Issue: Tracking of Medicine
This has been the major issue with law enforcement. The issue regarding tracking is to reduce the likely hood of diversion, reduce potential out of state medicine coming into Montana, and insure that the law is followed. Every business needs to know what their inventory is, where it comes from, who their customers are and how much they buy. This will be a reality in the new law by all expectations, so please contribute on what you think should be tracked and how. If you are currently using a POS or tracking system let us know what it is and how it works for you.
I think to make things seem more legitimate there does need to be some sort of tracking system. The way the law is structured right now where you can buy an ounce a day, if you can smoke an ounce a day is rediculous. There should be a limit on how much per month. I would say maybe 2 ounces of dried medicine per month. It would also be important to regulate the edibles. How to regulate them I don't know exactly because there are such variations. I think that the caregivers of MT need to put their heads together and submit some solid ideas to the legislature.
ReplyDeleteI do think businesses should keep track of their inventory, However I disagree that there should be a limit to how much a patient can buy. As long as they are with in the states legal limits, who are we to judge. A patients dosage is and should be a private matter between themselves, their Doctor and their caregiver. The state should focus more on legitimizing the industry and less on controlling patients. Maybe the state could work on an automated telephone system so law enforcement can verify, on the spot, whether a patient has a valid recommendation. Maybe make the penalties a lot stiffer for those that have fake cards. It's the criminals that need to pay the price not the other way around.
ReplyDeleteI am a patient and I grow my own so who/what would I be tracking for? I have no interest in being a caregiver but I have a disabled friend who is getting his card and I will be his caregiver as he cannot afford to pay for cannabis. Once his card is in place I will give him cannabis for free. SO should I be tracking that? I do not think that anyone should be allowed to purchase unlimited amounts. I know many patients and only the most incapacitated ones use more than a OZ a month. Two OZ a month is more than enough for the terminally ill that I know. More than this is feeding back to the illegal market and everyone knows that.
ReplyDeleteIt is my opinion that law enforcement has no business knowing what kind of medicine I buy, how often I buy it, or anything else. Does law enforcement come knocking on your door every time your prescribed any other kind of medicine?
ReplyDeleteTwo issues here: If they track our inventory, why a 2 ounces per patient limit put on caregivers? Our harvests will provide different yields. We all know we need numerous strains, and enough inventory for between harvests (and month to month). None of us want to be overstocked or understocked (can't provide for the patients). 206 is gone, so now they can arrest us for having to much inventory. How are we going to maintain an exact amount??? Do we just destroy extra yield from a harvest? Then what do you do when you fall below your exact amount...grow 4 ounces to replace it? We all know it does not work that way. Why doesn't the law reflect how the product is grown??? None of these makes sense.
ReplyDeleteIf you have suggestions on how the new law should be written, then please make them.
ReplyDeleteThe purpose of this blog is to gather input that will be presented to the new Legislature.
What Politicians are attempting to do is marry two very disparate endeavors--agriculture and medicine. Medical cannabis is not Pfizer Pills. Agriculture is influenced by factors many of which are out of control of the farmer.It is impossible to foresee or predict a quantifiable result. In short, the Caregiver and his or her patients need to be assured a constant availability of medicine, and in the strain(s) which are beneficial to which patients. To ensure this, Caregiver to Caregiver must be maintained and codified. Sales or trade can be documented, as can retail sales. Monthly transactions can then be submitted to the pertinent Agency. Medicine can and should be lab analyzed for quality and safety. It should be grown in state. Law enforcement should have a minimal oversight--medicine is not where they belong.
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