Medical marijuana grow-ops facing restrictions in Kamloops

[pho]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/28/bc-kamloops-medical-marijuana.html

Dear God! Can they actually do that!?

I'm waiting on my renewal right now and thankfully I'm not in Kamloops, but I hope this doesn't set a precedent for restrictions. We've already got Aglukkaq trying to revoke our right to grow all together.

I fucking hope they grandfather grower's rights. I'm going to grow no matter what. But it sucks because I shut things down in March of 2011 and haven't been able to start things up again. I'd have for new bylaws or federal laws to be imposed before I get growing again.

 

[the med man]

ya they can, been done in surrey. i think with all the grow/gang situation affecting most of bc, this isnt a bad idea at all. it may suck for those with low/fixed incomes, but get proactive, start a co-op, put 4 lics per warehouse, share the burden, keep residential neighbors "happy" and "safe". grows are public enemy #1 across bc. no need to be any ones
perceived enemy, mm

 

[pho]

ya they can, been done in surrey. i think with all the grow/gang situation affecting most of bc, this isnt a bad idea at all. it may suck for those with low/fixed incomes, but get proactive, start a co-op, put 4 lics per warehouse, share the burden, keep residential neighbors "happy" and "safe". grows are public enemy #1 across bc. no need to be any ones
perceived enemy, mm

Easy for you to say. Don't you have a commercial license?

There is definitely abuse, but that doesn't mean that the people abiding by the rules should become casualties of these rulings as well. Took me damn near all of my adult life to get into this program and now it's crumbling.

 

[TURBD]

I live in Surrey. I can throw a rock into Langley. Yet I still have restrictions on where I can grow as I also own a townhouse here with children and am locked into my mortgage for 3 more years. I could easily get a house with a shop in the valley for the $ I have tied up here. It took some work but I found a place to grow out of this town.
The rules suck. Sure. Don't let that get you down. Just work around it.
Like MM said. Get some sort of co op with a few others and rent a warehouse and do it right.
That's what I wish I did as I would have proper space to get what I should off my 78 plants.
Now I am stuck doing a SOG instead of trees.
Don't worry about it.

 

[shizznit]

ya they can, been done in surrey.

This is incorrect.
Surrey may be trying, but there are no such laws.... the City of Surrey breaks the law trying to do so

 

[the med man]

This is incorrect.
Surrey may be trying, but there are no such laws.... the City of Surrey breaks the law trying to do so

i assure you, its a "bylaw". pitt meadows has a bylaw where no dgs can grow, and plans to eliminate it totally. so trust me, theycan, mm

 

[the med man]

"City officials in Surrey, B.C., have also passed their own bylaw requiring medical marijuana growers to obtain municipal permits and grow in agricultural areas. Under the bylaw, if a person refuses to comply, they may be convicted of an indictable offence."

reference -http://www.canada.com/health/Legal+marijuana+grow+magnet+crime+officials+worry/5838059/story.html

 

[shizznit]

"City officials in Surrey, B.C., have also passed their own bylaw requiring medical marijuana growers to obtain municipal permits and grow in agricultural areas. Under the bylaw, if a person refuses to comply, they may be convicted of an indictable offence."

reference -http://www.canada.com/health/Legal+marijuana+grow+magnet+crime+officials+worry/5838059/story.html

ahemmmm....
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This is BS....
I live there, the Feds say you can keep your MMJ garden a secret due to it being a health concern and that's where the buck stops, no law exists in Surrey, this i9s media propoganda.
They are trying to do it, but it hasn't happened....

 

[LEDNewbie]

ooops

 

[the med man]

CITY OF SURREY
BY-LAW NO. 17410
A by-law to license and regulate the cultivation and
production of Medical Marijuana
.........................................................................................................................
(a) WHEREAS Health Canada issues licenses under the Medical Marijuana Access
Regulation to allow the cultivation and production of marijuana for medical
purposes;
(b) AND WHEREAS the cultivation and processing of Medical Marijuana poses
inherent safety risks to the community;
(c) AND WHEREAS the licensing and regulation of Medical Marijuana will
improve the safety of persons and buildings; and
(d) AND WHEREAS the licensing and regulation of such cultivation and
production of Medical Marijuana will improve the health, safety and welfare of
the residents and medical marijuana users in the City.
Therefore, under its statutory powers, including Section 15 of the Community Charter, SBC
2003, c. 26, the Council of the City of Surrey enacts the following provisions:
INTENT OF BY-LAW
(a) to provide for the safe cultivation, production and distribution of Medical
Marijuana to patients who qualify to obtain, possess and use marijuana for
medical purposes under the Health Canada Medical Marijuana Access
Regulation;
(b) to protect public safety and welfare through reasonable limitations on medical
marijuana cultivation and production in relation to noise, air and water quality,
patient safety and security and other health and safety concerns; and
(c) nothing in this By-law is intended to promote or condone the production, distribution
o


reference - http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/BYL_reg_17410.pdf

it isnt where you live but what you know lol, mm

 

[the med man]

http://www.surrey.ca/bylawsandcouncillibrary/BYL_reg_17410.pdf - city of surrey website

Commencement
27. This By-law shall come into force on the date of final adoption hereof.
PASSED FIRST AND SECOND READING on the 13th day of June, 2011.
PASSED THIRD READING on the 13th day of June, 2011.
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED, signed by the Mayor and Clerk, and sealed with the
Corporate Seal on the 27th day of June, 2011.

secrets cannot be charged or regulated. mm

 

[VagPuncher]

FYI, if you comply with the ventalation and electrical permits you CAN grow in Surrey. They just make it a bitch too.

 

[LEDNewbie]

Do you know what the ventilation regulations Are vagpuncher?? Always wondered about that.

 

[pho]

My last grow looked like a fucking lab. Calculated all of the ventilation requirements as well as electrical. Didn't need to do any wiring as there was a dryer outlet and power from two different sources near enough to the location we were growing. If and when I do this again, it will obviously be done by code. But my concern is investing another shit ton of money, only to have the government shut it down.

I put way too much money into my last grow because I bought top of the line supplies and materials. Ditching hydro for soil/peat, but the building materials will be a tough investment with shit like this looming overhead.

What are the requirements for commercial growers? The only person I half-way trust has a license for 50 plants and at that level, it's getting into criminal territory. I don't want to attract gangs... I'm in BC and that would bring a lot of heat. I just want to grow my fucking medicine. Spent nearly a decade fighting for the right, then years burying my face in books for growing, building, electrical (hired an electrician to check things, but I still want to know what I'm doing) so I've put a big amount of time and money into this. I don't trust others growing my shit. I'm picky. I want to do it.

 

[the med man]

it does help when an alarm, cameras and a monitoring company are brought into the equation.

the first rule of any business is to protect it, mm

 

[shizznit]

I was unaware of those changes to the regulations Med Man, and I've been here over 40 years, thanks for bringing that to my attention....

 

[shizznit]

FYI, if you comply with the ventalation and electrical permits you CAN grow in Surrey. They just make it a bitch too.

This is correct, it IS NOT illegal to grow in Surrey, no LAW prohibits it.
Those REGULATIONS require permits to make sure electrical is up to code, but they cannot stop you from growing your own medicine.

 

[shuswap]

pho looks like we are neighbours,why not grab a warehouse outta city limits and get vagpuncher to help you load it up with a 50 lighter?

 

[pho]

pho looks like we are neighbours,why not grab a warehouse outta city limits and get vagpuncher to help you load it up with a 50 lighter?

Haha I'd love to.

I'm also not too scared of small time rippers. I have cameras and a security system even at home, where I have nothing more than a few grams. I keep myself and my family safe. Always grow away from home in a safe location that no one knows about, not leaving paper trails or anything like that. And always growing within my limit.

What I'm scared of is the big guys, the guys who don't care about police. I don't want Hells Angels or some ethnic gang asking for a cut. Just because I'm in really good shape and brown, I get a lot of gangster types always sizing me up. AFOAF had some scary Vietnamese people after him. And another family I knew that was growing (no MMAR) were ratted on by another Asian family. Sucks to be a FOB sometimes.

 

[the med man]

hey man, grow ripping is innitiation and sizeable income for heavy gangs in bc. its not just crackers and heads, but organized 007 spy store thiefs. crews work nightly in most known neighborhoods, mm