cannabisnews.com: Medical Pot Co-op Farm Proposed for El Dorado





Medical Pot Co-op Farm Proposed for El Dorado
Posted by CN Staff on January 21, 2004 at 08:34:20 PT
By Cathy Locke -- Bee Staff Writer
Source: Sacramento Bee 
A group of El Dorado County residents qualified to use medicinal marijuana is working with local authorities to establish a collective garden to grow the plant. If successful, the group would be the first in California to create a marijuana garden under a new state law."We have an opportunity in El Dorado County to make this a model to be emulated in the other 57 counties," said Dr. Philip Denney, a physician and resident of Greenwood, a rural community on Highway 193 between Cool and Georgetown.
The proposal is the first by a group under the state's new medical marijuana law, SB 420, said Dale Gieringer, coordinator for the California chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws.SB 420, which took effect Jan. 1, is intended to augment Proposition 215, which was passed by voters in 1996. The new law allows qualified patients and caregivers within a county to collectively cultivate marijuana.Denney said about 20 patients have expressed interest in participating in the cooperative garden, but he estimated that as many as 600 people in El Dorado County might qualify."If this is successful," he said, "I would not be surprised to see people come out of the woodwork."Many people who use medicinal marijuana are reluctant to acknowledge it, he said, because they remember when possessing a single seed could mean jail.Denney has sent a letter to the Board of Supervisors stating the group's intention to establish the garden and expressing its wish to work with county officials.Snipped: Complete Article: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/8136587p-9068567c.htmlSource: Sacramento Bee (CA)Author: Cathy Locke -- Bee Staff WriterPublished:  Wednesday, January 21, 2004Copyright: 2004 The Sacramento BeeContact: opinion sacbee.comWebsite: http://www.sacbee.com/California NORMLhttp://www.canorml.org/CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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