Uh....I'll take my slice with just cheese, thanks!
HB.
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Old School Arizona
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...Sometimes I sleep on my patio and wake up to weird things splashing in my waterfall pond. Last week it was something that looked like a salamander. I pulled it out quickly knowing that it had been trapped and might drown.
I took it inside to show my wife, a natural biologist who loves all sorts of critters. She said, "That's a baby Gila Monster". Sure enough, she was right. We immediately put it in a cardboard box for transport to the desert where we let it go an hour later.
A little research indicated that it was a newborn, maybe 1 week or so old. How a mother Gila Monster gave birth in the alley or thereabouts without being seen during its move to our neighborhood is weird. But then I had a nice 3 foot long racer shoot across my feet in the yard a few months ago, too. And that's with a 6 foot tall stockade fence around the entire yard perimeter.
I took it inside to show my wife, a natural biologist who loves all sorts of critters. She said, "That's a baby Gila Monster". Sure enough, she was right. We immediately put it in a cardboard box for transport to the desert where we let it go an hour later.
A little research indicated that it was a newborn, maybe 1 week or so old. How a mother Gila Monster gave birth in the alley or thereabouts without being seen during its move to our neighborhood is weird. But then I had a nice 3 foot long racer shoot across my feet in the yard a few months ago, too. And that's with a 6 foot tall stockade fence around the entire yard perimeter.
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rbt
It has been a dry year so far and the wildlife is out looking We had one get in the pool under the fence and through the dogs. great reference place for Sonoran Desert
http://www.desertmuseum.org/
http://www.desertmuseum.org/
I'll pass on the scorpion pizza.
Saw this on the road the other day.
And then this guy
Saw this on the road the other day.
And then this guy
these
and
and birds like a cloud
and this
Wait, that's in my yard
and there's still some of these, though they're becoming more rare all the time here.
and
and birds like a cloud
and this
Wait, that's in my yard
and there's still some of these, though they're becoming more rare all the time here.
no madjag, we'll call it south central. That Gila Monster was about 20" long. big old guy.
Apache Kush
Member
The only Gila monster I ever saw in the wild was at a random wash
around the Verde River.
They don't seem to go far from the water as they critters they eat need the water too.
Congrats though they are a rare sight, good medicine as the natives say.
Bad news for your quail friends though, tell the wife
around the Verde River.
They don't seem to go far from the water as they critters they eat need the water too.
Congrats though they are a rare sight, good medicine as the natives say.
Bad news for your quail friends though, tell the wife
R
rbt
A GREAT RULING IN A TUCSON CASE
By Brad Poole
I've been a writer for more than two decades, but I've never been much of a grammar Nazi.
You know the type—they harass you on Facebook every time you slip up and use bad grammar or spelling or punctuation. Niggling over "your" and "you're" and commas usually seems to me like a failed exercise in supposed superiority, but earlier this month, Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Fields ruled on some absent punctuation, dismissing felony charges against a Tucson medical marijuana patient and sparking huge implications for medical marijuana patients.
Suddenly, I'm a grammar Nazi.
The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act has, up to now, been interpreted by police and courts to allow patient-to-patient transfer of meds, as long as nothing of value is exchanged. You can give cannabis to any other patient, any time you want, but you can't sell it to him ... her ... them ...whatever.
Here's how the AMMA reads:
"A registered qualifying patient or registered designated caregiver is not subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner, or denial of any right or privilege, including any civil penalty or disciplinary action by a court or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau:
[...]
For offering or providing marijuana to a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver for the registered qualifying patient's medical use or to a registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary if nothing of value is transferred in return and the person giving the marijuana does not knowingly cause the recipient to possess more than the allowable amount of marijuana."
Since judges are paid grammar Nazis, among other things, Fields ruled that this wording could be interpreted at least four ways. Prosecutors claim the "nothing of value" phrase applies to dispensaries and other patients. Jeremy Matlock, who is charged with a fistful of felonies for growing and selling cannabis, claims it applies only to dispensaries.
In dismissing the charges, Fields noted that under the state's own interpretation, a patient would have to both sell cannabis and cause the patient to go over his possession allotment to violate the AMMA. Matlock didn't sell enough cannabis to do that, so the state's own argument makes him not guilty.
So Fields dismissed all charges against Matlock.
Pima County Attorney Barbara Lawall's office, which has up to now taken a hard line against legal cannabis, is sure to send this case to appeal, but it seems to me the Arizona Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court will have a hard time ruling any other way. It's not like the law is slightly difficult to interpret. It's kind of a mess, and when that happens under Arizona law, the defendant wins.
The implications are huge for patients, because if patients could suddenly sell to each other, a lot of us would bypass dispensaries and potentially save a bunch of money. As of June, there were roughly 2,500 patients authorized to grow. That's a lot of cannabis to offer or provide to a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver for the registered qualifying patient's medical use.
Patient-growers would be able to bypass a lot of the hassle of commercial growing. They aren't regulated or inspected or licensed the way dispensaries are. I'm certain the state Department of Health Services and police will be all up in arms about this ruling, but I think it's exactly what we need.
I'd usually rather get my cannabis from a friend than a dispensary, and I'd rather have the state as minimally involved as possible. The system we have in Arizona has virtually eliminated the little guy from the cannabis sales equation. Only moneyed people opened dispensaries, and only moneyed people will ever be able to. This ruling, if it stands, gives the little guys a chance to get into the cannabis business.
And I'm a fan of that.
By Brad Poole
I've been a writer for more than two decades, but I've never been much of a grammar Nazi.
You know the type—they harass you on Facebook every time you slip up and use bad grammar or spelling or punctuation. Niggling over "your" and "you're" and commas usually seems to me like a failed exercise in supposed superiority, but earlier this month, Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Fields ruled on some absent punctuation, dismissing felony charges against a Tucson medical marijuana patient and sparking huge implications for medical marijuana patients.
Suddenly, I'm a grammar Nazi.
The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act has, up to now, been interpreted by police and courts to allow patient-to-patient transfer of meds, as long as nothing of value is exchanged. You can give cannabis to any other patient, any time you want, but you can't sell it to him ... her ... them ...whatever.
Here's how the AMMA reads:
"A registered qualifying patient or registered designated caregiver is not subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty in any manner, or denial of any right or privilege, including any civil penalty or disciplinary action by a court or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau:
[...]
For offering or providing marijuana to a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver for the registered qualifying patient's medical use or to a registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary if nothing of value is transferred in return and the person giving the marijuana does not knowingly cause the recipient to possess more than the allowable amount of marijuana."
Since judges are paid grammar Nazis, among other things, Fields ruled that this wording could be interpreted at least four ways. Prosecutors claim the "nothing of value" phrase applies to dispensaries and other patients. Jeremy Matlock, who is charged with a fistful of felonies for growing and selling cannabis, claims it applies only to dispensaries.
In dismissing the charges, Fields noted that under the state's own interpretation, a patient would have to both sell cannabis and cause the patient to go over his possession allotment to violate the AMMA. Matlock didn't sell enough cannabis to do that, so the state's own argument makes him not guilty.
So Fields dismissed all charges against Matlock.
Pima County Attorney Barbara Lawall's office, which has up to now taken a hard line against legal cannabis, is sure to send this case to appeal, but it seems to me the Arizona Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court will have a hard time ruling any other way. It's not like the law is slightly difficult to interpret. It's kind of a mess, and when that happens under Arizona law, the defendant wins.
The implications are huge for patients, because if patients could suddenly sell to each other, a lot of us would bypass dispensaries and potentially save a bunch of money. As of June, there were roughly 2,500 patients authorized to grow. That's a lot of cannabis to offer or provide to a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver for the registered qualifying patient's medical use.
Patient-growers would be able to bypass a lot of the hassle of commercial growing. They aren't regulated or inspected or licensed the way dispensaries are. I'm certain the state Department of Health Services and police will be all up in arms about this ruling, but I think it's exactly what we need.
I'd usually rather get my cannabis from a friend than a dispensary, and I'd rather have the state as minimally involved as possible. The system we have in Arizona has virtually eliminated the little guy from the cannabis sales equation. Only moneyed people opened dispensaries, and only moneyed people will ever be able to. This ruling, if it stands, gives the little guys a chance to get into the cannabis business.
And I'm a fan of that.
HighDesertAz
Member
Love that ruling. Its great because they cannot change the law. They could not change the 25 mile rule, only interpret it differently.
Plus, the 2.5 oz limit on usable cannabis, which does not include fresh cut wet bud. And no conversion for concentrate weight.
So now I can grow HUGE plants, chop em, freeze em them make 2.5 oz of bubble
Can't wait for the dispensaries to feel the hurt. Non-Profit compassion my ass.
(But I am afraid that ADHS might combat this by being a bit more lax on dispensary registration, and soon there will be more dispensaries than fast food places)
Plus, the 2.5 oz limit on usable cannabis, which does not include fresh cut wet bud. And no conversion for concentrate weight.
So now I can grow HUGE plants, chop em, freeze em them make 2.5 oz of bubble
Can't wait for the dispensaries to feel the hurt. Non-Profit compassion my ass.
(But I am afraid that ADHS might combat this by being a bit more lax on dispensary registration, and soon there will be more dispensaries than fast food places)
orangeade5
New member
Love that ruling. Its great because they cannot change the law. They could not change the 25 mile rule, only interpret it differently.
Plus, the 2.5 oz limit on usable cannabis, which does not include fresh cut wet bud. And no conversion for concentrate weight.
So now I can grow HUGE plants, chop em, freeze em them make 2.5 oz of bubble
Can't wait for the dispensaries to feel the hurt. Non-Profit compassion my ass.
(But I am afraid that ADHS might combat this by being a bit more lax on dispensary registration, and soon there will be more dispensaries than fast food places)
I really hope this 25 mile rule goes away and dispensaries can someday buy from caregivers and patients, just think of all the jobs let alone tax revenue we could create here! The dispensaries in the valley have shitty weed more often than not and it's sad that there's just not enough competition for them to care. I have pretty much reduced my list of worthwhile dispensaries to visit to 5 or less within 25 miles.
To stay a bit more on topic I have seen recently Acapulco Gold at the dispensaries in Mesa/Tempe, though they are a good 40 minute drive I may go check it out and if it's decent I'll pull the trigger in hopes I can share a little of the magic you older gangstas like madjag were enjoying back in the day. Someday Madjag you need to tell us (or just me hehe) the location of Madjag canyon because I remember while I read this entire thread 6 months ago I was trying to play detective and find out where it was and all I know is wizards on the old jeep trail find little patches of green sometimes.
Keep on keeping on buddy
