Quote Originally Posted by rudy2010
SoCo did you stand up in the meeting and say why are the restrictions for pot so much worse than for prescription drugs? Why are medical marijuana patients discriminated against by the state and police agencies? Why aren't police agencies protecting peoples stash and grows like the private possessions of any of the other citizens of the state?

If not maybe next time you could.
You have a voice, and a computer. Speak up, and not just in the internet forums. Take the advocacy boot camps being offered this weekend. I can, and do speak out, but am only 1 voice. There is power in numbers.

The period for public comment closed on 2/11 so this was not the arena for those comments regarding rules. The DOR has no oversight on police agencies so that's the wrong agency to complain to about LEO. Try your police chief or city council if you are being harassed or your rights are being violated. The restrictions are worse than prescription drugs because Maijuana is still listed as a Schedule 1 by DEA.

I did however send emails indicating disapproval regarding the camera systems as being intrusive and excessive. Those comments were printed by DOR and submitted to the licensing division to be considered with the approval of rules. I also submitted comments against 90 pages of law followed up by another 89 pages of rules being excessive, but that only applies to dispensaries.

Patients need to speak up regarding patient issues. The DOR said that they were disappointed that patients failed to show up and comment regarding rulemaking public comment time. Email was another option available. I asked our patients to send in their comments, and I'm sure some of them did.

While as a dispensary of course we support patient rights, patients need to speak and not just hope and assume that somebody else is speaking for you.
SoCoMMJ Reviewed by SoCoMMJ on . Violating Patient Rights Discussion regarding the notion that patient rights are being violated by the DOR cameras and possible database system. ================================= After driving to Denver to attend the MMBA meeting tonight, there is continued information that the DOR is not interested in violating patient rights. "They don't even want to see patient information" was clearly stated more than once. The statement made by Dan Hartman regarding cameras was that the only DOR monitored camera would be Rating: 5