We ARE getting through to them

[Froward69]

http://www.denverpost.com/billjohnson/ci_13725539?source=rsshomecol

Denver and the west
Johnson: Wingin' it on medical-pot options
By Bill Johnson
Denver Post Columnist
Posted: 11/06/2009 01:00:00 AM MST
Updated: 11/06/2009 02:15:52 AM MST

I honestly do not know why some politician did not come up with this earlier.

When even I know we could tomorrow bring sanity to the free- for-all that is the state of medical marijuana in Colorado, well, folks are just not trying.

Al White and I were sharing a plate of wings the other night when the Republican state senator from Hayden broached the subject with me.

"I'm going to do it," he said late that evening for maybe the 14th time.

The next day, White, a member of cash-strapped Colorado's Joint Budget Committee, pulled a title for his proposed bill. He called me Thursday and said he had done it.
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Dispensary owners, I reminded him, who under the bill would no longer be allowed to grow plants for their own customers, would throw a fit.

"They could under my bill simply hire a licensed pharmacist or get state accreditation themselves," he said.

"This plan works on so many levels. It gets rid of the dispensary question first," White said. "It ensures a known-quality drug, not some ditch weed someone is growing in their backyard. And it gets the drug cartels, which certainly have to be making money in Colorado with medical marijuana, out of the picture."

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It would be nice if the state legislature tosses in "Home Growers for personal use". ;-) :popcorn: :smoke:

MMMMMMMM Wings sound GOOD suddenly.

[Joe Fields]

1. Wow, the earth just tilted!

that is great news. unfortunately, it is taking budget crunches to open peoples eyes, but I'll take it any way we can.

[Froward69]

2. I fealt it too.

aside from state (total) control of production. I am for it. as some municipalities have already legalized 1oz in your home for personal use.
Breckenridge is the latest.

[Joe Fields]

3. the breckenridge initiative seems like a good first step.

I don't live in colorado now, but I lived on the western slope for many years. I miss colorado, and I'm glad it's moving in the right direction. I wish missouri would, but if that ever happened, the earth would have to spin out of it's orbit.

[Froward69]

4. Actually it was Denver

4 years ago, Boulder followed suit then Telluride and a few others. I think Durango Too.

[Confusious]

5. I'm not a smoker

but isn't $100 an ounce a little steep?

[Froward69]

6. $100 oz is less

expensive than it is now. $125=1/4oz for medical grade from dispensaries or even the old Hippie from down the street.