cannabisnews.com: Activists, Doctors, Officials Plan for Pot Class Activists, Doctors, Officials Plan for Pot Class Posted by FoM on April 19, 2001 at 12:19:11 PT By Doug Mattson Source: The Union There's a "giant sucking sound" sweeping across Nevada County, according to Martin Webb, and it's not coming from hundreds of gurgling marijuana bongs. He says it's legitimate medical marijuana users getting ripped off by the black market, diverting money that could be going into the local economy. The Penn Valley man teaches people, including AIDS patients, how to grow marijuana for their own medical use. On Saturday, he will be among several medical marijuana authorities at the one-day Medical Marijuana School in Grass Valley. "I'd like to empower folks," Webb said. "I think one of the gems about this issue is that people can save a lot of money making their own medicine." He estimated a patient who uses an ounce of marijuana per month can spend as much as $4,000 a year buying from a dealer. "If I can teach one person to grow marijuana, I've basically sent $4,000 back into the local economy and have given a sick person a better income to work with," he said. Webb, himself a medical marijuana user, will teach a cultivation class. There will also be classes on how to cook with marijuana and presentations on Proposition 215 - the 1996 measure that legalized marijuana for medical purposes in California. Organizer Lance Brown of Nevada City expects as many as 1,000 people to show up. "As far as I know, there's never been an event like this in America - except for maybe in the '60s," said Brown, a member of the American Medical Marijuana Association. There will be a conference for doctors and another for prospective patients, and Nevada City Mayor Kerry Arnett will moderate one of the discussions. Another panelist will be Elvy Musikka, one of eight Americans still receiving medical marijuana from the federal government. Authorized growers will show live plants - both female plants, which provide the drug people smoke, and male plants. "We're not going to have a big farm trucked in or anything," Brown said. The District Attorney's Office authorizes patients to have up to 2 pounds of processed marijuana and up to 10 plants at any given time. Brown said the DA's guidelines allow growers little room for error, so they need to be efficient. "For a lot of people trying to grow their own medicine, it's hard when you're getting started. There's a lot to learn," he said. Brown said he's talked with Grass Valley police about the event. He's also asked law enforcement authorities from Nevada, Placer and El Dorado counties to participate in the discussions. He didn't know how many will show. Grass Valley Police Lt. Greg Hart said the department doesn't plan to patrol the city any differently Saturday. Complete Title: Joint Effort: Activists, Doctors, Officials Plan for Medical Pot ClassKnow and Go: WHAT: Medical Marijuana School WHEN: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Center for the Arts, 314 W. Main St., Grass Valley ADMISSION: Free, but donations are encouraged Source: Union, The (CA)Author: Doug Mattson Published: April 19, 2001Copyright: 2001 Nevada County Publishing, Inc. Contact: johns theunion.com Website: http://www.theunion.com/index.html Related Article & Web Site:American Medical Marijuana Associationhttp://americanmarijuana.org/Medical Marijuana: Bill Would Let Patient Grow Pothttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread9359.shtmlCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by kathy wedzik on April 19, 2001 at 14:09:11 PT dumb politicians.....& i really mean that..... HELLO PEOPLE........I MEAN POLITICIANS.......I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS LIKE.....THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE MARIJUANA AND OTHER DRUGS LEGAL ARE "DRUGGIES"....I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS LIKE... PEOPLE ARE USING THIS "MEDICALLY NECCESSARY" JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET "HIGH"....FIRST ARGUMENT....AS A TAX PAYER AND A PARENT....THE MORE SALES THAT GO THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT... THE MORE TAX MONEY WE HAVE....SO ILLEGAL DRUG DEALERS THEN....WOULD HAVE TO PAY TAXES, RIGHT....SO THEN THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO REALLY DON'T WANT MARIJUANA LEGALIZED ARE THE DRUGDEALERS...WHY.. BECAUSE THERE GOES THEIR PROFITS...HENCE, POLITICIANS WHO ARE GETTING SOME OF THIS UNDERGROUND DRUG MONEY, ARE ALSO THE ONES WHO DON'T WANT IT LEGALIZED...THERE GOES THEIR SIDE CASH...DAHHHHHHH!SECOND ARGUMENT.....PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GET "HIGH"... WHAT A THING TO SAY WHEN WE ALREADY ALCOHOL ON THE MARKET AND "PEOPLE JUST WANT TO GET DRUNK".....LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND THIS...OK TO GET DRUNK..BUT NOT OK TO GET HIGH...JUST INCREDIBLE.....TO THE DUMBASS POLITICIANS...THE EMPATHIS SHOULD BE ON RESPONSIBILITY NOT ON SUBSTANCE USE OR ABUSE...WE ALL MUST REMEMBER THAT AT ALL TIMES WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ACTIONS AND OUR NON-ACTIONS...THIS WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO SWALLOW:::ARE YOU READY....FOR THIS SUGGESTION.....ANY PERSON WHO CAUSES AN ACCIDENT... ON THE ROAD... AND THEY ARE THE DRIVER OF SAID VEHICLE... WOULD LOSE THEIR DRIVING PRIVIDGE FOR ONE WHOLE YEAR...SECOND ACCIDENT...TWO YEARS WITHOUT A DRIVING LICENSE, ETC...CAUGHT DRIVING WHILE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED....JAIL HOUSE...MANDATORY...UNTIL THEIR DRIVING PRIVIDGE IS RE-INSTATED.....IT'S A GOOD THING I'M NOT RUNNING THE SHOW, RIGHT......... 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