co-op talk

Hi All !!!!:thumbsup:

I have seen a lot of talk here, on co-ops.

It is all good to me, BUT, look at the definitions!!!!

RCW 69.51A.010
Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Designated provider" means a person who:

(a) Is eighteen years of age or older;

(b) Has been designated in writing by a patient to serve as a designated provider under this chapter;

(c) Is prohibited from consuming marijuana obtained for the personal, medical use of the patient for whom the individual is acting as designated provider; and

(d) Is the designated provider to only one patient at any one time.


ALSO, there is no STATE MMJ CARD in Washington at this time!!!

The way I see it is, that if each valid MMJ memeber of a co-op is the designated provider for the next member, much like a chain joins one link to another it fits the parameter of the law. Patient records are protected by law (see the federal decisions from Yakima's 9th Circuit concerning THC Foundation and an Oregon patient). There is nothing in the law that states that two people cannot obtain from a mother source so to speak, yet consume the meds individually in separate places. There has to be a source other then illegal for those medically authorized and cannot or don't want to grow their own. It can't be a one way street, and could present discrimination issues and other legal issues such as allowing some one to use medical marijuana legally yet arresting them for buying off the street because they don't have legal access to a legal medication. That is entrapment or setting up the circumstances for entrapment. Clearly a violation of law. :twocents:

so how does one become a designated provider and remain in the confines of the law? How does one start down that slippery slope?