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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:45 AM
Hawaii’s model of issuing reasonably priced licenses to all
compassion center collectives, growers + Medicinal suppliers (edibles,
salves etc) is a great example to follow
We suggest San Jose city council review Hawaii’s state legislature lead. |
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:42 AM
- Reduces inflammation.
- Activates/ stimulates endothelium system allowing blood to flow freely.
- Reduces stress.
- The health benefits of Medicinal Cannabis are well established.
- Government needs to stop interfering in patient’s rights to safe access.
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:41 AM
San Francisco: - San Francisco successfully runs 35+ compassion centers.
- San Francisco’s population is smaller than San Jose’s
- San Francisco’s geographic area fits into city of San Jose almost 4 times.
Hawaii: - Hawaii proposes a 3 tier licensing model that charges $20,000 to run a legal compassion center; $10,000 to cultivate & $10,000 to manufacture Medical Cannabis infused products.
- San Jose should look at Hawaii’s model as a way to successfully regulate compassion centers.
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:39 AM
- The City of San Jose just implemented a sales tax of 7% on Medical Cannabis starting March 1,2011. Less than 2 weeks later they are trying to change the game proposing the closure of 90+% of existing San Jose’s compassion centers.
- The city is loosing much needed revenue.
- Give it a chance to work – at least 6months?
- This revenue will cover the government costs in regulating compassion centers (fire, police, etc).
- All compassion centers are here to serve the voting public whose use Medical Cannabis to heal themselves.
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:35 AM
- San Jose City council has proposed limiting the # of medical marijuana/ 215 compassion centers to 10 city wide.
- There are currently 110 + compassion centers in San Jose.
- The government still has not defined what rules and regulations are the legal criteria for who would get to run 1 of the 10 legal compassion centers.
- To shut down 100 of the existing 110 compassion centers without even any plan of determining what qualifies someone to run a compassion center is absurd.
- These compassion centers are serving the voting public’s need of safe access to medicinal marijuana.
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Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 10:30 AM
Limiting the number of collectives to 10, closing more than 90% of existing San Jose collectives with no explanation. These compassion centers are currently serving the voting public’s need.
Limiting the number of compassion center collectives adds hardships to patients by reducing access + driving up prices while forcing the market underground.
Compassion Center Collectives are not for profit by legal definition, to auction of permits (as the Mayor proposed) to the highest bidder illegally changes the playing field into a profit driven competition |
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Anonymous : Posted on Friday, March 04, 2011 4:15 PM
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Kate Kelland, Reuters: Posted on Monday, November 01, 2010 5:14 PM
LONDON —
Alcohol is a more dangerous drug than both crack and heroin when the
combined harms to the user and to others are assessed, British
scientists said Monday.
Presenting a new scale of drug harm that
rates the damage to users themselves and to wider society, the
scientists rated alcohol the most harmful overall and almost three times
as harmful as cocaine or tobacco. According to the scale,
devised by a group of scientists including Britain's Independent
Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) and an expert adviser to the
European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), heroin
and crack cocaine rank as the second and third most harmful drugs. |
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