^ thank you, sorry, didn't mean to mislead anyone. I am glad you corrected that, Lead. I guess all they ruled was that the state could not set a number of plants, like sb 420 did, but they can still bust you and make you explain your numbers.

Here is a good blurb from one of Lead's norml links.



sfweekly

A Big Fat Bowl of Nothing: What the Pot Limit Strike Down Really Means

By Chris Roberts, Friday, Jan. 22 2010 @ 4:04PM
Categories: Pot Culture :stoned:

What exactly did the California Supreme Court do Thursday, when it struck down a 2003 law limiting the amount of pot a medical marijuana patient can possess to eight ounces? A big fat bowl of nothing, says Dale Gieringer, who as director of the state office of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), ought to know.

All the court did was uphold the will of the voters - which is exactly what it did when it upheld Proposition 8, incidentally. Proposition 215, passed in 1996 by voters, put no arbitrary limits on how much pot a patient can possess; it was the 2003 law, passed by the Assembly, that did. Voters trump the voted, every time. "This is exactly as we expected," Gieringer said. The state "cannot arbitrarily limit the amount of plants, the amount of medicine a patient might use."

​ That is not to say a recommendation gives any patient, anywhere, carte blanche to tote any amount of medicine.

"If you have 10 pounds, you're just as likely to be arrested now as before (the decision)," Gieringer said Thursday afternoon. That's because 10 pounds is a limit well above what's "reasonably allowable" for medicinal marijuana patients under Proposition 215. There are different thresholds for different ailments, many of which are above eight ounces -- Patrick Kelly, the defendant in Thursday's case, was busted with 12 ounces and seven plants in Southern California. And many counties across the state allow more than others: Humboldt County, for example, allows a patient to possess three pounds of dried weed and an unlimited amount of plants. Gieringer speculates that Thursday's decision will have little effect on current law enforcement attitudes: a patient can still be arrested for possessing a pound or two. "It's still an issue," Gieringer says, "and it will still be an issue." SF Weekly placed a call to the San Francisco Police Department to see if the decision should impact local law enforcement, but have not yet heard back. We'll keep you posted.
boaz Reviewed by boaz on . Growing for another card holder in CA question I have a medical card for myself and grow my own (up to 6 plants). My question is I have a friend who will be getting his card but can not grow and has asked me to grow his 6 plants limit. My question is what do I need to do that I can grow 12 plants and not get into trouble within the current CA medical marijuana laws? Do I just need to post a copy of his medical letter in my house or need some other document that gives me the protection that I am growing for him etc..?? Any good Rating: 5