Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries


Last night the Washington House of Representatives approved a bill that would abolish medical marijuana dispensaries, a.k.a. “collective gardens,” and impose new restrictions on patients who use cannabis for symptom relief. H.B. 2149, which passed by a vote of 67 to 29, would thereby eliminate some of the unregulated competition for the state-licensed pot stores that are expected to start opening this summer under I-502, the legalization initiative that Washington voters approved in November 2012. Supporters of the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle), hope that banning dispensaries will help maximize tax revenue and mollify the feds.


The bill requires patients to buy their cannabis from the same stores that serve recreational customers, which would be the only legal sellers of medical marijuana as of May 1, 2015, when the provision allowing collective gardens would be repealed. Patients could continue to grow marijuana for their own use, but the maximum number of plants would be reduced from 15 to six (three of them flowering). The ceiling on possession by patients would be cut from 24 ounces to three. The bill instructs the state Department of Health, together with the Washington State Liquor Control Board (which is charged with regulating marijuana growers, processors, and retailers), to produce a report by November 15, 2019, on the question of whether it is appropriate to continue allowing home cultivation.


Cody’s legislation would create a “patient recognition” system that would allow cardholders to buy up to three ounces at a time (as opposed to one ounce for recreational customers), avoid paying sales taxes (a privilege addressed in a separate bill), and claim immunity from arrest for possession or cultivation within the limits set by law. Currently there is no central record of qualified patients. Patients with doctor’s recommendations have an affirmative defense against marijuana charges, meaning they can still be arrested, although not convicted. H.B. 2149 would eliminate that affirmative defense, effectively requiring qualified patients to register with the state if they want to be recognized as such.


“I think that we can satisfy some of the patients,” Cody said after the vote. “I don’t think that all of the medical marijuana community will be happy.”


That might be an understatement. “Our cowardly legislators voted to effectively end medical cannabis here,” says Steve Sarich, executive director of the Cannabis Action Coalition, who opposed I-502 partly because of the impact he expected it to have on medical consumers. “Patients are in shock. If the Senate votes to pass this bill, Washington will be the first state to end medical cannabis.” All but three of the 29 votes against Cody’s bill came from Republicans. “The Democrats, who supported I-502, were behind this, along with the governor,” Sarich says. “Who would have thought it would be the Republicans trying to protect the rights of patients?”


The bill now goes to the state Senate, which is considering several measures that address medical marijuana. The 2014 legislative session ends on March 13.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2014/02/18/washington-house-overwhelmingly-approves-ban-on-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/

Bummer. Let the flight money grubbing commence. I feel bad for the patients who will be negatively affected by this.

Why are we letting the losers in the "war on drugs" right the rules??

Do we let Pedophiles right the rules for Child Protective Services?.....rant on...
Well actually yeah.... Cps perpetuates our childrens misery for their own benefit. Like some sick parasite.....
Rant off

Be thankful we have the two party system where each side wants to do what the other side doesn't. If these clowns ever really got together on things, we would be doomed.
As a casual observer in this mj mess as it unfolds around US, I believe when the dust settles we will have one big cluster f**k, with 50 states with 50 different ways to deal with it, until the feds decide it's time to step in. Then you'll see all this go back underground to where it's been since before I was born, due to US taxation and state/local taxation on mj.

Buck - *LIKE* - on all your informative posts, keep enlightening us on the world of mj.

phizzion said:

Be thankful we have the two party system where each side wants to do what the other side doesn't. If these clowns ever really got together on things, we would be doomed.
As a casual observer in this mj mess as it unfolds around US, I believe when the dust settles we will have one big cluster f**k, with 50 states with 50 different ways to deal with it, until the feds decide it's time to step in. Then you'll see all this go back underground to where it's been since before I was born, due to US taxation and state/local taxation on mj.

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I think you mean a 2 party system where each side opposes the others ideas and stance, until they're elected, at which point they do whatever the hell they like. Aka politics.

phizzion said:

Be thankful we have the two party system where each side wants to do what the other side doesn't. If these clowns ever really got together on things, we would be doomed.
As a casual observer in this mj mess as it unfolds around US, I believe when the dust settles we will have one big cluster f**k, with 50 states with 50 different ways to deal with it, until the feds decide it's time to step in. Then you'll see all this go back underground to where it's been since before I was born, due to US taxation and state/local taxation on mj.

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Sorry bro......theres no such thing as a '2' party system...


--its all run by the same criminals and both criminal gangs here work for them..
...IE.>>>the fed==federal reserve=criminal banksters




Theres only 'one' party here and always has been....the GOP
since after the civil war
if you remember your history the 2party system came out of the reconstruction of the south where criminals rushed down there to 'help'
like now with the mmj


what became is ...


carpet baggers=republicans
scallywags=democrats


look it up-


it is another one of their illusions designed to make you think you have a choice....hegillian dialectic
only an intellectual can wrap their mind around it or understand...everyone else gets fooled


--watch this if you can sit thru it...then look it up elsewhere to verify what hes saying if you have a hard time believing it
....eustace breaks it down pretty well


This guy knows what hes talking about and explains quite well the history of our country...the world...and things in general


http://youtu.be/oq0_n7ZBX_c


get ready to swallow the 'red' pill and wake up tho.....or keep eating the blue pill and stay asleep
hope it doesnt freak you out


peace

EDIT:
and you are correct....
.the BIG goal is to tax and regulate it out of the little guys hands and push us all back underground ....corporate takeover or a hostil takeover like they do corporations when they gut them

or like everything else they do in this corporate country
privatize it for a few-

buckaroo bonzai said:

Sorry bro......theres no such thing as a '2' party system...


--its all run by the same criminals and both criminal gangs here work for them..
...IE.>>>the fed==federal reserve=criminal banksters




Theres only 'one' party here and always has been....the GOP
since after the civil war
if you remember your history the 2party system came out of the reconstruction of the south where criminals rushed down there to 'help'
like now with the mmj


what became is ...


carpet baggers=republicans
scallywags=democrats


look it up-


it is another one of their illusions designed to make you think you have a choice....hegillian dialectic
only an intellectual can wrap their mind around it or understand...everyone else gets fooled


--watch this if you can sit thru it...then look it up elsewhere to verify what hes saying if you have a hard time believing it
....eustace breaks it down pretty well


This guy knows what hes talking about and explains quite well the history of our country...the world...and things in general


http://youtu.be/oq0_n7ZBX_c


get ready to swallow the 'red' pill and wake up tho.....or keep eating the blue pill and stay asleep
hope it doesnt freak you out


peace

EDIT:
and you are correct....
.the BIG goal is to tax and regulate it out of the little guys hands and push us all back underground ....corporate takeover or a hostil takeover like they do corporations when they gut them

or like everything else they do in this corporate country
privatize it for a few-

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This! All for money and money for all (except us) Slavery at it's finest!

When I talk of the two party system, one has to leave money out of the discussion. Money is the same for both parties, they disagree on who should receive it, they will both blow it, just depends who is going to benefit.
The real difference I see is in the system of two parties is the 'social aspect'. Generally speaking under our current system, the republicans want the 'old time morals/values' intact, the democrats want to soften "old time morals/values'. This can be seen in the abortion/medical marijuana/immagration stances that the parties take. Most of this is really a smoke screen to press peoples 'hot buttons' to get them to make a decision on the topic (hopefully in their favor).

The youtube vid is a different angle on history, not that there may be some truth involved.

I tend to like jesse venturas conspiracy theories better, just my preference, he seems to have a little more documentation to back it up. just my opinion, but the again, 'What do I know'?

I wouldn't consider Washington politics a two party system any more than I would Detroit. Complete government control and regulation is party specific and problematic no matter the story line being sold as populace IMO April 1st will be a whole new world for our liberal neighbors to the north

phizzion said:

When I talk of the two party system, one has to leave money out of the discussion. Money is the same for both parties, they disagree on who should receive it, they will both blow it, just depends who is going to benefit.
The real difference I see is in the system of two parties is the 'social aspect'. Generally speaking under our current system, the republicans want the 'old time morals/values' intact, the democrats want to soften "old time morals/values'. This can be seen in the abortion/medical marijuana/immagration stances that the parties take. Most of this is really a smoke screen to press peoples 'hot buttons' to get them to make a decision on the topic (hopefully in their favor).

The youtube vid is a different angle on history, not that there may be some truth involved.

I tend to like jesse venturas conspiracy theories better, just my preference, he seems to have a little more documentation to back it up. just my opinion, but the again, 'What do I know'?

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phizzion said:

The youtube vid is a different angle on history, not that there may be some truth involved.


I tend to like jesse venturas conspiracy theories better, just my preference, he seems to have a little more documentation to back it up...........

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i should have stated disregard the heading.....eustace didnt attach that...kinda throws you off
mayb an 'alarmist' conspiracy theory advocate did-


--there is ALOT of truth in there tho....not sure about 'some'....i think it is well documented
if your searching for it-
....just have to sit threw the history


this guy really did do THE MOsT research on the status quo of things and theres gold in that vid if your looking to understand things
He wrote the book on the NWO


dont think for a moment there ISNT a well planned out >federal=nwo roadmap for this whole mj 'dialectic'-
..and all the possible variables


they have covered all the bases with regards to whats happening
....i dont believe for a minute its all been serendipity or happen stance


the dichotomy we are experiencing is all part of the big picture and master plan for this plant
the end will justify the means




this has been planned for a long time
tax and regulate will not give 'us' anything......mayb a few


im always shocked and amused when people argue or take positions on 2party system here


the same people controlling everything ...including our mmj laws have been dictating world policies for centuries--
---follow the $$


jesse?


--i really enjoy him too.....he definitely dances close to or in the truth
i am waiting for the jesse ventura 'brigade' to form then i will join-




I think the differences in most politics nowadays can be boiled down to red or blue....coke or pepsi...fox or msnbc












The illusion of choice or change--


remember its not who votes now that counts....its who count$ the vote$--






Yeah keep us all fighting and arguing and divided .......best plan ever!




---for you bro-------->

TheMan13 said:

I wouldn't consider Washington politics a two party system any more than I would Detroit. Complete government control and regulation is party specific and problematic no matter the story line being sold as populace IMO April 1st will be a whole new world for our liberal neighbors to the north

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buckaroo bonzai said:

I think the differences in most politics nowadays can be boiled down to red or blue....coke or pepsi...fox or msnbc

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True, it seems like a simple uninformed popular consumer type choice to the sheep. There really isn't much of a fundamental difference between the ruling class of Democrat and Republican politicians today. What bothers me is that both are now pretty far left of the political paradigm, as government profit and control is fundamental to this modern political game. Both political parties at the time of this countries founding would be literally considered far right Anarchists under the current purview of all the asshats in office today