HB10-1284-So growers......what just happened?

[senorx12562]

I'm already burrowing so fast my arms hurt. Note the avatar. Any body need some glasses?

[milehighmediman]

One of my patients just called to ask me if I was setting up my own dispensary since, according to his interpretation of the bill, a patient has to designate a dispensary and once this is done, he cannot shop at any other dispensary. I must have missed this one. Most of my product that is not distributed to my patients is purchased by one dispensary these days anyway and I will be this dispensary's designated grower under the new law but I want my patients to have as many choices as possible...not limit them to just the particular dispensary that is offering my product.

I don't have time to scour the bill right now to verify. Can anyone here who has read the bill verify this

puntacometa,

I tried to cut and paste the info you are looking for but it would not allow me to do it. but the info you are looking for is on pages 52-57. Specifically page 57 line 8-16. I hope this helps.

[puntacometa]

puntacometa,

I tried to cut and paste the info you are looking for but it would not allow me to do it. but the info you are looking for is on pages 52-57. Specifically page 57 line 8-16. I hope this helps.

Thanks for taking the time. So basically, this will track how "big" a dispensary is getting in order to flag them for special scrutiny.

[GratefulMeds]

PLEASE PLAN TO BE AT THE CAPITOL TUESDAY! BELOW IS A LIST OF CONTACT INFO FOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE.

Please read completely through to the bottom of this email.

CALL EVERYONE, SEND TO YOUR EMAIL LIST, WE NEED TO GATHER A CROWD THAT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS!!! THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR.....THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS THE PEOPLE, AND IT WILL BE TIME TO VOTE THEM OUT IN NOVEMBER!!! STARTING WITH ROMER AND MASSEY!!!

DO NOT PUT YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND, EVERYONE IS NEEDED TO STOP THIS BILL.........

WE NEED TO RATTLE THEIR CAGE!!!

IT IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO TESTIFY!!! ARRANGE CARPOOLING, WEAR GREEN, OPPOSING SIGNS ARE OK UNTIL THE SENATE CHAMBERS.

PLEASE MAKE THIS YOUR MISSION FOR MONDAY TO CALL THEIR OFFICES. WRITE EMAILS THIS WEEKEND. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT SENT EMAILS TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CHANGE IT TO ADDRESS THE SENATORS!!!

RING THE PHONES, FAX, EMAIL..........FLOOD THE CAPITOL AGAINST THIS MONOPOLISTIC OUTRAGEOUS, WALK ALL OVER THE CONSTITUTION BILL. ROMER DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK THE CONSTITUTION MATTERS, THE LAW MAKERS (THAT EVERYONE VOTED FOR) SAY THEY CAN REGULATE AROUND THE CONSTITUTION.

THIS IS THE FINAL TIME FOR TESTIMONY AGAINST HB10-1284

THEY REDUCED THE CAREGIVERS TO 5 PATIENTS. ROMER IS SAYING THE
FEE FOR A DISPENSARY AND GROW OPERATION WILL BE AT LEAST $50,000.00
STARTING 7-1-2011 (SEE YOUTUBE CLIP) YouTube - Senator Chris Romer! Marijuana! Auditors! Guns! Best Friends!!!!

A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM WILL BE PUT IN PLACE STARTING 7-1-2010
NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN A DISPENSARY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE FOR 1 YEAR.

DURING THIS TIME THE REVENUE DEPT. WILL FIGURE OUT HOW MANY ARMED AUDITORS
THAT THEY WILL BE IN DISPENSARIES, GROW OPERATIONS AND CAREGIVER LOCATIONS EVERY 5-7 DAYS!!!

THIS INDUSTRY HAS NOT PROVEN THAT IT MUST HAVE "MILITIA GESTAPO ENFORCEMENT"

SEE YOUTUBE CLIP below:

YouTube - Senator Chris Romer! Marijuana! Auditors! Guns! Best Friends!!!!




Subject: Josh Stanley's testimony 3-04-10

click on link and slide it to 2 minutes 45 seconds, he sets up what he is going to say.
He says it at the 3:40 mark. He's a snitch!!!
and an ass kisser to Romer and Massey!

He has also changed the name from Peace and Medicine to Healthy Bud and has opened 3 more
dispensaries. He's still a SNITCH!!! Whatever he wants to call his Dispensaries!!!

SPREAD THE WORD TO VENDORS

This will take the efforts of everyone!!!
Thank you for your efforts!

Sincerely,
Kimberly Matteo, N.D., M.H.
303-835-2743

Thank you Laura @ The Cannabis Therapy Institute for the following Important Information!!!





----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Cannabis Therapy Institute <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 9:07:28 PM
Subject: Senate Committee Hearing on HB1284 on Tuesday

Please copy and repost this announcement.

Medical Cannabis Day of Action

Senate Local Government Committee
Hearing on HB1284
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
State Capitol Building
200 E. Colfax, Denver, CO 80201

11am-12pm: Grassroots Lobbying Tours of the Capitol
Grassroots lobbying tours led by community organizers from Mile High NORML
and the Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers will leave from the
Cafeteria in the Basement at 11am and 12 noon. This will be an opportunity
to lobby senators before the hearing begins. See Mile High NORML's
grassroots lobbying demonstration video:
YouTube - Cannabis Activist Grassroots Lobbying Tour Lead by Miguel Lopez, Mile High NORML

2:00 pm: Hearing on HB1284
Senate Local Government Committee
Old Supreme Court Chambers
Second Floor, North End, State Capitol Building
The south entrance is handicapped accessible.

*** Please arrive early to sign up to testify. ***

Sign-up inside the Old Supreme Court Chambers
Attire: Dress to Impress
Provisions: Bring food and water, as the hearing may last a while.

ACTION ALERT: HEARING ON HB1284
This is your *last chance* to give public testimony on House Bill 1284, a
bill designed to destroy the current medical marijuana program in Colorado.

We are also urging you to CALL and EMAIL the Senate Local Government
Committee Members (see below.)

HB1284 is now a 72-page monstrosity that allows the Department of Revenue
to control the licensing and all standards of medical marijuana "centers."
On April 22, the bill passed the full House by a vote of 39 to 23. The bill
requires a dispensary to get a state license, a local license and a
cultivation license. A state license might cost up to $50,000, according to
Senator Chris Romer, one of the bill's sponsors. Most dispensaries will not
be able to comply with the requirement to cultivate 70% of their medicine
onsite.

HB1284 creates Medical Marijuana Enforcement Investigators, who could
investigate the center any time it is open, or appears to be open. They do
not need a search warrant, but they would have police powers to enforce all
Colorado laws. Senator Romer has said that dispensaries could expect an
auditor to be at their clinic every 5 to 7 days.
YouTube - Senator Chris Romer! Marijuana! Auditors! Guns! Best Friends!!!!

HB1284 is fraught with problems. CTI proposes that the state instead set up
a commission to study the issue and introduce a sensible bill next year, to
make sure this complicated issue gets addressed properly.

HB1284 now moves on to a public hearing in the Senate Local Government
Committee, scheduled for Tuesday, April 27.

*This will be the last opportunity to give public testimony on the bill*

*CAREGIVERS TAKE ACTION*
Caregivers are urged to rally their patients to attend this hearing at the
Capitol. Forward this action alert to your email list and post it on your
website.

*LISTEN ONLINE*
You listen online to the Old Supreme Court Chambers.
ColoradoChannel.net Homepage

*ANALYSES*
Click here to read a more detailed analysis of HB1284 from two attorneys.

Attorney Danyel Joffe's Action Alerts on HB1284
http://www.cannabistherapyinstitute....l.joffe.13.pdf
Medical Marijuana

Attorney Lauren Davis' Action Alert on HB1284
Cannabis Therapy Institutue - Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Research, Education and Advocacy in Colorado

Click here to read the latest version of HB1284 from the General Assembly
webpage:
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/cli...e=1284_ren.pdf

*CALL AND EMAIL*

URGENT - URGENT - URGENT

Contact these Committee members by phone and email. Be *polite* and
professional. Ask them to vote No on HB1284 and instead form a Commission
of patients, caregivers, lawmakers and law enforcement that will draft a
bill that will work, instead of pushing through a 72-page regulatory
nightmare that will force all but the richest dispensaries out of business.

*Senate Local Government Committee Members*

Sen. Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass), Chair
District 5 (Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale,
Mineral, Pitkin, Rio Grande and Saguache Counties)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-4871
E-mail: [email protected]

Sen. Joyce Foster (D), Vice-Chair
District 35 (Arapahoe and Denver Counties)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-4875
E-Mail: [email protected]

Sen. Bill Cadman (R)
District 10 (El Paso County)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-2737
E-mail: [email protected]

Sen. Mary Hodge (D)
District 25 (Adams County)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-4855
E-Mail: [email protected]

Sen. Ken Kester (R)
District 2 (Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas,
Otero and Pueblo Counties)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-4877
E-Mail: [email protected]

Sen. Kevin Lundberg (R)
District 15 (Larimer County)
Office Location: 200 E. Colfax
Denver, CO 80203
Capitol Phone: (303)866-4853
E-Mail: [email protected]

Sen. Linda Newell (D)
District 26 (Arapahoe and Jefferson County)
Capitol Phone: 303-866-4846
E-mail: [email protected]

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[canaguy27]

I also agree that Brown and CMMR are lobbying for the big boys. It is a shame. Just wait until they push to far and impale themselves.

[budsndrums]

Fox news mentality? Whomever wrote that just lost credibility with half of the audience by starting with a polarizing comment like that

[COzigzag]

I just emailed all the Senators a letter containing my concerns. I plan to call each of their offices Monday.

Just curious if other people are actually doing something.

[TurboALLWD]

I just emailed all the Senators a letter containing my concerns. I plan to call each of their offices Monday.

Just curious if other people are actually doing something.

I emailed last week, but still need to call. I doubt theres many people actually doing something about it.

[palerider7777]

i have as well.:thumbsup:

[MMDInsuranceCo]

Over the past year, medical marijuana has consumed Colorado's news headlines and political debates. But with an estimated 100,000 patients now legally authorized to use marijuana to treat debilitating medical conditions, a handful of lawmakers threaten to dismantle a transparent dispensary system in favor of constitutionally-suspect regulations that could embolden a now-distressed black market.

We remain cautiously optimistic that the cloud of Prohibition will continue to clear. Repeatedly, courts have sided with patients in litigation surrounding medical marijuana rights. Voters, too, continue to express support for an emerging medical marijuana marketplace where transactions occur in well-lit, safe, taxable, environments instead of darkened back alleys, as they did in the decades before Colorado voters first approved medical marijuana in 2000.

While opponents mock this thriving industry and impugn patients' motives, six in ten voters continue to support medical marijuana rights. Notably, pro-medical marijuana sentiment runs strong even in the most unanticipated of places. In nursing homes across Colorado, terminally-ill residents use marijuana as an alternative to the haze of highly addictive narcotics.

While the state's economy continues to flounder, legislators have spent hundreds of hours over the last four months formulating proposals that could dismantle the state's system of retail dispensaries. Sen. Chris Romer, a Denver Democrat also running for Mayor, proposes Senate Bill 109 and House Bill 1284. As he explained it recently, the legislation would establish an army of "auditors with guns" to meet his goal of putting "well over 50 percent" of Colorado's legal marijuana businesses "out of business."

The proposals come after Senator Romer previously posted on this site that his efforts to establish a complex regulatory structure for medical marijuana were "now over."

Even more concerning, a handful of our fellow Republicans have now signed onto a ballot measure that would prohibit caregivers from making any profit whatsoever. If approved by legislators, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 could appear on this November's ballot. It would ask voters to amend the Colorado Constitution to exclude retail sale or commercial cultivation of medical marijuana from constitutional protections, while also establishing overly cumbersome entitlements governing caregiver-patient relationships.

Patients will face an uphill battle and must band together to counter the special interests and establishment voices that seem to disfavor dispensaries. While Colorado's largest newspaper, The Denver Post, has established an excellent medical marijuana advertising section that has pumped much needed revenue into its coffers, ColoradoCannabisCorner.com, it uses its editorial page to bash dispensaries. A recent editorial argued that "dispensaries are never even mentioned in the medical marijuana constitutional amendment." Another Post editorial called legal retail medical marijuana a "farce" and "hypocrisy."

This assertion despite the Colorado Constitution Article XVIII § 14(2)(d)'s specific reference to "acquisition, possession, manufacture, production, use, sale, distribution, dispensing, or transportation of marijuana." If "dispensing" marijuana is explicitly contemplated, then a dispensary must reasonably be considered legal.

Marijuana is the only legal industry in America that endures such brazen threats from elected and opinion elites. If a politician had said that he plans to put "well over 50 percent" of all, say, supermarkets, out of business, would he suffer from voters?

Colorado House Bill 1284 and Senate Bill 109 would realize Senator Romer's dream of putting "well over half" out of business with requirements that no other business sector need satisfy. For example, the current version of HB 1284 purports to allow local governments to ban the exercise of this constitutional right to the medical use of marijuana. This would subject constitutional rights to government approval, when the principal purpose of constitutional rights is to protect vulnerable or unpopular minorities against the majority. Popular things don't need constitutional protection; pitchfork-wielding mobs are not screeching to ban Mom and apple pie. Although medical marijuana remains popular statewide, there remain geographically-isolated pockets of irrational prejudice and NIMBY-ism relating to medical marijuana. Medical marijuana patients are the new despised minority; typical arguments recycle emotional Segregationist canards of "property values," "increased crime," and "we must protect the children," none of which have any empirical support.

HB 1284 requires the state to go, hat in hand, to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and request that the federal DEA "reschedule" marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule II substance. Lately here, the DEA's favorite pastime has been to laugh in Colorado's face when it comes to medical marijuana. However, in this instance, the DEA's inevitable laughter at Colorado's rescheduling request would be justified, since HB 1284 somehow ignores that it is the U.S. Congress, not the DEA, which sets the schedules for drugs. Before requesting the DEA to do something it cannot do, the Colorado Legislature should keep its own house in order, and reschedule marijuana away from Schedule I in its own State-level classification, Colorado Revised Statutes section 18-18-203.

HB 1284 requires that all officers, directors, stockholders, and employees be of "good moral character and reputation." What organization could comply with such a sweeping and vague requirement? Probably not even Focus on the Family, or the Colorado State Legislature for that matter. HB 1284 requires those in the medical marijuana business to repay all student loans and have no outstanding judgments due to any government agency, such as a parking ticket.

HB 1284 irrationally requires that retailers themselves cultivate no less than 70% of their supply offered to customers, and that no wholesalers can exist. If such a requirement applied to supermarkets, i.e., that the supermarket must grow 70% of the wheat for the bread on the shelves, and that every farmer growing the wheat must also be a retailer, it would put both farmer and supermarket out of business, stuck in an infinite loop of government "auditors with guns" tracking every last minutiae of the production chain.

HB 1284 also attempts to resurrect the notorious limit of five patients per caregiver, an unconstitutional limit which the Colorado Health Department illegally adopted and was enjoined by a court from enforcing. How can a caregiver function with any economies of scale if limited to five patients?

If these proposals become law and the government puts "well over half" of dispensaries out of business, would the production, sale, purchase, and use of marijuana end? Of course not. It would simply go back underground, back to unsafe darkened alleys, un-taxable, with no quality control.

And those who need it the most, the 75-year-old grandmother in a wheelchair, would suffer in the black market. Try as the government might to repeal the laws of supply and demand, marijuana will always be grown, sold, and consumed.

Let's hope legislators can understand even more basic economies of scale. With 100,000 voters now registered as patients and another couple million who believe strongly in medical marijuana rights, lawmakers should think twice before dismantling the dispensary industry.


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