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Yeah, I don't think sending Martinez letters is going to help anything(and I don't really see the point as she isn't even in office yet)for someone like martinez we would probably need a rally downtown with news coverage.
Its the DOH that was asking for feedback before Dec1st, and thats who I was asking folks to contact.
Bests Wishes. Peace
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Originally Posted by MimbresValley
Thank you for clarifing mv as I can tend to be slow in absorbing info.:jointsmile: short term anyway lol
I totally agree with the downtown rally. As for the letters,.. well, It is nice to know what we will be facing and maybe by some slim stroke of chance she "might" get her head out of the sand and realize the importance of this program. Honestly though in my heart I think her move on the program was just a political tactic, but ya never know. Anyway good vibs all the way around.:hippy::thumbsup:
Its ok, im a little :stoned:sometimes myself, although it would help if I were to make things a little more specific, & better organized.
I really agree with you as well on Martinez talking about shutting down the program as being more of a political tactic(that hopefully wont ever come to fruit).
And after thinking about it for a second, I think sending martinez a letter probably does more good than not saying anything, although when someone is antipot, there generally is no reasoning with them.(if you know what i mean)
They won't change there mind no matter how many facts you lay on the table, but hopefully there is still a heart in some of these politicans, and after hearing from patients, they will decide not to take away a sick persons medicine
I will camp out on her door step if it comes to that. lol, In most of my experiences with people that have a strong reserve for these medical programs or marijuana itself tend to let those ideals go once they see the patient in person. It is hard to look into someoneâ??s eye and denie them the only thing that helps keep them alive or functioning with any quality of life.
If it not been for the events that renderd me the way I am now, I don't know how I would look at it but I have always known it was not a bad thing.:rastasmoke:
of state senators and other representatives..yanno, the ones who voted the law in a few years ago, she just can't whip her pen out and make the program "go away"
As I beat my drum the last few times we needed political influence the people you want to be writing to are your state senators and local congressmen.
THEY are the ones that will want/need your vote next time around.
remember the sales tax proposal..killed, by a huge margin..Richardson had nothing to do with it. A senator proposed it..and the state senate killed it.
It was snuckered in with a bunch of other tax increases..that's a common political move to get a specific agenda pushed thru.
Beware online and soft drink vendors, growers of medical marijuana and big out-of-state corporations â?? the tax man cometh, maybe « New Mexico Independent
What I suspect will happen is that the new health secretary will have the application fee raised to 10k (or more)..that would effectively prevent most producers from taking a shot at getting a license.
I don't think the new governor will be able to slash and burn the program, especially in light of the recent passage in Arizona. of course the new DEA head and her will be circling the wagons to keep the enforcement budget in place.
Current producers will either get on the stick and really start _providing_ product, or they are going to have to start really paying out the nose..since the flat fee is in my view a countering move to assumed diversion in the program. I fully supported a tax on gross sales to support program administrata, but I suspect the feeling in Satefe is that the current producers are under reporting everything from sales to amounts produced. No way the state can oversee this type of business without a huge budget.
back to the point...work from the bottom, with your representatives who want to stay in office..it's their vote we need to have in our favor. I somehow suspect the new governor won't blink an eye if the 2000+ patients in the program write letters..but if the 2000 patients influence their local reps..she'll never get the support she needs to get a change of the law accomplished.
This is why the balance of power in congress is so much news..NOTHING gets passed if those in the majority vote position don't want it, or can't get something of value in exchange.
Obstacles await Martinez if she tries to repeal medical marijuana law « New Mexico Independent
hey xnsoder, glad you came back over to the patients group. I have been super busy of late(as I am sure most of you are with the holidays), I was hoping you could help me get things more organized within the group as you have already been an activist for a long time.
I personally want to thank everyone who helped send feedback this last round. Hopefully our voices were heard and some positive changes will occur.
Everyone who has recently joined the group, I will be contacting you after the holidays.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
""The department has also removed size requirements from its definition of mature plants and size limits from the definition of a seedling. And nonprofit producers can now obtain plants, seeds and usable cannabis from other licensed nonprofit producers.
Read more: State revises regs on medical marijuana | New Mexico Business Weekly ""
State revises regs on medical marijuana | New Mexico Business Weekly
hey i am truely interested in joining a group or starting one. I am in Albuquerque and am very intersted and willing to do what i can to help. I am currently the Chairman for the Comity to Legalize Marijuana through NORML. I am a personal growers license holder and i really want to help people in any way i can. i got many good Medicinal strains available to me and would love to help people. PLEASE help me to do so. I am not to knowlagable on this website to get into contact with ppl but i think you could help me. please let me know and i would love to do whatever i can for your group im very smart and responsable. and currently unemployed so i got a lot of time on my hands
;) Shoot me an email with any details as to what you would like me to help with and I will see what I can do.Quote:
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:jointsmile:sounds good, get to you after christmas,
and I hope everyone has a merry christmas too.