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Local cops trying to impress the feds raid a facility where patients were able to get needed medicine. Sad and disgusting ... now those patients will either go without, or will go onto the illegal market because their illnesses are not going away.
Its true that Washington county sherif dep. was targeting wake and bake. I am member of the coletiv and have been pulled over by wash.co. 3 times in two weeks, having never been pulled over for a trafic violation in more than 5 years. one of thoes stops was by a plane clothed detectiv in an unmarked car for an unlawful lane change.
The OMMA does NOT allow club, co-ops, farmers markets, or dispensaries of any kind. OMMP card holders can either grow their own, or have someone do it for them. They CAN NOT obtain their meds in the way these "dispensaries" are doing it. They should be shut downuntil cannabis is legalized for EVERYBODY!
That's about as narrow minded as they come. Let me guess Anon you have never had a friend, Mother, Grand Mother or anyone close that has been carded and looking for Meds. It is a very scary process sometimes having to turn to a street thug to get your Meds. The OMMP community really appreciated places like these to take the street thug out of the equation so please don't lecture us on what you believe to be the letter of the law.
Selling marijuana is illegal under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act but dispensing marijuana is legal. The Legislature amended the medical marijuana law in 2005 and made it explicitly clear that any cardholder can give marijuana to any other cardholder. The law also allows reimbursement for supplies and utilities. Many organizations are trying to help patients because there are now tens of thousands of patient who can't grow their own or find a grower. We need clear rules so patients can have access to this safe effective medicine.
Police are squandering scarce resources on this. Meanwhile 2/3 of rape cases go unsolved.
It doesn't matter if they are sick or not- that's the way the law is written. If you don't like it, don't participate. It's ridiculous to go around blatanly opening "dispensaries" when the dispensary bill was just rejected. Now we have all this DEA and local police crackdown BS going on because a few idiots are trying to capatilize of MM and are ruining it for the clubs that are here trying to do it the right way and within the law. I say good riddance- hopefully they only shut down the clubs like this that are wildly over-stepping the boundaries.
Every facility, every person working to help patients get access to medicine *is* working within the law, to the best of their knowledge - that is, they've all consulted with attorneys to develop models which work within the extremely limited parameters of Oregon's law. Some district attorneys and sheriff's disagree with those interpretations. It's possible - though not a given - that the question could be put to the test in an Oregon court. Until then, that legality is an open and unanswered question. These folks are also innocent until proven guilty, of course, this being America, the point of which is that merely being accused of breaking the law is not the same thing as committing a crime.
Of course the feds consider all medical cannabis to be illegal, and all patients -- other than the four or five federal patients still receiving cannabis each month -- to be criminals who should be locked up. Federal courts have even got a rule wherein "medical" cannot be mentioned nor even alluded to. Federal prosecutors have been cautioned that it's bad PR to have heavily armed police yank sick people out of wheelchairs, but that's as much compassion as the feds have.
That picture looks like a party!No different from what I participated in back the 70s before I realized marijuana is dangerous and destructive. I've seen so many lives ruined from it. Thank God I quit as I turned 20. Recent research proves marijuana causes psychosis in otherwise mentally healthy people. Previously,it was theorized that one had to have a pre-disposition to mental illness.
Hopefully,all marijuana will become illegal once again and penalized in the State of Oregon.It's a highly dangerous drug and should be avoided. Very few people are sick enough to "need"a pain medication such as cannabis. I think the MM is a crock. On the State website it states more than 95% of cardholders claim they need it for "chronic pain". Seriously? Oregon really has that many young,seemingly healthy people in so much pain? Are we that sick of a state? Something's not right with that. For instance, when there was a medical marijuana rights protest in downtown Portland several months ago, I couldn't help but wonder how such seriously ill people could find the strength to go stand for hours on the steps of a public building. Most were actually walking and talking, looked healthy,not crippled with "pain".
Our society does not need more intoxicated, drugged people who are willing to poison their minds and bodies with substance abuse and put others at risk,especially kids. We need clearheaded,sober individuals who are productive and fully-functioning to make a positive future.
We possess natural pain relieving substances in our brains but they will not work when there is regular intake of an exterior pain reliever. If you are mentally capable, you can allow your body to handle pain. If not, you probably need therapy and/or spirituality to work out your mind's issues.
You are an angry misguided person jeand. Medical marijuana is a good thing. Of course there is some abuse of the system. But for the individual patient it is a much better alternative than prescription drug addiction. People have been brainwashed into thinking marijuana is this super dangerous drug, and that is simply not true. Alcohol is far more dangerous and yet widely accepted. Why? Because it's legal? Well so is the ommp program. If you want alcohol where do you go if you can't brew your own beer? To the store. So if a patient can't grow their own it only makes sense to have a store.
As far as handling pain naturally, try falling off an 80ft cliff rock climbing and shattering bones. Then come back and tell me how to deal with it mentally. I am all ears.
Please let go of the anger and stigma's you hold so deep inside you. I can see there are some far ddeper issues at work in you than just thinking pot is bad. Maybe a little too much hatred ruling your life? Just let it go. You'll be happier.