I do not believe that the "dispensary model" is appropriate and I ultimately opposed the current bill except for the part that gave communities the option to prohibit dispensaries locally... We also regulated the "prescribing" of medical marijuana by physicians in another bill. I supported that and would like to give it an opportunity to work. -Bob Gardner R-COS

Judiciary is going to be a major bitch. I warned about this guy in another thread. Gardner was strongly opposed to 1284, and plans to close all MMCs. He is now the chairman. I don't know how partisan the proceedings will be, but there's certainly a chance house Republicans will co-opt 1043 in order to ban dispensaries. On the other hand, this bill is "small potatoes" in the within the greater context of the GA's agenda so maybe it will go through with minimal fuss.