Some operators of medial marijuana dispensaries in Tulare County said they plan to ask the county's Board of Supervisors to rewrite a series of proposed ordinances that they say could harm their businesses as well as the people who smoke and ingest the plants to treat pain and other ailments
That may include trying to get the supervisors to better understand how the growing and dispensing of medical marijuana works, said Jeff Nunes, director of the Visalia Compassionate Care, a dispensary south of Ivanhoe.
He said he plans to address the supervisors during their regular meeting Tuesday, during which they may vote to approve the ordinances.
"We're gong to basically insist that the Board of Supervisors tour our [marijuana] farms," some of which are run by professional farmers who also grow nuts, oranges and other large cash crops, Nunes said.
He said he's also hoping to form a group of local experts to further educate the supervisors on the industry and how it helps people.
This follows last week's vote by the supervisors to go forward with the ordinance following some minor revisions. If approved Tuesday, those ordinances would be the first regulating medical marijuana in unincorporated Tulare County.
Among the provisions of the ordinances:
-Dispensaries would have to obtain business licenses. Part of that licensing would involve criminal background checks of dispensary operators.
-Anyone smoking medicinal marijuana must do so inside a habitable, private residence and not in garages or detached buildings.
-Cultivating and storing would be done in fully enclosed, secure buildings with roofs, no visible signage, and monitored alarms. Structural designs would restrict the smell of marijuana from blowing to other buildings and public areas.
-An individual, collective or cooperative would be limited to no more than 99 plants.
-There could be no more than three collectives or cooperatives in unincorporated Tulare County.
There are five medical marijuana dispensaries in the unincorporated areas, along with two others in the city of Tulare. Those two wouldn't be affected directly by the ordinance, though customers and people growing for the dispensaries outside the city limits might be affected
News Hawk- Weedpipe 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: VISALIA TIMES-DELTA
Author: DAVID CASTELLON
Contact: visaliatimesdelta.com | Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register, California
Copyright: 2009 VISALIA TIMES-DELTA
Website:Medical marijuana supporters to address Tulare County Board of Supervisors
That may include trying to get the supervisors to better understand how the growing and dispensing of medical marijuana works, said Jeff Nunes, director of the Visalia Compassionate Care, a dispensary south of Ivanhoe.
He said he plans to address the supervisors during their regular meeting Tuesday, during which they may vote to approve the ordinances.
"We're gong to basically insist that the Board of Supervisors tour our [marijuana] farms," some of which are run by professional farmers who also grow nuts, oranges and other large cash crops, Nunes said.
He said he's also hoping to form a group of local experts to further educate the supervisors on the industry and how it helps people.
This follows last week's vote by the supervisors to go forward with the ordinance following some minor revisions. If approved Tuesday, those ordinances would be the first regulating medical marijuana in unincorporated Tulare County.
Among the provisions of the ordinances:
-Dispensaries would have to obtain business licenses. Part of that licensing would involve criminal background checks of dispensary operators.
-Anyone smoking medicinal marijuana must do so inside a habitable, private residence and not in garages or detached buildings.
-Cultivating and storing would be done in fully enclosed, secure buildings with roofs, no visible signage, and monitored alarms. Structural designs would restrict the smell of marijuana from blowing to other buildings and public areas.
-An individual, collective or cooperative would be limited to no more than 99 plants.
-There could be no more than three collectives or cooperatives in unincorporated Tulare County.
There are five medical marijuana dispensaries in the unincorporated areas, along with two others in the city of Tulare. Those two wouldn't be affected directly by the ordinance, though customers and people growing for the dispensaries outside the city limits might be affected
News Hawk- Weedpipe 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: VISALIA TIMES-DELTA
Author: DAVID CASTELLON
Contact: visaliatimesdelta.com | Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register, California
Copyright: 2009 VISALIA TIMES-DELTA
Website:Medical marijuana supporters to address Tulare County Board of Supervisors
