010
Licensing of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
In General
â?¢ The bill establishes a licensing requirement for medical marijuana dispensaries (MMDs) to be administered by the Director of Excise and Licenses.
â?¢ The entire bill is based on the premise that a dispenser of medical marijuana must qualify as a â??primary care-giverâ?� to a patient within the meaning of Amendment 20, but leaves it to the state to further clarify who may or may not qualify as a â??primary care-giver.â?�
Effective Date and Applicability
â?¢ On and after March 1, 2010, a person or entity must be licensed as an MMD in order to engage in the sale or distribution of marijuana to six or more patients in Denver, regardless of whether or how long the person was involved in selling or distributing medical marijuana prior to the adoption of the licensing requirement.
â?¢ Dispensaries that apply for licenses prior to March 1 but have not yet received their license may continue in operation pending approval or denial of the license.
Relationship to state law
â?¢ The bill recognizes that Amendment 20 allows patients and their care-givers to possess medical marijuana, and is intended to clarify how and where patients may acquire marijuana if they do not choose to grow it themselves under Amendment 20.
â?¢ For consistency with state law, the bill cross-references key terms and definitions in Amendment 20, and does not attempt to redefine these terms locally.
â?¢ If and when the state ever adopts any additional or different regulations on dispensaries, the state regulations will control.
Persons prohibited as licensees
â?¢ Persons who have committed a felony or served a felony sentence within the past five years.
â?¢ Persons who have had an MMD license revoked in the previous year.
â?¢ Persons who lie on their MMD license application.
Prohibited dispensary locations
â?¢ Residential zone districts (prohibited for any MMD).
â?¢ Within 1000 feet of another dispensary (prohibited for any MMD established after December 15, 2009 as reflected in retail sales licensing records).
â?¢ Within 1000 feet of a school or child care center (prohibited for any MMD established after December 15, 2009 as reflected in retails sales licensing records.)
Performance standards
â?¢ On-site consumption of medical marijuana prohibited.
â?¢ On-site cultivation and processing of marijuana allowed.
â?¢ Home delivery allowed.
â?¢ Unaccompanied minors prohibited on-site.
â?¢ Hours of operation limited to 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
â?¢ Security requirements: cameras, alarms systems, safe storage required.
â?¢ Labeling requirements.
KEY ISSUES NOT ADDRESSED IN COUNCIL BILL 34
(â??State Issuesâ?�)
â?¢ Legitimacy of doctor-patient relationship.
â?¢ Relationship of doctors to dispensaries.
â?¢ Administration of the state registry and issuance of registry identification cards
â?¢ The lawful amount of medical marijuana that may be possessed by patients and caregivers at any one time.
â?¢ The meaning of â??primary care-giverâ?� and the question of whether â??care-giversâ?� should be separately tracked and licensed at the state level.
â?¢ Ratio of patients to care-givers.
â?¢ Ratio of care-givers to patients.
â?¢ The licensing or regulation of freestanding medical marijuana â??grow operationsâ?�
â?¢ Public health regulations for human consumption of medical marijuana.
â?¢ Clarifying state criminal laws to provide clear exceptions for grow-operations and dispensaries from criminal prosecution.
so now they want u to jump through hoops to be a caregiver? tracked?

so would this mean that a patient can't just find themselfs there own caregiver first the state has to approve it? what about patients that already have a caregiver?as it says
" regardless of whether or how long the person was involved in selling or distributing medical marijuana prior to the adoption of the licensing requirement".they now would have to go back to the state to get rechecked??sounds like abunch of controlling bs.

[canaguy27]

Please attend if you can. We must show our numbers as this will affect everyone involved in this industry.







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[ColoradoCareMMJ]

CCF will be there, we hope YOU will be too :jointsmile:

[MEDEDCANNABIS]

so now they want u to jump through hoops to be a caregiver? tracked?

so would this mean that a patient can't just find themselfs there own caregiver first the state has to approve it? what about patients that already have a caregiver?as it says
" regardless of whether or how long the person was involved in selling or distributing medical marijuana prior to the adoption of the licensing requirement".they now would have to go back to the state to get rechecked??sounds like abunch of controlling bs.

as regards to caregiver being tracked that was in the list of key issues not being addressed as well as growing not affiliated with dispensaries(vendors). i love how they left open ended opportunities to arrest people instead of proposing stable and legitimate rulings. "clarifying state criminal laws to provide clear exceptions for grow-operations and dispensaries from criminal prosecution" not discussed, means we still want to arrest you and left that open to do so.

meded so you can mededicate to mededitate

[kingminus]

I've been to 3 dispensaries in the past week, and not one of them even knew what I was talking about when I asked them if they were gonna fight this b.s.. We are screwed.

[palerider7777]

I've been to 3 dispensaries in the past week, and not one of them even knew what I was talking about when I asked them if they were gonna fight this b.s.. We are screwed.

you would think that peeps with that much stock in the biz would stay ontop of shit like this?

[kingminus]

My point exactly. I will be at that council meeting. I would'nt even know about it tho if it was'nt for this website. I'm shocked that the dispensaries are'nt organizing at all. Somethings like posting info in their establishments, making sure each patient knows who-what-when-where shit goes down, offering rides to events and so on. Owner of one disp had no idea what was going on.

[palerider7777]

My point exactly. I will be at that council meeting. I would'nt even know about it tho if it was'nt for this website. I'm shocked that the dispensaries are'nt organizing at all. Somethings like posting info in their establishments, making sure each patient knows who-what-when-where shit goes down, offering rides to events and so on. Owner of one disp had no idea what was going on.

1 thing im fuzzy on with all the talk is how will this effect shops getting vendor product? how in the world could they serve the public with only what they do themselfs? vendors are a big part of shops if they try to stop that in anyway alot of shops will fold?

[lampost]

Where/When is this meeting? Its probably already posted I guess. I might try to attend as well.

[senorx12562]

I don't have much standing since I don't live in Denver, I live in my own little world:jointsmile:

[palerider7777]

I don't have much standing since I don't live in Denver, I live in my own little world:jointsmile:

me too but this would set the pace for the rest of co.u give them an inch they want 10 miles.give them 10 miles they want the world.

[funkfingers]

I don't have a problem with most of these regulations except,
I do believe they should make exceptions for people that were convicted of felonies that did not effect others, i.e. felony marijuana possession. People that have been convicted of violent crimes, fraud, theft, ect I completely understand, but why punish people who have not done anything that would have jeopardized others well being?

I also do not agree with the fact that people who are a caregiver for a small group of people should have to be licensed with the state. Make the large dispensaries pay the licensing fees but leave the little guys alone.

If these politicians would open their eyes and realize how much income in taxes this industry could bring into the state, and by heavily regulating it they will stifle the budding industry doing nothing but increasing the cost of mmj to patients.


Fuck it they just need to legalize it already!!!

[kingminus]

So funk, are you going to this council meeting?

[funkfingers]

I'm going to try to go, gotta find someone to cover @ work... maybe we could just close for a couple hours so we could all go.. Hopefully I can get something figured out.