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Still Federal Crime: Marijuana Use Forms in Mail
Posted by FoM on September 25, 2001 at 07:27:56 PT
By Ed Vogel, Donrey Capital Bureau
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal 
About two dozen Nevadans who want the state's blessing to use marijuana for medical purposes should be receiving their applications in the mail any day. Cecile Crofoot, manager of the medical marijuana program in the state Department of Agriculture, sent out the first 24 forms Monday. Next Monday, Nevada becomes the ninth state to enact a medical marijuana law. Applicants can grow as many as seven marijuana plants if they meet state requirements. 
Patients suffering from AIDS, cancer, glaucoma and other illnesses can use marijuana as long as they have the written permission of their doctors. Crofoot said she has received more than 100 additional inquiries from people interested in the medical marijuana program. As many as 200 people may be accepted into the program in its first year, Crofoot said. Once they receive applications, prospective participants must be fingerprinted to determine if they have been convicted of selling a controlled substance. Such a conviction disqualifies them from the program. Crofoot will send information back to patients when they have been accepted into the program. They will be given addresses of Department of Motor Vehicles offices where they can secure for $9 a license stating that they are medical marijuana users. She estimated that it will be several weeks before the first medical marijuana users are approved. In the November election, 65 percent of the voters approved Question 9, the constitutional amendment that allowed Nevadans to use medical marijuana. Lawmakers in the last legislative session approved a bill by Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani, D-Las Vegas, to set up the medical marijuana program. She based the Nevada program on one in Oregon that has had few problems. "This is the voters' wishes," Giunchigliani said. "I commend the Department of Agriculture for well-reasoned regulations." Use of marijuana remains a federal crime. But there has been no federal prosecution in states where individuals grow their own marijuana Because marijuana use remains a federal crime, Crofoot will not give approved patients any information on how to grow marijuana or where to find seeds. "We cannot advise them of anything," she said. "That would be aiding and abetting. They will have to find out by word of mouth." Web sites advise people how to acquire seeds. Magazines also are readily available on bookstands that offer people assistance in growing marijuana. At hearings, several potential users told Crofoot they wanted to voluntarily give their names to other users and create focus groups to discuss mutual problems. Crofoot said that was not possible because the law makes the identity of users confidential. Giunchigliani supports the idea, however, and may pursue legislation to allow users to contact each other. Crofoot said people who want to use medical marijuana can call 775-684-5333 for applications.Note: Applicants can grow seven plants with doctor's OK. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV)Author: Ed Vogel, Donrey Capital BureauPublished: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 Copyright: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2001Contact: letters lvrj.comWebsite: http://www.lvrj.com/ Related Articles & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htm Start of Under-Funded Program Nearshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10946.shtmlMedical Marijuana Clears Final State Hurdlehttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10772.shtml
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Comment #1 posted by ekim on September 25, 2001 at 08:40:45 PT:
Now if we can get our farmers to grow hemp
Saturday, September 22, 2001Saturday's Radio "Show of the Year" from Metrofarm.com
Tilling U.S. soil for energyMetroFarm OnlineThis Saturday morning, September 22, 2001 at 9:00am Pacific Time (California) on AM 1080 KSCO and AM 1340 KOMY, the Saturday Food Chain with Michael Olson will host former CIA Director James Woolsey, Princeton Professor Joe Michels and Dartmouth Professor Lee Lynd for a conversation about "farming the new petroleum."URL: http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2001/September/tilling_us_soil.shtml
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