Stormy Ray's Legislative Proposals

[Stoney Girl]

Stormy Ray Cardholders' Foundation

2008 Oregon Medical Marijuana Act Summit



Legislative Provisions to Improve OMMA

for the 2009 Legislative Session.





1. DHS/OMMP shall create an "Oregon Medical Marijuana Manual" for
Patients and their Caregivers and "Person Responsible for a Grow site."



The manual will provide a clear yet precise interpretation of the legal
parameters of OMMA that patients and their caregivers, and the persons
responsible for a Grow site, can easily understand. The manual should be
available in formats that will accommodate sight and hearing impaired
applicants.



Patients, Caregivers, and Persons responsible for a grow site, must sign a
statement as part of the OMMP application form, that they have read the
"Manual" and understand its contents.



Caregivers, and Persons responsible for a grow site, must sign a statement
as part of their application form that in the event of a dispute between
themselves and the person/s they are growing for, they will agree to
mediation from OMMP.



As part of the mediation process, OMMP will be given the authority to do an
investigation, interview all patient/s, caregiver/s and person responsible
for the grow site involved with the dispute situation.



OMMP will be given the authority to conduct onsite inspections of gardens
involved in a dispute, and if necessary, revoke the caregiver or person
responsible for the grow site's right to grow for someone other than
themselves for up to six months at a time.



OMMP may turn over any evidence of illegal activity gathered during the
investigation to the appropriate authorities.





2. Add Definition of "Hashish" or Hash Oil" to OMMA---



"Hashish" or Hash Oil" means cannabis resin from the plant Cannabis Family
Moraceae that has been processed to isolate or concentrate it from the
leaves, stems, stalks, and /or flowers of the plant. Hashish or Hashish Oil
does not include combustible residue."



No more than two ounces of the 24 ounces of the dried/usable marijuana
allowed by OMMA per patient can be in the form of "Hash" or "Hash oil" that
has not been combined with food or in prepared in a tincture.



Marijuana/Hash that is combined with food or in the form of tinctures is
limited to a four month supply.



3. Patients, Caregivers, and Persons responsible for a grow site can
have up to 24 ounces of dried usable medical marijuana per cardholder living
at a location.



Patients, Caregivers, and Persons responsible for a grow site cannot
transport more than 24 ounces of dried usable medical marijuana at a time.
If two or more cardholders are traveling together, each cardholder could
possess up to 24 ounces. (A patient, their caregiver and the person
responsible for their grow site, collectively can only possess up to 24
ounces.)



If a patient is unable to store their medical marijuana supply at their
location, OMMP can issue an exception at the request of the patient that
will allow the patient's caregiver or person responsible for the patient's
grow site to store the patient's 24 ounces of dried usable marijuana.



Except in situations when OMMP has granted an exception at the request of
the patient, Provision #3 will reduce the amount of dried usable marijuana
that can be possessed by any cardholder to 24 ounces. Under our current law
a caregiver, or grower can possess up to 96 ounces, depending on how many
patients are registered at the grow site.



It is SRCF's belief that once the harvested marijuana becomes "dried usable
medicine" it should be transferred to the patient it was grown for. The
exception is for patients that cannot store their medicine at their
location.



Provision #3 also limits the amount of dried usable medicine that can be
transported by a cardholder to 24 ounces. Our current law allows up to 96
ounces to be transported by a single cardholder, depending on how many
patients the caregiver/grower is producing for.



4. Increase the current limit on the size of clones/seedlings from 12
inches by 12 inches to 18 inches by 18 inches.



The clones or garden stock that will be used to start the next grow cycle
are usually cut from the garden's existing plants allowing patients to keep
the same strains of plants. Cloning the existing plants is often the only
source a patient has to get plants for their next crop. You can't just run
down to Rite-Aid and buy more.



When clones near the 12 inch height limit, excess clones are culled and the
six best clones are kept to replace the plants that are about to be
harvested.



Unfortunately, even when clones are taken on the last possible day, clones
will probably exceed the 12 by 12 height limit before the mature plants in
the garden can be harvested. Most one room gardens will be out of
compliance for about two to three weeks until flowering plants can be
harvested. Without an affirmative defense for having extra plants, every
patient trying to grow using a single room is in jeopardy. By increasing the
height limit of clones to 18 by 18 we will give patients a fighting chance
at staying in compliance with our law.

[Stoney Girl]

The first thing I would say is write a letter to your Representative and your Senator. In fact, write a separate letter for each proposal, and why you oppose this idea.

The next thing I would say is, go around LEO to public Healthcare meetings where public testimony is on the agenda. There is a meeting of the Disabilities Commission on the 7 in Salem: We should have people there to ask them to help us fight SB 465.

On the 8th the Governor's Commission on Senior Services has a meeting at 500 Summer Street: are there any seniors in this community who can go to them and ask for help on this issue? Seniors are more likely to use non-smoked methods of ingestion, and it is their rights that are at stake here.

There is a meeting of the Revenue Restructuring Task Force on the 8 th in the same building (and of course at the same time) is meeting: Somebody (or a bunch of somebodies) should be there to submit I-28 to them along with the Finincial Impact Statement. Showing them that I-28 can generate $158 million the first year will get their attention.

There is also a meeting of the Oregon Pain Management Commission on the day, at the same time as the other two meetings. I must be at this one to report back as liaison to the ACMM.

If we could have a lobbying party on the 8th at Summer Street, We could really get their attention. Stormy is bringing what she has to offer to the table. We need to bring what we have to offer, and ask for what we want.

We are offering a solution our problems and funding for that solution and other services. We are offering a real cost containment measure that can improve Healthcare outcomes.