2.12 Compassion Center Authorized Activities. A compassion center registered pursuant to Ā§5.0 of these Regulations may acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply, or dispense marijuana, or related supplies and educational materials, to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers who have designated it as one of their primary caregivers.

5.1.2 A compassion center shall not acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply or dispense marijuana for any purpose except to assist registered qualifying patients with the medical use of marijuana directly or through the qualifying patientā??s other primary caregiver.

There are heavy inventory requirements within the law, but nothing that explicitly requires documentation of where medicine is acquired.

6.11 A registered qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver may give marijuana to another registered qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver to whom they are not connected through the Departmentā??s registration process established pursuant to these Regulations, provided that no consideration is paid for the marijuana, and that the recipient does not exceed the applicable limits specified in Ā§2.8 of these Regulations.

So, in a nutshell, the law does not seem to protect the sale of medical marijuana from a patient or caregiver to a compassion center. The only protected transaction that is protected by law (as described at RIPAC orientation) is between a patient and his/her registered caregiver. Otherwise, gifts only.

6.5 A primary caregiver may receive reimbursement for costs associated with assisting a registered qualifying patient's medical use of marijuana. Compensation shall not constitute sale of controlled substances.

Highflyer seems to be correct that the law would have to be changed in order for compassion centers to be able to acquire medicine from patients/caregivers and allow those people to be compensated.

None of the applications I have read account within their budgets to acquire medicine. There is a standard ramp-up timetable, and those centers that deviate will most likely not be licensed. One center has networked with patients and caregivers to have strains donated. This might be a successful model, but does not warrant self-sufficiency.

I don't think Rhode Island will go the way of California, where growers can supplement their incomes by selling to dispensaries.

I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on Television. I do, however, like to read and be thorough. Please, if you have salient data that refutes my interpretation...I insist you share. All of the above quotes are right out of the Slater law itself, available on the RI DOH website and linked various times on this forum.

Be well,

CD

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CuriousDaimon Reviewed by CuriousDaimon on . Propossed Compassion Center in Providence RI..Has this been Posted Here Before? I am NOT the original poster of this Article.Just passing it on.If its been posted please let me know ill have it removed. Store in Providence would grow, package and sell medical marijuana 07:05 AM EDT on Monday, June 28, 2010 By W. Zachary Malinowski Rating: 5