Seattle is Going to Tax and Regulate Medical Marijuana

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The city of Seattle has decide to take the leap of the faith to embrace the medical marijuana industry. The new regulations are expected to be implemented swiftly.

It's great to see proper drug regulations embraced by the city of Seattle!

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The city of Seattle plans to start taxing and licensing medical marijuana operations like any other business, in response to changes in state law that have left the industry in a legal morass.

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed rules Monday requiring that medical marijuana operations be licensed, obtain food-handling permits if they sell marijuana-infused cookies or other items, and follow all other regulations such as land use and historic preservation codes. The approach is the opposite of what several other local cities have done - imposing moratoriums on such operations.

"The upshot is they are here and we should regulate them," said Councilwoman Sally Clark.

A spokesman for Mayor Mike McGinn said he expects to sign the measure quickly.

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Racists Cured of their Hate With Marijuana

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Interesting story, sounds like a life changing experience.

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The girls say it changed their lives. They now enjoy painting things that pot smokers love painting (astrological themed images, but soon it will undoubtedly be the Grateful Dead dancing bears, or lines that swirl and swirl and swirl) and plan on going to college, where their medical marijuana cards and kindly dispositions will likely win them many friends. After college, they plan on continuing to advocate for marijuana legalization in all 50 states, so we can all just toke together in harmony and hold hands and sing and star at the fabric on the arm of this couch I'm sitting on. I never really looked at it, you know.

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The Beginning of Medical Marijuana Law in New Mexico

In New Mexico, the process of having marijuana be legally served to severely ill patients has been long and tough. On July of 2007, the “the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use” was officially signed to be a law. This Act was named after two women: Lynn Pierson and Erin Armstrong. Lynn was a 26-year old cancer patient back then in 1978. She advocated the medical use of marijuana before it was legislated by New Mexico. Erin was also a marijuana advocate who suffered with advanced thyroid cancer.

Right after the law became official, New Mexico became the 12^th state to legalize medical marijuana. Governor Bill Richardson,supporter of the law, had been really courageous and outspoken despite all the controversies that could have risen while running for presidency. It was supposed to be on October 1, 2007 when the state’s Department of Health should already have an outline of the regulations and parameters for the patients and providers to qualify. Yet, it took them until January of 2009 for them finish it.

The process for providers has been disappointing, frustrating and slow. With more than 540 patients approved at that time, there was only one provider. A provider is only permitted to grow 95 cannabis plants at a time which bring the patients into a state of scarcity. They have to compete over the limited amount of medical marijuana or find an illegal supplier.

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The Biggest (300 Acres) Marijuana Plantation Ever In Mexico!

Check out the setup at this place! Over 300 acres of cover cannabis. This place must have stunk for miles. the military claims they could smell it because the tarp. The tarp wasn't suspicious either because many farmers use this to protect their crops from the sun. It is really a remarkable operation.

Hopefully our governments will realized that our current drug policy is only perpetuating this type of industry south of the border. Once Obama and the DEA decide to get on board with Proper Cannabis regulations hopefully all of this criminal nonsense will come to a grinding halt.

Daily Mail wrote:

Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), according to the Defence Department.
The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.

The Biggest (300 Acres) Marijuana Plantation Ever In Mexico!

Check out the setup at this place! Over 300 acres of cover cannabis. This place must have stunk for miles. the military claims they could smell it because the tarp. The tarp wasn't suspicious either because many farmers use this to protect their crops from the sun. It is really a remarkable operation.

Hopefully our governments will realized that our current drug policy is only perpetuating this type of industry south of the border. Once Obama and the DEA decide to get on board with Proper Cannabis regulations hopefully all of this criminal nonsense will come to a grinding halt.

Daily Mail wrote:

Mexican soldiers found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), according to the Defence Department.
The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.

The Sweet Nector of Green Cannabis Energy

One plant could possibility provided enough energy formthe world to convert to clean energy with ease. The cannabis plant has the ability to growmenought biomass to counter act the cost of energy to produce biofuel. That is the single flaw of corn bio fuel, the pure energy cost to make biofuel doesn't make a greater net difference toward the carbon footprint. Just another reason why proper marijuana laws need to be curated.

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NUG Magazine wrote:

The cannabis plant is the key to the revolution in reducing our energy economic costs to individuals and our environment. The bottom line in this change is all based on the financial numbers plugged into a mathematical equation that results in the lowest number. Money, the amount we all pay for energy, is going to decide what society chooses to get our power from and cannabis in a free market will be the overwhelmingly clear choice. The glands of cannabis flowers will pay for the entire cultivation effort, leaving the rest of the plant cost free for energy and other more valuable products.
There is 100% no doubt that cannabis can be energy/fuel. Cannabis biomass is capable of being transformed into electricity and fuels (methane, methanol, gasoline) more efficiently than fossil fuels (coal, oil) and without the poisonous pollution. Raw and “left over” processed cannabis, where fiber, seeds, buds/nugs, and/or trichromes are separated into different high value products, is fed into existing working manufactures of energy. Cannabis a sustainable eco-friendly resource, along with trash, algae production and industrial waste will together make up local energy independence around the world. The transition to this less costly society will be cannabis, which is the missing key factor to this economic freedom – an ideal feedstock (a resource to feed the energy factories).

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The Sweet Nector of Green Cannabis Energy

One plant could possibility provided enough energy formthe world to convert to clean energy with ease. The cannabis plant has the ability to growmenought biomass to counter act the cost of energy to produce biofuel. That is the single flaw of corn bio fuel, the pure energy cost to make biofuel doesn't make a greater net difference toward the carbon footprint. Just another reason why proper marijuana laws need to be curated.

photo credit: Alternative Heat

NUG Magazine wrote:

The cannabis plant is the key to the revolution in reducing our energy economic costs to individuals and our environment. The bottom line in this change is all based on the financial numbers plugged into a mathematical equation that results in the lowest number. Money, the amount we all pay for energy, is going to decide what society chooses to get our power from and cannabis in a free market will be the overwhelmingly clear choice. The glands of cannabis flowers will pay for the entire cultivation effort, leaving the rest of the plant cost free for energy and other more valuable products.
There is 100% no doubt that cannabis can be energy/fuel. Cannabis biomass is capable of being transformed into electricity and fuels (methane, methanol, gasoline) more efficiently than fossil fuels (coal, oil) and without the poisonous pollution. Raw and “left over” processed cannabis, where fiber, seeds, buds/nugs, and/or trichromes are separated into different high value products, is fed into existing working manufactures of energy. Cannabis a sustainable eco-friendly resource, along with trash, algae production and industrial waste will together make up local energy independence around the world. The transition to this less costly society will be cannabis, which is the missing key factor to this economic freedom – an ideal feedstock (a resource to feed the energy factories).

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Medical Marijuana Patient Fired And Then Awarded Unemployment

After a long and lengthy battle with the courts the medical patients receives unemployment after being terminated from their job. The employer stated they have a zero tolerance policy on drugs but did not use a licensed or certified laboratory for testing. Seems fair to me that this patient would get unemployment funding, I would hope that they get financial compensation for the grief of being fired. It really sounds like the company was using some eBay drug testing strips to check out their employees. Who know's how accurate and consistent those things are. It good to hear that patient received some help.

Toke Of The Town:

A medical marijuana patient in Colorado has been rewarded unemployment benefits after being fired from his job for positive drug test results.

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in Sosa v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office that the evidence presented by an employer at a claims hearing fell short of proving a sufficient basis for the denial of unemployment benefits to the man, who tested positive in the employer’s drug screen, according to Lexology.

A registered medical marijuana patient was required to undergo urinalysis when his supervisor claimed the employee exhibited “behavior suggesting he might be under the influence of drugs.”