Denver City Ordinance to ban caregivers

[copobo]

yes. this is very important shit. everyone should treat this as if they are directly effected by it - as this will be coming to your town next.

[copobo]

Action Alert:
Denver City Council Debates Banning Caregivers

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Tell them to vote "NO" CB-607, Medical Marijuana Zoning Changes

Call Denver City Council
720-865-9534

First Reading on Medical Marijuana Zoning Changes
Denver City Council Meeting
When: Mon., August 9
Time: Council Meeting starts at 5:30 pm
Where: Council Chambers, Room 450
City & County Building
1437 Bannock Street, Denver, CO
On the west side of the Civic Center Park.
Format: This is the first reading and public comment will not be taken on
this bill at the hearing. You can call or email the Denver City Council
with your opinion. If this bill passes, it will have a second and final
reading some time in September where public comment will be taken.

BACKGROUND
The Denver City Council will discuss CB10-0607, a bill restricting growing
of medical marijuana by zoning districts in the city. It would essentially
eliminate the ability of a person to be a caregiver and provide cannabis
for another person not living in the same house with them.

Excerpts from the bill:

The growing of medical marijuana shall comply with the following:
1. No more than 6 plants may be grown for each patient registry
identification card holder residing in a dwelling unit, not to exceed 12
plants per dwelling unit.
2. Growing and/or storage of medical marijuana shall occur within a
completely enclosed structure.
3. Growing and/or storage of medical marijuana shall not occur in a common
area associated with the dwelling unit.
4. Growing shall be for personal use only by patient registry
identification card holders residing in the dwelling unit; retail or
wholesale sales of goods or products derived from the growing of medical
marijuana and any off-site distribution of such plants or derived products
are prohibited.

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[Zedleppelin]

I kinda saw this coming..we need to make a huge stink about this. Is it me or are they trying to systematically eliminate a free market economy? If this passes through in denver I think the state is in for trouble and we will likely see similar measures trying to be enacted in other cities..

I don't think they're trying to eliminate a free market, at least in their eyes, they are trying to eliminate caregivers altogether. That was the intent of 1284, thats the intent of these rogue raids, and that is obviously the intent of this ordinance. Six months ago I would have laughed at this but after 1284 nothing surprises me what people get away with.

[valstar]

They are trying to push the boom of MMJ out of Colorado back to Cali or where ever people moved here from. The state and local officials have gone bonkers over what happened the past few years and they are going to systematically shape the system to make it so hard here that people get fed up and leave the state. Colorado has seen an explosion in population over the past few years and its mainly due to how lax the system was here on MMJ. Things are going to get worse unless these officials are stood up to and voted out. Until then they will not respect anyone in the MMJ community cause your vote just isnt enough to matter to them to go after.

[milehighkt]

am i wrong? but to me this all just sounds like the beginnings of regulating people growing their own or cg's growing for patients..and maybe just setting it up for future legalization and mass commercial produced marlbro greens so ppl buy their weed from gas stations and stuff so they can control and tax and regulate it? idk...i mean not many ppl, i know at least, make their own liquor at home

[HighPopalorum]

am i wrong? but to me this all just sounds like the beginnings of regulating people growing their own or cg's growing for patients..and maybe just setting it up for future legalization and mass commercial produced marlbro greens so ppl buy their weed from gas stations and stuff so they can control and tax and regulate it? idk...i mean not many ppl, i know at least, make their own liquor at home

Lots of folks make alcohol at home, but it cannot be sold retail which is why you probably don't see it very often. Like most home growers, we're hobbyists, and only make small amounts which we consume ourselves or share with our friends. Although I dislike the cumbersome three-tiered distribution model, I agree entirely that home-based operations should face limits on size and be prohibited from running a business.

semirelated: we need to collectively discard the paranoid style. I'll probably make a thread on this sooner or later. I believe the MMJ community is particularly drawn to this style of advocacy.

[FlyinPolynesian]

Lots of folks make alcohol at home, but it cannot be sold retail which is why you probably don't see it very often. Like most home growers, we're hobbyists, and only make small amounts which we consume ourselves or share with our friends. Although I dislike the cumbersome three-tiered distribution model, I agree entirely that home-based operations should face limits on size and be prohibited from running a business.

semirelated: we need to collectively discard the paranoid style. I'll probably make a thread on this sooner or later. I believe the MMJ community is particularly drawn to this style of advocacy.

But a 12 plant limit in general is absurd!! I agree to an extent that if you like most who are growing just for yourself, but a vast majority of caregivers grow out of their homes because they simply canʻt afford to set up a large grow space. Didnʻt they already try to limit and control that with HB1284 and giving a 5 patient cap on caregivers ?

To me itʻs just an assertion of "we control this, and your constitutional rights donʻt mean shit to us publicly elected officials, who are supposed to enforce the will of the people!!

[copobo]

considering 1284's limits on caregivers coming together (and perhaps getting commercial, non-residential space) this makes a constitutional right illegal.

[HighPopalorum]

But a 12 plant limit in general is absurd!! I agree to an extent that if you like most who are growing just for yourself, but a vast majority of caregivers grow out of their homes because they simply canʻt afford to set up a large grow space. Didnʻt they already try to limit and control that with HB1284 and giving a 5 patient cap on caregivers ?

No argument with any of this.

[HighPopalorum]

One fact that hasn't been mentioned is that Denver is a consolidated county/city, meaning it is governed by a charter. As such, they can enact laws by ordinance that are more strict than state laws. If the ordinance passes and enough of you petition it, it can be forced onto the ballot for a popular vote. Charter, or home rule communities are given greater leeway in crafting ordinances than statutory communities. IIRC, GratefulMeds and others tried to get Nederland to go home rule because it would give the town greater control over MMJ regulations. The Denver ordinance shows the other side of home rule. FWIW, I still think all Colorado communities should be governed by charter.