cannabisnews.com: Board OKs Fee for Pot Permit Board OKs Fee for Pot Permit Posted by FoM on March 22, 2001 at 11:36:17 PT By Robert Weller, Associated Press Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News The state board of health on Tuesday approved a plan to charge $140 for an identification card allowing patients to grow small amounts of marijuana for medicinal purposes. A voter-approved constitutional amendment requires the state to have a system in place June 1 that will make it possible for victims of debilitating maladies to get marijuana. Their doctors must believe that marijuana would be a better treatment than other medications. The plan also promises that applications will be acted on within 30 days, and officials said they would work with possible donors to help people on fixed incomes pay for the cards. "I'm satisfied with the way they drafted the rules. I feel comfortable with them because they reflect the amendment," said Julie Roache of Coloradans for Medical Rights, the group that put the amendment on the ballot. Several speakers criticized the amendment during a two-hour hearing, saying it was too restrictive and made no provision for making marijuana available. "We never would have gotten here if we had tried to do more," said Roache, noting there was considerable opposition to the amendment from law enforcement agencies and others. The unanswered question remains how patients will get marijuana since it is illegal to possess it under state and federal laws. The amendment allows patients to grow their own. They are limited to three mature plants and 2 ounces of marijuana. "How's a sick person supposed to go out and grow marijuana," asked Kathleen Chippi, who said she had been smoking it for a decade after other drugs "turned me into a walking zombie." Jane Norton, director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and Dr. Michael Barkett, president of the health board, repeatedly reminded the audience that they were strictly adhering to the amendment. It does not explain how the marijuana will be distributed. Patients whose doctors believe marijuana will help must apply to the health department, and wait up to 30 days for their cases to be reviewed. The permit would be good for a year. Dr. Richard Hoffman, the state epidemiologist, said the department would try to approve applications quickly. He said the 30-day period was set based on experiences in Oregon and other states. Hoffman said a confidential registry of certified marijuana users will be set up. Law enforcement officers will be able to verify the authenticity of marijuana identification cards. Note: Patients to pay $140 for marijuana ID card.Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)Author: Robert Weller, Associated PressPublished: March 22, 2001Copyright: 2001 Denver Publishing Co.Address: 400 W. Colfax, Denver, CO 80204Contact: letters denver-rmn.comWebsite: http://www.denver-rmn.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Coloradans For Medical Rights http://www.medicalmarijuana.com/Medical-Pot Backers Press for Easier Accesshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9109.shtmlOfficials Hazy on Medical-Marijuana Law http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9049.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by James on April 04, 2001 at 16:08:02 PT: pot laws do we need to renew our prescription annually? [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by dddd on March 22, 2001 at 20:44:17 PT hush money I like what JRBobDobbs said about the $140.00,,For what?It's reminiscentof protection money for some mafia racketeering thing...I dont remember anyfees for Paxil users,but why not?If it is legal,to use medical marijuana,but youhave to pay $140.00 to be legal,not to mention paying the right doctor,to writeyou an "approval",isnt this quite similar to a prescription?The $140.00,should be used to fund a nice Indica plantation,and these patientsshould recieve primo buds from the state...dddd [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Dan B on March 22, 2001 at 19:47:26 PT: Ras James Let's charge these fools one million dollars for a permit to let fertilizer out their behinds...only three poops per month. They're all full of ________ anyway.This is perhaps the funniest comment I have yet read on Cannabis News. Bravo! Letting them have "only three poops per month" is about as enforceable and possible as letting a medical marijuana patients grow only three plants at a time--that is, it isn't possible at all! Great metaphor for the stupidity of the antis. I'm still laughing. Good one.Dan B [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by RAS JAMES RSIFWH on March 22, 2001 at 14:07:48 PT ONE MILLION DOLLAR PERMINT Let's charge these fools one million dollars for a permit to let fertilizer out their behinds...only three poops per month. They're all full of ________ anyway.Cannabis Sativa is the Jah's manifesting Tree of Life...fighting the Will of the Almighty is foolish and futile. The greatest military power in the history of the world is trying to defeat God's Cannabis Mind (Hindu Spiritual Overstanding) with lies and unjust laws while taking money from the alcohol and tobacco drug cartels. Over 500,000 deaths caused by alcohol and tobacco drug cartels this year...and when we are very sick we can grow three healing plants for an herb that has never caused one death in 5,000 years. Our politicians have forgotten that they are our loyal servants not our unjust masters.Give all praise and thanks to Jah Rastafari for the Marijuana Miracle which is manifesting before us all at this very hour. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by A.farmer on March 22, 2001 at 12:36:48 PT the 3 plant scam/ non-MM program only symbolic using the false figures of narks, which says that one plant is worth 3000$ or something and produces 1 pound of pot. So the lies still continue, 3 plants, when more than half may be useless males. In High colorado one outside crop per year.maybe a few ozs. per YEAR! Inside, small plants.under constant expensive grow lights,won't be enough either.The U.S. compassionate care program provides 10.7 oz. per MONTH for a glaucoma patient, so I guess we will just have to go blind in states with this obsurb 3 plant max. or 3 oz. ,the state of Hawaii and Colorado and Ore. have created a marketing program for street dealers, and because this program of registration and protection money will be used to "check up On" if you are one seedling or gram over, slap on the cuffs, they might just bring a few extra grams to make sure it sticks, just wait and see, if you still can see!I for one will not lose my sight to Glaucoma to follow Satans law. The creator already gave us the right to use the herbs of the land, now they second guess God! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by J.R. Bob Dobbs on March 22, 2001 at 12:20:05 PT Protection money, plain and simple So what's the $140 go for, anyway? Not for a cannabis buyers co-op or anything. Just to keep the po-lice off your back, and to pay for a nice shiny ID card to be issued within 30 days? I'm sure the ID card doesn't cost $140. Where is the money going? [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by FoM on March 22, 2001 at 12:04:44 PT: Related Article Marijuana ID Card To Cost $140 http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9117.shtml [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: