HB1284 Update

HB1284 will shut down 95% of dispensaries in Colorado. The bill will now be
voted on by the full state Senate. CTI is urging patient rights supporters
to contact their state senators and urge them to vote No on HB1284. Call
today, as the legislative session ends on May 12.

As the bill stands now, all dispensaries will have to become compliant with
all the new regulations by July 1, 2010.

Click here to contact your Senators:
Cannabis Therapy Institutue - Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Research, Education and Advocacy in Colorado

HB1284 is a 72-page regulatory nightmare 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. On April 27, 2010, it passed the Senate Local Government Committee by a
6 to 0 vote . HB1284 now moves on to Appropriations and then a vote of the
full Senate. Call and email your state senator now and ask them to vote NO
on HB1284.

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. A
dispensary would have to grow 70% of their medicine onsite, pushing them
over the 100 plant limit that attracts the attention of the federal Drug
Enforcement Administration. 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. Dispensaries could expect an
auditor with a gun to be at their clinic every 5 to 7 days.
YouTube - Senator Chris Romer! Marijuana! Auditors! Guns! Best Friends!!!!

Remember, the medical marijuana program and distribution system in Colorado
is 100% legal right now. Everyone has a 100% Constitutional right to do
exactly as they are doing right now in Colorado. The state has given *no*
justification for eliminating these Constitutional rights, because there
have been no significant problems with the new medical marijuana industry.
Dispensary owners are not getting arrested because what they are doing is
legal, protected by the Article XVIII Section 14 of the Colorado
Constitution. HB1284 would invite armed money-and-medicine-counters into
health clinics that are creating no problems for the community right now.
Medical marijuana would be regulated stricter than alcohol or narcotics or
child molesters. Every transaction will be video-taped and every gram will
be counted by "auditors with guns."
YouTube - Senator Chris Romer! Marijuana! Auditors! Guns! Best Friends!!!!

We suggest that the state instead set up a Commission to study the issue to
make sure the needs of the patient are foremost in any legislation and to
make sure this complicated issue gets addressed properly.

LEGAL ANALYSES
Click here to read a more detailed analysis of HB1284 from some attorneys.

Attorney Danyel Joffe's Analysis
http://www.cannabistherapyinstitute....l.joffe.13.pdf
Medical Marijuana

Attorney Lauren Davis' Analysis
Cannabis Therapy Institutue - Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Research, Education and Advocacy in Colorado

Attorneys Robert J. Corry, Jr. and Jessica Corry Analysis
Robert J. Corry, Jr.: "Rocky Mountain High" Medical Marijuana in Danger

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CALL AND EMAIL

Click here to contact your Senators:
Cannabis Therapy Institutue - Medical Cannabis (Marijuana) Research, Education and Advocacy in Colorado

CALL
Senate Offices: (303) 866-2316

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