Alright i see, well if you have any kind of brochure info or something i could bring to dispensaries to show them the benefits of using CANN. Here in Portland there are about 30-40 medical shops and that does not include the outlying area. Honestly this should be expanded to the Northwest. Washington has recreational and medical marijuana, of which the recreactional must be grown by a caretaker or medical patient so i see this having use in Washington state. Honestly Colorado, Arizona, California, Washington, and Oregon are all prime candidates for the CANN model
Anywho if there is a downloadable brochure i could print out and take to dispensaries around town or if there is anyway to get a hold of the CANNdy strains i will personally grow my maximum legal limit of 4 plants come july, specifically for this movement.
Also i will be getting a CANN pool up for the PNW by the end of summer. It will be a permanent pool for CANN to help secure its future!
Cheers
SGT
G'day SGT
We are very happy to have you joining the community.
You'd think something like a downloadable brochure would be a simple thing, wouldn't you?
Sadly, everything connected with getting medical marijuana to patients is ridiculously complicated.
To begin with laws vary by state, there is no standard solution and what is legal in one jurisdiction is illegal in another. In some locations grows must be held by non-profit organizations, others not. Some places allow recreational and medicinal dispensing from a common location, in others they must be separate entities and in separate locations. Almost half of U.S. states permit medicinal marijuana use but only a handful yet allow recreational, although this is changing. Being in full legal compliance in one state is a significant task, to be so in two is gargantuan. Then of course there are county and town ordinances. When and where does offering donated product in exchange for a non-cash token constitute a breach of purchase inducement laws?
Legally this industry is a minefield. Precisely what wording can and should be in a promotional brochure that will satisfy all jurisdictions in the U.S. and its Territories? What lawyer or law firm could/should do the legal analysis to ensure cross jurisdictional compliance? Does one even exist who knows and can keep up with the changing legal landscape across the U.S.? How could we keep the document current and how could we recall previous versions which may inadvertently contravene changed laws in such a fluid and rapidly evolving field?
While I am sure that printing and distributing information on marijuana and the Yes We CANN movement would be and is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution the fact remains that marijuana is federally illegal, listed as a Schedule I drug. This has led to the absurd situation where state-legal and licensed dispensaries and grow operations have been and are raided by federal officers. As DeltaNine expressed succinctly, "
If they don't like you, they can shut you down. It's that simple." - sad but true. Just one more, albeit significant complication in the question of how much attention to attract and when to do so.
From time to time I think I'm not needed elsewhere for a while, surely I can knock out at least a concept paper for the Yes We CANN movement. Then I start researching a specific point across various States' legislation and the problems begin. Who knew, for example, that dispensaries' ability to donate product into the CANNdy supply was so differently affected by how taxation is applied in the State/County/City? Sometimes donated doses are taxed on disbursement from the grower, sometimes from the dispensary, sometimes neither and in other cases both, frequently with multiple levels of government with their hands in the register. When and where do donations of a product not federally recognized as legal become tax exempt?
See how complicated a simple brochure request becomes? If CANN was about distributing gummy bears or similar we'd only need to worry about clearly defined state and federal regulations (and perhaps the self-appointed food police) but with medical marijuana we face an ill-defined and rapidly evolving inter-jurisdictional mess, becoming further complicated as legal recreational is added to the mix piecemeal and with no standardization.
Naturally everyone is keen to see the movement spread far and wide but this is going to be a case of slowly and surely adding one state at a time, at least until the situation changes Federally. In my opinion and it is only my opinion, the likely sequence is Arizona, Colorado, California and/or Nevada by the end of 2016. If the PNW has not already opted in to the movement by then I would expect it to be the next logical expansion stage but again, (all together now) that is only my opinion.
Now, about your request for CANNdy. I just don't see how that could be done without contravening Federal trafficking laws. As I repeatedly state, I'm an Aussie looking at U.S. laws from the outside and always open to correction. There might be something under the protection of interstate commerce but I have my doubts. I can't see that one flying at least until marijuana is rescheduled and nationally legal.
Hopefully the above has added more clarity than confusion.
Once again welcome and thank you for your support.