Colorado Court of Appeals Requires More Contact with Caregivers

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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that medical marijuana providers must have more "meaningful contact" with patients than just selling them cannabis. The case involved a grower who sold to dispensaries but had no contact with the patients themselves.

Colorado's Amendment 20, which legalized medical marijuana did not define precisely what constitutes a caregiver. Colorado's legislature is expected to take up the issue and provide more legal guidance early next year.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13673322

 

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in july they declared that caregivers in colorado can "just supply cannabis"

so i believe this ruling will only apply to cases up until july of this year....the mentioned case ^ was from 2006

basically caregivers are OK until they change the legislature in January.

"more meaningful contact" is pathetic, it's just as vague as amendment 20!

 

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If the legislature does this they need to be crystal clear as to what constitutes a caregiver/patient relationship. Lots of money is already invested by caregivers that satifies current law, they can't just change it on a whim and put legal growers out of business. Thankfully CO's legislature isn't a screwed up as California. I trust they'll be fair.

 

[One Love 731]

If the legislature does this they need to be crystal clear as to what constitutes a caregiver/patient relationship. Lots of money is already invested by caregivers that satisfies current law, they can't just change it on a whim and put legal growers out of business. Thankfully CO's legislature isn't a screwed up as California. I trust they'll be fair.

This sounds like a nice place to make home. Karma, One Love