cannabisnews.com: First Week of Marijuana Law Bring Applications First Week of Marijuana Law Bring Applications Posted by FoM on October 07, 2001 at 17:01:28 PT By Geoff Dornan, Appeal Capitol Bureau Source: Nevada Appeal The first week of Nevada's medical marijuana law brought four formal applications for cards allowing possession and use of pot. "Two of them are OK and I'm processing them," said Cecile Crofoot, who manages the program for the Department of Agriculture. "The other two, I have to send back for errors."She couldn't release any details on those two applications other than to say the paperwork was correct, a doctor's letter was included and the doctor in each case was a properly licensed Nevada physician. The law allowing people with chronic or debilitating medical conditions to use marijuana protects both their and the doctors' identity from the public and law enforcement."Now it's a matter of getting the right papers to DMV and the applicant," said Crofoot. "You do the doctor check to make sure they're licensed and you have the criminal check to make sure they don't have any drug convictions."After that, she said a certified letter goes out telling the applicant they can legally use marijuana as a medication in Nevada. The letter serves as a valid permit for up to 30 days until the person gets their medical marijuana card from DMV.Crofoot said she had mailed out 355 applications in the two weeks since the agriculture department began accepting requests — 201 in the first week."It's slacked off a bit — until you write another story about it," she told a reporter.She said she expects more applications to come in but said most application packets probably didn't get to those who requested them until sometime this week.Crofoot said last week that most of those making the requests seemed legitimate. The program requires a letter from a licensed physician stating marijuana could help with symptoms of their particular illness. Illnesses where the drug is permitted include AIDS, cancer, glaucoma or conditions causing chronic pain.The state advises those who apply that the Nevada law only protects them from state prosecution for use or possession of less than an ounce or seven live plants. It doesn't excuse possession of larger quantities. Other drug crimes including trafficking, providing the drug to others, using it in public and driving under the influence are still prohibited.And, probably most importantly, Nevada's law can't protect those with a card from federal prosecution.But there was testimony in the 2001 Legislature that Nevada is the ninth state to legalize medical marijuana and that the federal government had not shown interest in any of the other programs until Sept. 28 when it seized the records of more than 5,000 Northern California medical marijuana users. Though seized, the records from the California Medical Research Center in El Dorado County remain sealed. They were taken as part of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into alleged marijuana distribution by the clinic. A federal judge will hear arguments Oct. 22 on whether the records should be opened.Prior to the seizure, as long as "cannabis clubs" growing and providing the drug are not permitted and the state isn't involved in growing or providing pot the federal government had left the programs alone.Complete Title: First Week of Medical Marijuana Law Brings First Four Official ApplicationsSource: Nevada Appeal (NV)Author: Geoff Dornan, Appeal Capitol Bureau Published: October 7, 2001Copyright: 2001 Nevada AppealContact: appeal tahoe.comWebsite: http://tahoe.com/appeal/Related Articles & Web Site:Medicinal Cannabis Research Linkshttp://freedomtoexhale.com/research.htmCourt Case Challenges Privacy Boundarieshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11041.shtmlNew State Law Eases Penalties on Marijuana http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11008.shtmlMarijuana Program Draws Steady Stream Of Callshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11002.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by FoM on October 08, 2001 at 10:02:30 PT p4me Thank you for posting the link. There really isn't any news these days that is unrelated. I want people to feel comfortable posting articles and talking about articles that are important to them. It will probably be a long time until C News gets back to normal if it ever does. War is hell and we should feel comfortable talking with each other about whatever has us happy or fearful or just sad. Thank you. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by p4me on October 08, 2001 at 09:57:17 PT: news from UK Has any body visited the website of the first Dutch style coffeehouse in the UK. This would be the Dutch Experience in Stockton that opened about 3 weeks ago. The website is http://www.dutchexperience.org They are posting messages about smoking MJ without getting arrested this weekend. What great news. Sorry about an unrelated post, but I just had to share. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by dddd on October 08, 2001 at 00:09:32 PT Nevada ...yup,,,you can gamble away the family jewels,,,hire a ho',,,no problem.....but,, if ya wanna smoke weed, ,,oh,,well that's different...Your info must be passed on to the DMV!,,,but dont worry,the DMV would never let the DEA know...dddd [ Post Comment ] Post Comment