Medical Marijuana Users Fear Having To Buy State-Approved Pot

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Washington State - Jeffrey Craighead has diabetes and multiple sclerosis. The Army veteran also suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. He says only one medicine seem to work for him: marijuana. He's worried he won't have access to his medicine soon, at least not legally. "Facial twitches, crossed eyes, using a cane to walk," said Craighead. "None of that exists for me anymore."'

Craighead does not smoke traditional marijuana. From the back porch of his Tacoma apartment he extracts oils from the plant, creating a hash oil concentrate. It gives him the stronger dose he said he needs to control his ailments. Craighead is afraid he won't get the same effect from the recreational pot the state is going to license for sale next year. Lawmakers asked three state agencies to submit a list of recommendations on how to regulate the medical marijuana industry. The Liquor Control Board, the Department of Health and the Department of Revenue released a list of potential recommendations this week.

On the list: banning home grow operations and eliminating collective gardens, the clinics where most current medical marijuana users are able to select from a number of different strains of marijuana or pot-related items. Craighead said the state-approved marijuana is only going to be grown for profit and to get people high. "There is going to be very little or no research into how to better that patient," said Craighead. The Liquor Control Board is seeking public input on the list of potential recommendations.

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[mk1903a3]

I just sent this e mail to my state legislators;
I have on idea where you stand or your personal opinion on the subject of medical marijuana but the people who set up the original rules on this had a pretty good idea of what was needed for the normal medical grower to have a supply to last a year. most medical users cannot afford a indoor growing operation or the bills it requires to operate this type of operation. 2 lbs sounds like a lot until you realize it is a years supply and must last until the end of the next growing season. The liquor control board is planning to tamper with theses rules, I'm not sure their power , derived from the recreational use law, which by the way i do not support, gives them any control over the medical use.
They are two separate and distinctly different things authorized under two different legislative acts. It seems to me they are overreaching their power and trying to extend their control into a area where they have no power.
Medical users by and large cannot afford the prices that the recreational user can pay, they are going to use it once in a while and the medical people use it daily, huge financial difference.
I have given them my input but i request that you examine their new proposals and how and where they are getting their power to try to regulate the medical end of marijuana.
please share your thoughts on this matter and give the liquor control board your input on this matter.
I hope a lot of you will follow my lead and bombard them with this type of e mail questioning where the liquor control board gets any authority to regulate medical use since it is a separate law.