Quote Originally Posted by davo420
Anybody else getting concerned with the whole privacy/confidentiality?

Seems like a lot of different hands involved now.....
I for one am very concerned about this as well. From using a 3rd party contract vendor via the Dept. of Treasury, to temp workers, to a long term plan to have a contracted agency deal w/ submitted apps. and ultimately the Dept. of Revenue being allowed acccses, yeah, not what I originally agreed to when I submitted my application and certification to the CDPHE. based on Amendment 20.

"??No person shall be permitted to gain access to any information about patients in the state health agency's confidential registry, or any information otherwise maintained by the state health agency about physicians and primary care-givers, except for authorized employees of the state health agency in the course of their official duties and authorized employees of state or local law enforcement agencies which have stopped or arrested a person who claims to be engaged in the medical use of marijuana and in possession of a registry identification card or its functional equivalent, pursuant to paragraph (e) of this subsection (3). Authorized employees of state or local law enforcement agencies shall be granted access to the information contained within the state health agency's confidential registry only for the purpose of verifying that an individual who has presented a registry identification card to a state or local law enforcement official is lawfully in possession of such card.?

I'm not a conspiracy buff, but I do believe there is an agenda to severely restrict the availability of medical marijuana w/ in the state of Colorado. Our legislature, city councils, the Medical Board will endorse MMJ to a degree, but ultimately believe this is a medicine of "last resort" and are actively ensuring the Registry will ultimately reflect that two years from now.

All this ballyhoo over a plant that not only has documented medical therapeutic value, that has no toxic overdose level, and when is used responsibly recreationally has no ill effects, well,
I'm preacing to the choir here.

CDPHE: FY 2010-11 Budget Request