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**Skip** · 11-14-2009, 06:10 PM

It looks like it's finally time for Pennsylvania to get into the medical marijuana act. Good luck PA!

Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana (PA4MMJ) is pleased to announce that the PA House of Representatives Health and Human Services Committee will have hearings on HB 1393, The Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.

Scheduled in Harrisburg on December 2, 2009 these will be the first public hearings on medical cannabis in the history of the Commonwealth.

Patients with debilitating medical conditions, families and medical professionals willing to testify are being sought by Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana.

https://www.examiner.com/x-29881-Phil...uana-announced

Centrum · 11-14-2009, 07:48 PM

This is great news.
We need more eastern states.

**Skip** · 11-14-2009, 08:32 PM

I've read over the bill and it's a one ounce/six plants (total) deal.

It imposes a sales tax on medical marijuana. This is completely wrong to tax medicine!

All mmj providers must maintain records of all marijuana it grows, processes or distributes for medical treatment and shall make its records available for inspection by the department of Health. While that seems to be pretty invasive, at least it's only the dept. of Health and not the Sheriff who does the inspecting.

It seems to me this is a small step in the right direction, but it would prove itself still a hassle for medical patients who have to pay tax, can only grow six plants total and possess only one ounce? Many medical patients need more than that, and there is no provision in this bill for that.

Looks like PA is several years behind the curve in meeting the needs of Medical Marijuana patients, even with this bill...

whodi · 11-15-2009, 01:05 AM

why is the west so advanced and the east/south more traditional/slower to progress

Ribsauce · 11-15-2009, 01:51 PM

skip your completely correct PA is far behind the curve... im not sure what to think about this now hmmmmm

Dr Dog · 11-15-2009, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip

I've read over the bill and it's a one ounce/six plants (total) deal.

It imposes a sales tax on medical marijuana. This is completely wrong to tax medicine!

All mmj providers must maintain records of all marijuana it grows, processes or distributes for medical treatment and shall make its records available for inspection by the department of Health. While that seems to be pretty invasive, at least it's only the dept. of Health and not the Sheriff who does the inspecting.

It seems to me this is a small step in the right direction, but it would prove itself still a hassle for medical patients who have to pay tax, can only grow six plants total and possess only one ounce? Many medical patients need more than that, and there is no provision in this bill for that.

Looks like PA is several years behind the curve in meeting the needs of Medical Marijuana patients, even with this bill...

It is a start, it is far better than a miniscule amount and that results in charges

ToughGirl · 11-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Pa will find a way to screw this up, it's in their nature. I grew up there and learned commonwealths aren't in my best interest. They'll raise the taxes again and again and again (probably to pay the port authority drivers $120k a year or some other bs) until people go back to doing it illegally. Then they'll come out and say how much of a failure MMJ is because people won't want to pay $150 an ounce tax for pot they've grown themselves.

It's a step in the right direction, but there really should be a standardized system for the whole U.S., not this state by state garbage, too much red tape and too many greedy politicians to make anything work smoothly.

StevenSteve · 11-15-2009, 02:13 PM

OMG I LIVE IN PA.... Does this include persons with bipolar or schizoaffective or schizophrenia disorders or anxiety disorders?

Toughgirl - you are right it needs to happen nationwide, not this state by state garbage...

wsmith · 11-15-2009, 02:16 PM

while PA definitely is not setting any trends here I don't think it's behind the curve seeing as MJ is still Schedule 1 despite the opinion of the AMA...I also think 1 oz/6 plants is nothing special and taxation of a medical product is hypocritical so if I lobby my congress person...vote against it.
tax it as a vice
or style something off of prop 215
i live in PA and I vote in PA
where I am at nobody gets locked up for simple possession if its clearly personal use anyway
and i don't live in the woods
get real or leave it alone.
any changes this starts will wind up detrimental in the end because of the precedents of taxation and restriction that this type of action set.

Mackawber · 11-16-2009, 05:08 AM

Start calling your PA reps and raise hell about the issue---tell them to get with the program. Don't be the last state to legalize!

I wonder which state will be last? My guess would be South Carolina and Mississippi.

11-14-2009, 06:10 PM	#1
Skip Let's Get Small! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,456	Medical Marijuana Hearings Scheduled in Pennsylvania It looks like it's finally time for Pennsylvania to get into the medical marijuana act. Good luck PA! Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana (PA4MMJ) is pleased to announce that the PA House of Representatives Health and Human Services Committee will have hearings on HB 1393, The Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. Scheduled in Harrisburg on December 2, 2009 these will be the first public hearings on medical cannabis in the history of the Commonwealth. Patients with debilitating medical conditions, families and medical professionals willing to testify are being sought by *Pennsylvanians for Medical Marijuana. https://www.examiner.com/x-29881-Phil...uana-announced __________________ "America's freedom lies in cannabis." - feltonmuggs "Prohibition is the gateway to fascism." -* Treewizard
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11-14-2009, 08:32 PM	#3
Skip Let's Get Small! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,456	I've read over the bill and it's a one ounce/six plants (total) deal. It imposes a sales tax on medical marijuana. This is completely wrong to tax medicine! All mmj providers must maintain records of all marijuana it grows, processes or distributes for medical treatment and shall make its records available for inspection by the department of Health. While that seems to be pretty invasive, at least it's only the dept. of Health and not the Sheriff who does the inspecting. It seems to me this is a small step in the right direction, but it would prove itself still a hassle for medical patients who have to pay tax, can only grow six plants total and possess only one ounce? Many medical patients need more than that, and there is no provision in this bill for that. Looks like PA is several years behind the curve in meeting the needs of Medical Marijuana patients, even with this bill... __________________ "America's freedom lies in cannabis." - feltonmuggs "Prohibition is the gateway to fascism." - Treewizard
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Ribsauce Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 603	skip your completely correct PA is far behind the curve... im not sure what to think about this now hmmmmm __________________ She told me not to smoke it But I did and it took me far away And I turned out to be The only hell mama ever raised.
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11-15-2009, 02:13 PM	#8
StevenSteve Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 119	OMG I LIVE IN PA.... Does this include persons with bipolar or schizoaffective or schizophrenia disorders or anxiety disorders? Toughgirl - you are right it needs to happen nationwide, not this state by state garbage... __________________ hi
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11-15-2009, 01:05 AM	#4
whodi Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,508	why is the west so advanced and the east/south more traditional/slower to progress
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ToughGirl Playing with fire... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: zz9 plural z Alpha, Terra MW. Posts: 399	Pa will find a way to screw this up, it's in their nature. I grew up there and learned commonwealths aren't in my best interest. They'll raise the taxes again and again and again (probably to pay the port authority drivers $120k a year or some other bs) until people go back to doing it illegally. Then they'll come out and say how much of a failure MMJ is because people won't want to pay $150 an ounce tax for pot they've grown themselves. It's a step in the right direction, but there really should be a standardized system for the whole U.S., not this state by state garbage, too much red tape and too many greedy politicians to make anything work smoothly.
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11-15-2009, 02:16 PM	#9
wsmith cannaquistador Join Date: May 2009 Location: east coast Posts: 165	while PA definitely is not setting any trends here I don't think it's behind the curve seeing as MJ is still Schedule 1 despite the opinion of the AMA...I also think 1 oz/6 plants is nothing special and taxation of a medical product is hypocritical so if I lobby my congress person...vote against it. tax it as a vice or style something off of prop 215 i live in PA and I vote in PA where I am at nobody gets locked up for simple possession if its clearly personal use anyway and i don't live in the woods get real or leave it alone. any changes this starts will wind up detrimental in the end because of the precedents of taxation and restriction that this type of action set. __________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams My 2000 watt Hydrohut and friends (ongoing) My 2010 Project - Chem DD, F-13, OTM, C99, Pomello and some SSH among other strains, my first bubble hash experience, and some experiments with cloning (still running this room too) My Previous Project - Williams Wonder x Somango, and a bagseed strain of haze that I have been cloning and my friends have been loving, my first foray in to cloning and generally blowing my set up out beyond the closet (mostly finished but I'm keeping the strains on the backburner)
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11-16-2009, 05:08 AM	#10
Mackawber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 339	Start calling your PA reps and raise hell about the issue---tell them to get with the program. Don't be the last state to legalize! I wonder which state will be last? My guess would be South Carolina and Mississippi.
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