Quote Originally Posted by MMJinColorado
My heart goes out to you and any other dispensary owners trying to do it right who might get screwed over if something like this passes as-is. Let's hope some sense prevails and all this blatantly unconstitutional bullshit gets removed so people don't also have to waste their money winning (yes, they will win...) lawsuits and taking it apart piece by piece. It's shocking how myopic and draconian this thing is... it's really amazing and totally reeks of LEO influence... nothing like warrant-less searches of "drug users" to get them all foaming at the mouth.
We may have at least one Rep. with common sense, this was Rep. Levy's reply:
Dear Mark,

I have worked over the course of several days with Rep. Massey on some major amendments to his bill. The amendment to be heard in House Judiciary on Monday will only prohibit people who discharged their felony sentence within five years preceding their application to be licensed. We had discussed only applying that to felony distribution and not including possession or use. I will get that clarified. In addition, there is language that allows anyone to present evidence that their criminal history should not disqualify them because of the passage of time, subsequent achievements and activities, etc.

The language saying you cannot possess or use within 1000 feet of a school, etc. will be deleted. I will offer a separate amendment to allow patients to grow their own even if they have a caregiver. (I need to understand why patients believe this is so important.)

Lastly, I will propose an amendment to strike the special authority for municipalities to vote to prohibit dispensaries in their communities.

On the PTSD issue, that should have been included in SB109. This bill doesnâ??t address what sorts of conditions can be treated with marijuana and we didnâ??t hear any testimony on that issue. SB109 requires the state health department to review whether additional conditions or illnesses should be added to the list of eligible conditions. That could be considered in separate legislation as well. I simply donâ??t believe we can add it to this bill, which addresses sale, given that the committee hasnâ??t received any information about it.

claire

Claire Levy

State Representative

House District 13

303-866-2578 (capitol)

720-849-8983 (mobile)


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