[Marquis de Sod]

write your senator. it is typical STUPID for them to change a working law to accommodate a new law that STILL ISNT WORKING.

https://app.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/

[Arthritis_sucks]

What are they doing now?

[vapor]

https://www.cannabisculture.com/conte...a-Dispensaries


Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
By Jacob Sullum, Forbes - Wednesday, February 19 2014
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Last night the Washington House of Representatives approved a bill that would abolish medical marijuana dispensaries, a.k.a. “collective gardens,” and impose new restrictions on patients who use cannabis for symptom relief. H.B. 2149, which passed by a vote of 67 to 29, would thereby eliminate some of the unregulated competition for the state-licensed pot stores that are expected to start opening this summer under I-502, the legalization initiative that Washington voters approved in November 2012. Supporters of the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle), hope that banning dispensaries will help maximize tax revenue and mollify the feds.

The bill requires patients to buy their cannabis from the same stores that serve recreational customers, which would be the only legal sellers of medical marijuana as of May 1, 2015, when the provision allowing collective gardens would be repealed. Patients could continue to grow marijuana for their own use, but the maximum number of plants would be reduced from 15 to six (three of them flowering). The ceiling on possession by patients would be cut from 24 ounces to three. The bill instructs the state Department of Health, together with the Washington State Liquor Control Board (which is charged with regulating marijuana growers, processors, and retailers), to produce a report by November 15, 2019, on the question of whether it is appropriate to continue allowing home cultivation.

- Read the entire article at Forbes

[hush]

Shit, that sucks for the true medical scene... basically, the state is concerned that the medical scene will act as "unregulated competition for the state-licensed pot stores" if I'm understanding this correctly. What a bunch of dicks!

[HidingInTheHaze]

This is the filtering process.

They are filtering many down to a few for easier control. I think the eventual outcome will be just a handful of producers, set prices and mediocre quality.

It's all about the money. It looks like they are trying to squash home growing and push those people into buying taxed mid grades.

IMO legal weed is going to strip the legitimacy of cannabis as medicine, and put it in the same league as recreation substance like alcohol, an unhealthy vice.

[IGROWMYOWN]

Originally Posted by vapor

https://www.cannabisculture.com/conte...a-Dispensaries


Washington House Overwhelmingly Approves Ban On Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
By Jacob Sullum, Forbes - Wednesday, February 19 2014
Follow:

Bill
collective gardens
dispensaries
HB 2149
I-502
Medical Marijuana
state law
USA
Washington

Last night the Washington House of Representatives approved a bill that would abolish medical marijuana dispensaries, a.k.a. “collective gardens,” and impose new restrictions on patients who use cannabis for symptom relief. H.B. 2149, which passed by a vote of 67 to 29, would thereby eliminate some of the unregulated competition for the state-licensed pot stores that are expected to start opening this summer under I-502, the legalization initiative that Washington voters approved in November 2012. Supporters of the bill, which was introduced by Rep. Eileen Cody (D-West Seattle), hope that banning dispensaries will help maximize tax revenue and mollify the feds.

The bill requires patients to buy their cannabis from the same stores that serve recreational customers, which would be the only legal sellers of medical marijuana as of May 1, 2015, when the provision allowing collective gardens would be repealed. Patients could continue to grow marijuana for their own use, but the maximum number of plants would be reduced from 15 to six (three of them flowering). The ceiling on possession by patients would be cut from 24 ounces to three. The bill instructs the state Department of Health, together with the Washington State Liquor Control Board (which is charged with regulating marijuana growers, processors, and retailers), to produce a report by November 15, 2019, on the question of whether it is appropriate to continue allowing home cultivation.

- Read the entire article at Forbes

How was this allowed to happen? yeah I don't like the feel of washingtons setup at all sucks other than the weather its an awesome place to live I hope you guys can smooth this nonsense out some how... Everybody wants regulation legalization in Cali it seems but if this shit is coming I gotta say the nay no to that. Is it me or is that a dick move to cut their limits like that?its like kicking somebody when they're down... an F you

[vapor]

Sorry I dont know the ins and outs, when i saw the thread i went looking and this is what i found. Not so good. Maybe some folks from WA can fill us in on the particular////

[Arthritis_sucks]

Time to get dirty if this passes people from WA. If i were in WA an this went all the way through. Lmfao! Wouldnt be to hard to find who the supporters of this bill are, an figure which business are theirs..........ya know. Its pretty straight forward imho, they have no right to take what we all started. If they try , take it back. Gonna be a long road since these fat cats seen the dollar signs. Good luck.

[Jhhnn]

"Mollify the Feds" is a whole new angle on the usual bullshit. They put the cart ahead of the horse, so they can try to convince us it's going in the other direction.

I don't see that as necessary, given the Colorado experience so far. I figure the Feds will speak up if they're seeing a systemic problem w/ regulation before they go wild, other than against individual operators who aren't following the rules, diverting product to other markets.

Obviously, it's not about that, at all. I read it as a combination of spite over I-502 and an excuse to exert power over growing in general.

Colorado's A64 personal growing provisions stymie such efforts completely around here. Cut 'em off at the knees, it did.

As this unfolds, the sheer genius of A64 will become more apparent. Prohibitionists & control freaks will exploit any opening. It looks like WA voters left them with some wiggle room, sad to say.

Good luck with it all.

[therevverend]

Mollify the feds is bullshit. The feds are looking to Washington and Colorado to come up with a system that works. Then they will follow the policy that we set when they push ahead with legalization in the rest of the country. So if we set up a bullshit system in our states the feds will copy it. That is why this battle is so important.