GreenMountain71
Member
ATTENTION ALL
The Department of Health & Human Services is proposing major changes to the Rules governing Maine's medical marijuana program.
A Public Hearing on proposed rule changes is set for Monday, August 13 at 1pm in the Health & Human Services Committee Room 209 in the Cross Building, next to the State House in Augusta.
Outdoor Cultivation
Proposed rules would restrict on outdoor growing, requiring an Enclosed, Locked, Facility to include:
• Exterior lighting. Exterior lighting, including motion-activated lighting, must be sufficient to deter nuisance activity and facilitate surveillance, but must not disturb neighbors
• Fence. A privacy fence at least 8 feet high that completely obscures the view of the contents of the enclosed area and is sufficient to deter theft and unauthorized intrusion.
• The DHHS may at any time require other security measures deemed necessary to secure the enclosed area.
• The enclosed area must be at least twenty-five feet from property boundary lines.
• The enclosed cultivation area must be located where the qualifying patient or caregiver resides.
Restricted Vegetative Plant Limit
It is proposed to limit mature, female vegetative plants to 12 per patient and no working definition for seedlings.
Adding New Qualifying Conditions
The rules would define how new conditions can be added, so physicians can recommend medical marijuana to treat more conditions.
Banning certain patients from cultivating their medicine.
The proposed rules would ban many patients most in need, and least able to afford to purchase medicine, from growing their own medical marijuana, including those who are legally defined as incapacitated, those who are homeless, in a nursing home or in hospice.
PLEASE BE THERE
If you would like to help or become involved with the movement please contact
Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine
207-596-3501 mmcmaine@gmail.com www.mmcmonline.org
The Department of Health & Human Services is proposing major changes to the Rules governing Maine's medical marijuana program.
A Public Hearing on proposed rule changes is set for Monday, August 13 at 1pm in the Health & Human Services Committee Room 209 in the Cross Building, next to the State House in Augusta.
Outdoor Cultivation
Proposed rules would restrict on outdoor growing, requiring an Enclosed, Locked, Facility to include:
• Exterior lighting. Exterior lighting, including motion-activated lighting, must be sufficient to deter nuisance activity and facilitate surveillance, but must not disturb neighbors
• Fence. A privacy fence at least 8 feet high that completely obscures the view of the contents of the enclosed area and is sufficient to deter theft and unauthorized intrusion.
• The DHHS may at any time require other security measures deemed necessary to secure the enclosed area.
• The enclosed area must be at least twenty-five feet from property boundary lines.
• The enclosed cultivation area must be located where the qualifying patient or caregiver resides.
Restricted Vegetative Plant Limit
It is proposed to limit mature, female vegetative plants to 12 per patient and no working definition for seedlings.
Adding New Qualifying Conditions
The rules would define how new conditions can be added, so physicians can recommend medical marijuana to treat more conditions.
Banning certain patients from cultivating their medicine.
The proposed rules would ban many patients most in need, and least able to afford to purchase medicine, from growing their own medical marijuana, including those who are legally defined as incapacitated, those who are homeless, in a nursing home or in hospice.
PLEASE BE THERE
If you would like to help or become involved with the movement please contact
Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine
207-596-3501 mmcmaine@gmail.com www.mmcmonline.org
