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| − | + | California s draft medical marijuana legislation SB 1262 is getting more user-friendly after a day of lobbying in Sacramento by over 100 patients. | |
| − | + | Advocacy group Americans for Safe Access former director of Governmental Affairs Caren Woodson yesterday afternoon to celebrate patient-friendly changes that she said ASA helped facilitate. She also blasted <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Bags</a> other advocacy groups like Drug Policy Alliance that have opposed the bill since the beginning. | |
| − | + | With little support from the medical cannabis industry or movement orgs, it has been confirmed by California Sen. Correa to all participants in the ASA lobby day (described by many as futile) that ALL of ASA major amendments will indeed be folded into the bill. So much for the absolute ridiculous suggestions that SB 1262 either couldn t be fixed or that ASA was somehow willing to sell out the very principles that have informed its government relations from day one. | |
| − | + | I hope ASA receives the public recognition it deserves for relentlessly fighting for what is right, then and now! | |
| + | Senate Bill 1262 is pending a hearing in Assembly Appropriations and would license the commercial aspects of California s $1.8 billion medical marijuana industry. Personal medical marijuana cultivation and possession would be left alone. Sponsored by Sen. Lou Correa from a Southern California town that bans dispensaries, SB 1262 is backed by the California Police Chiefs and League of California Cities. | ||
| + | Last week, California NORML, Rep. Tom Ammiano, Drug Policy Alliance and Emerald Growers Association unless it was amended. By contrast, ASA said they were staying in support of SB 1262 in order to help mold its final shape. | ||
| + | Woodson wrote on Facebook that ASA s influence helped change the bill in a number of ways: | ||
| + | - tweaking the requirement that local governments specifically permit cultivation projects before the state issues a license | ||
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| + | - changing the rules to allow applicants to hold more than one category of license at the same <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Buy Celine Bags</a> time 鈥?e.g. cultivation, processing, and distribution; | ||
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| + | - deleting the statewide cap on the number of licensed cultivators; | ||
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| + | - modifying the language that would prevent anyone with a felony conviction, including a medical cannabis conviction, from holding a license; | ||
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| + | - and, removing the provision that allows counties to impose unlimited taxes on medical cannabis activity! | ||
| + | A was posted to the California Legislatures website Monday. | ||
| + | There s a lot to like about California finally growing up and coming to terms with the reality of its medical cannabis industry. Things like: mandatory safety testing, security, and clear rules for transportation. | ||
| + | The newly amended version does <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine UK Outlet</a> seem to soften the felony convictions rule, but it still stays local governments can tax medical cannabis activity at any rate specified by the board of supervisors . The bill also appears to limit the number of licensed cultivation sites statewide . | ||
| + | Interestingly, the word profit does not appear once. Will dispensaries still have to operate as not-for-profits? We ll find out this week and keep in mind more amendments to the bill are likely coming. | ||
Revision as of 04:04, 9 August 2014
@@@ California s draft medical marijuana legislation SB 1262 is getting more user-friendly after a day of lobbying in Sacramento by over 100 patients. Advocacy group Americans for Safe Access former director of Governmental Affairs Caren Woodson yesterday afternoon to celebrate patient-friendly changes that she said ASA helped facilitate. She also blasted <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine Bags</a> other advocacy groups like Drug Policy Alliance that have opposed the bill since the beginning. With little support from the medical cannabis industry or movement orgs, it has been confirmed by California Sen. Correa to all participants in the ASA lobby day (described by many as futile) that ALL of ASA major amendments will indeed be folded into the bill. So much for the absolute ridiculous suggestions that SB 1262 either couldn t be fixed or that ASA was somehow willing to sell out the very principles that have informed its government relations from day one. I hope ASA receives the public recognition it deserves for relentlessly fighting for what is right, then and now! Senate Bill 1262 is pending a hearing in Assembly Appropriations and would license the commercial aspects of California s $1.8 billion medical marijuana industry. Personal medical marijuana cultivation and possession would be left alone. Sponsored by Sen. Lou Correa from a Southern California town that bans dispensaries, SB 1262 is backed by the California Police Chiefs and League of California Cities. Last week, California NORML, Rep. Tom Ammiano, Drug Policy Alliance and Emerald Growers Association unless it was amended. By contrast, ASA said they were staying in support of SB 1262 in order to help mold its final shape. Woodson wrote on Facebook that ASA s influence helped change the bill in a number of ways: - tweaking the requirement that local governments specifically permit cultivation projects before the state issues a license
- changing the rules to allow applicants to hold more than one category of license at the same <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Buy Celine Bags</a> time 鈥?e.g. cultivation, processing, and distribution;
- deleting the statewide cap on the number of licensed cultivators;
- modifying the language that would prevent anyone with a felony conviction, including a medical cannabis conviction, from holding a license;
- and, removing the provision that allows counties to impose unlimited taxes on medical cannabis activity! A was posted to the California Legislatures website Monday. There s a lot to like about California finally growing up and coming to terms with the reality of its medical cannabis industry. Things like: mandatory safety testing, security, and clear rules for transportation. The newly amended version does <a href=http://www.buycelinebags.com>Celine UK Outlet</a> seem to soften the felony convictions rule, but it still stays local governments can tax medical cannabis activity at any rate specified by the board of supervisors . The bill also appears to limit the number of licensed cultivation sites statewide . Interestingly, the word profit does not appear once. Will dispensaries still have to operate as not-for-profits? We ll find out this week and keep in mind more amendments to the bill are likely coming.
