Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division launches redundant private caregiver registry

COmidnightrider

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Do you ACTUALLY think Westword will devote "Dime One" of Print moneys to publisize these new and old law inconsistencys? Hmmm, I Wonder?(Smoke Wisps don't last long PEOPLE!)

the420rev

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FYI CRS 25-1.5 101 Et al, is ONLY rules, powers and duties of theHEALTH AGENCY ONLY, they are lying, this law creates the duty for thehealth dept to create the registry NOT THE REV DEPT OR THE CAREGIVERS!

Title 25; Administration; ARTICLE 1 - ADMINISTRATION;

ARTICLE 2 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/colorado/

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@the420rev Correct.

The idiots who begged for Government Regulation via HB1284 also received new restrictions on the rights of Patients and Private Caregivers, lobbied for by the lowlife greedy dispensary cartel scumbags like Vicente & Associates, the MMIG, and other Dispensary Lawyers -- restrictions on individuals designed to hinder the ability of Patients/Caregivers to create their own self-sustainable supply, which of course competes directly with the greedy profit motive of the Big $$$ Retail pigs and their parasitic bedfellows at the Dept. of Revenue.

This Caregiver Grow Location Registration was one of those items in HB1284 designed to discourage sustainable independent production and force patients to purchase overpriced, overtaxed, government controlled warehouse schwag from the Greedy Retail Pigs.

Remember -- Regulation Works!

... suckers.

coloradommjpatient

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DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM AND TURN IT IN!!!!

You will be incriminating yourself for FEDERAL crimes. Ask the MMCs how they like dealing with the MMED and DOR.

Follow Amendment 20 strictly and you will be better off!

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@coloradommjpatient

True!

The CDPHE registry is "confidential" by the provisions of constitutional law -- A20 -- with specific criminal sanctions against the CDPHE if they violate that constitutionally mandated confidentiality.

The MM Criminal Enforcement Division of the DOR is under no such mandate to keep any information they collect confidential -- in fact it is their policy to share everything they collect with all law enforcement and government agencies -- local, state and federal.

The CDPHE registry has successfully denied the DEA access to the registry.

The MMCED would gleefully deliver their information to the DEA with a bow and a blow-job.

hth.

wtfk

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"Maybe it's time to start growing your own anyway. You don't have to register with the state as a caregiver for yourself, and when Amendment 64 goes into effect you won't even have to have a medical marijuana card to grow six plants (with only three in flower). Plus, you don't have to sign a medical dispensary up to be your primary center to shop there when you're running low on your own stash."

I figured this out BEFORE A64 was published. Frankly, due to having been unemployed and not wanting to spend the money to renew, I started that way, then saw the writing on the wall with all the registration coming down the pike, and decided "affirmative defense" looked pretty good. In January, it won't even be necessary, but might be a nice insurance policy.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@wtfk There is no "affirmative defense" under A64 for exceeding the dysfunctional, unsustainable, pathetically puny 3 (three) flowering plant limit. If you grow 4 plants, or sprout 7 seeds, you go directly to JAIL.

At least A20 allowed some necessary wiggle-room to allow patients/caregivers to cultivate a sustainable supply.

The intent of A64 was not to allow you enough freedom to grow your own, but to force you to support and participate in the Commercial Retail model, which will be dominated by Big $$$ Dispensary Cartels and their parasitic bedfellows at the Dept. of Revenue.

Monkey

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The law is clear, if any caregiver releases any information contained in the CDPHE registry to the MMCED, they are violating the law. Just have your patients give you written notice that they are NOT giving their caregiver permission to release any information contained in the MMJ registry, including their registration number or the location their marijuana is cultivated.

Colorado Constitution states, "No person shall be permitted to gain access to any information about patients or any information maintained by the state health agency about physicians and primary care-givers, except for authorized employees of the state health agency in the course of their official duties and authorized employees of state or local law enforcement agencies which have stopped or arrested a person who claims to be engaged in the medical use of marijuana and in possession of a registry identification card or its functional equivalent."

CRS § 18-18-406.3(5) states, “Any person who releases any confidential information contained in any such record that is provided by the marijuana registry without the written authorization of the marijuana registry patient commits a class 1 misdemeanor."

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@Monkey Exactly!

On the other hand, the Criminal Enforcement Division at DOR is saying "trust us" ... we won't release the information ... unless someone asks ... like the DEA or some Anti-Marijuana Sheriff ...

Lyin' Brian Vicente and mendacious Mason Tvert were right -- Regulation Works! -- and Strict Regulation Works Better!!

JakeBrowne

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"Plus, you don't have to sign a medical dispensary up to be your primary center to shop there when you're running low on your own stash."

That's a little misleading, as a VAST majority of centers don't require a change of provider form simply to shop. If they do, you're probably in the wrong place.