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shaggyballs · 10-04-2015, 01:27 AM

So far, 23 states and the District of Columbia have each come up with distinctly different approaches for providing much needed medical cannabis.

How many of these states have made provisions for patients to provide themselves with their own medicine without being forced to purchase a commercialized product that may or may not be the type (strain ect.) that functions best to suite that particular patient needs?

How many states allow the patient to decide for themselves the type (strain ect.) of cannabis that works best for that particular patients needs?

If they so choose can they grow what works best for them at home?

For some patients that are not able to work this may be a necessity as most patients in this category are on a fixed income and can not afford the currently high dispensary prices.

I am very interested in any and all feedback on this subject.
But please folks let us keep the elementary school type arguments out of this thread for once.

To me this is a very serious issue at hand here and may even have a profound effect on the current legalization language.

Peace to all
Shag

LUNAROSE · 10-04-2015, 10:25 PM

In California you can grow it a MMC but different counties allow different amounts. In Los Angeles you can grow up to 6 mature plants unless you get an exemption which allows for more. On mine I am allowed to grow up to 50.

**Avinash.miles** · 10-04-2015, 11:08 PM

good question, def that is the most important factor to me and many of us on icmag....

i know you can in Colorado, washington, oregon, michigan, maybe in arizona also if u dont live near a dispensary.

shaggyballs · 10-05-2015, 05:38 AM

So only 5-6 out of 23?....really?
I confirm Michigan with 12 plants.
Any others?
I think Alaska, but dunno?

I still don't understand that whole "if you live near a store you can't grow your own food" thing..LOL

FunkBomb · 10-05-2015, 05:47 AM

New York just passed a medical cannabis program. Everything about it is centralized. All growing is illegal other than those companies that got one of the few permits.

-Funk

westtexas · 10-05-2015, 08:08 AM

Why not just Google legalized growing...lol.

dddaver · 10-05-2015, 02:25 PM

This was last year, but probably about same now I imagine. But also, I don't think that the 23 states mentioned in this email are including those four legalized states that are mentioned earlier in this thread. I imagine the email is just talking about medical here, I think anyway. I think 2 states went legal this year, and DC though too.

Karen O'Keefe, JD, Director of State Policies for Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), stated the following in a May 29, 2014 email to ProCon.org:

"Some or all patients and/or their caregivers can cultivate in 15 of the 23 states. Home cultivation is not allowed in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, or the District of Columbia and a special license is required in New Mexico. In Arizona, patients can only cultivate if they lived 25 miles or more from a dispensary when they applied for their card. In Massachusetts, patients can only cultivate if they have a hardship waiver. In Nevada, patients can cultivate if they live more than 25 miles from a dispensary, if they are not able to reasonably travel to a dispensary, or if no dispensaries in the patients' counties are able to supply the strains they need. In addition, Nevada patients who were growing by July 1, 2013 may continue grow until March 31, 2016.

Scrappy-doo · 10-05-2015, 05:22 PM

MA allows atm 3 mature and 3 immature plants, and up to eith 12 or 16oz of medicine, supposedly until all the dispensaries get up and running. Looks like they're draggin their feet on that though so it could stay like this for a while.

prune · 10-10-2015, 03:29 AM

more than those that allow the "boutique" growing model a lot of folk had hoped for...

shaggyballs · 03-13-2016, 06:01 AM

Are we losing the right to grow at home?

10-04-2015, 01:27 AM	#1
shaggyballs Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Hold your hand up...right about there! Posts: 1,975	23 states and D.C. have provisions for medical cannabis how many allow home growing? So far, 23 states and the District of Columbia have each come up with distinctly different approaches for providing much needed medical cannabis. How many of these states have made provisions for patients to provide themselves with their own medicine without being forced to purchase a commercialized product that may or may not be the type (strain ect.) that functions best to suite that particular patient needs? How many states allow the patient to decide for themselves the type (strain ect.) of cannabis that works best for that particular patients needs? If they so choose can they grow what works best for them at home? For some patients that are not able to work this may be a necessity as most patients in this category are on a fixed income and can not afford the currently high dispensary prices. I am very interested in any and all feedback on this subject. But please folks let us keep the elementary school type arguments out of this thread for once. To me this is a very serious issue at hand here and may even have a profound effect on the current legalization language. Peace to all Shag __________________ Vote no to legalize cannabis or else! HydroBuddy Nute calculator Ins and outs of Pythium OVERGROW FAQ SEEDPAC Politically Active Cannabis Fighting for Michigan's Medical Marihuana Patients and Caregivers rights I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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LUNAROSE Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Deep in the S.Ca desert Posts: 17	In California you can grow it a MMC but different counties allow different amounts. In Los Angeles you can grow up to 6 mature plants unless you get an exemption which allows for more. On mine I am allowed to grow up to 50.
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10-05-2015, 05:38 AM	#4
shaggyballs Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Hold your hand up...right about there! Posts: 1,975	So only 5-6 out of 23?....really? I confirm Michigan with 12 plants. Any others? I think Alaska, but dunno? I still don't understand that whole "if you live near a store you can't grow your own food" thing..LOL __________________ Vote no to legalize cannabis or else! HydroBuddy Nute calculator Ins and outs of Pythium OVERGROW FAQ SEEDPAC Politically Active Cannabis Fighting for Michigan's Medical Marihuana Patients and Caregivers rights I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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10-05-2015, 05:47 AM	#5
FunkBomb Power Armor rules Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,595	New York just passed a medical cannabis program. Everything about it is centralized. All growing is illegal other than those companies that got one of the few permits. -Funk __________________ Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell
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10-05-2015, 08:08 AM	#6
westtexas Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 50	Why not just Google legalized growing...lol.
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10-05-2015, 02:25 PM	#7
dddaver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: uh...yeah Posts: 2,345	This was last year, but probably about same now I imagine. But also, I don't think that the 23 states mentioned in this email are including those four legalized states that are mentioned earlier in this thread. I imagine the email is just talking about medical here, I think anyway. I think 2 states went legal this year, and DC though too. Karen O'Keefe, JD, Director of State Policies for Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), stated the following in a May 29, 2014 email to ProCon.org: "Some or all patients and/or their caregivers can cultivate in 15 of the 23 states. Home cultivation is not allowed in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, or the District of Columbia and a special license is required in New Mexico. In Arizona, patients can only cultivate if they lived 25 miles or more from a dispensary when they applied for their card. In Massachusetts, patients can only cultivate if they have a hardship waiver. In Nevada, patients can cultivate if they live more than 25 miles from a dispensary, if they are not able to reasonably travel to a dispensary, or if no dispensaries in the patients' counties are able to supply the strains they need. In addition, Nevada patients who were growing by July 1, 2013 may continue grow until March 31, 2016. __________________ my gggeneration DAV - I can't decide which I like better: either, arguing on the internet is like winning in the Special Olympics, you might win but you're still retarded; or never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience; or you can't fix stupid, so why argue with it? They all are funny, and all are true too. "Well, da Nile ain't just some big river in Egypt neither." "No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke, "There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate, So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. -Bob Dylan: All Along the Watchtower Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. -George Carlin "The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise Man knows himself to be a fool" -William Shakespeare Long signatures suck. -dddaver
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10-05-2015, 05:22 PM	#8
Scrappy-doo Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 2,187	MA allows atm 3 mature and 3 immature plants, and up to eith 12 or 16oz of medicine, supposedly until all the dispensaries get up and running. Looks like they're draggin their feet on that though so it could stay like this for a while. __________________ Damn it stinks in here! https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=299402
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10-10-2015, 03:29 AM	#9
prune Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 551	more than those that allow the "boutique" growing model a lot of folk had hoped for...
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03-13-2016, 06:01 AM	#10
shaggyballs Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Hold your hand up...right about there! Posts: 1,975	Are we losing the right to grow at home? __________________ Vote no to legalize cannabis or else! HydroBuddy Nute calculator Ins and outs of Pythium OVERGROW FAQ SEEDPAC Politically Active Cannabis Fighting for Michigan's Medical Marihuana Patients and Caregivers rights I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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