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House Bill 1284 is a 48-page monstrosity seeks to eliminate 80% of existing dispensaries. HB1284 would:
· Create a "Medical Marijuana Enforcement Investigator" that would be allowed to perform warrantless searches of dispensaries. They would be able to come in and count and weigh a dispensary's cannabis and pore over patient records to make sure the dispensary didn't have "too much." They would be able to do this repeatedly and with no warning and no probable cause to suspect wrongdoing.
· Set up a state medical marijuana licensing board run by the Department of Revenue, not the Department of Health.
· Require 75% of all the cannabis used by the dispensary would have to be grown onsite.
· Require patients to name their dispensary when they get their license, without the opportunity to shop around or change their minds
· Prohibit patients who live near schools from engaging in the use of medical marijuana inside their homes
· Require dispensary owners to pass background checks and submit fingerprints to the FBI.
· Prohibit dispensary owners that have felony drug convictions
· Require caregivers to giver up their 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination.
This bill still has not been voted on by the House Judiciary Committee, so the public still has a chance to contact the committee. There will also be a public hearing on amendments to the bill, but the public will not have an opportunity to testify again until the bill passes the House and is assigned to a Senate Committee
Public Hearing on HB1284
Monday, March 22, 2010
1:30 pm
House Judiciary Committee
Room: Room 0107 (Basement)
State Capitol Building, 200 E. Colfax, Denver, CO
No public comment, just show of support.
· Create a "Medical Marijuana Enforcement Investigator" that would be allowed to perform warrantless searches of dispensaries. They would be able to come in and count and weigh a dispensary's cannabis and pore over patient records to make sure the dispensary didn't have "too much." They would be able to do this repeatedly and with no warning and no probable cause to suspect wrongdoing.
· Set up a state medical marijuana licensing board run by the Department of Revenue, not the Department of Health.
· Require 75% of all the cannabis used by the dispensary would have to be grown onsite.
· Require patients to name their dispensary when they get their license, without the opportunity to shop around or change their minds
· Prohibit patients who live near schools from engaging in the use of medical marijuana inside their homes
· Require dispensary owners to pass background checks and submit fingerprints to the FBI.
· Prohibit dispensary owners that have felony drug convictions
· Require caregivers to giver up their 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination.
This bill still has not been voted on by the House Judiciary Committee, so the public still has a chance to contact the committee. There will also be a public hearing on amendments to the bill, but the public will not have an opportunity to testify again until the bill passes the House and is assigned to a Senate Committee
Public Hearing on HB1284
Monday, March 22, 2010
1:30 pm
House Judiciary Committee
Room: Room 0107 (Basement)
State Capitol Building, 200 E. Colfax, Denver, CO
No public comment, just show of support.
