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Romer Wants To License Marijuana Caregivers
Posted by CN Staff on January 07, 2010 at 19:12:15 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: Summit Daily News
Denver -- A state lawmaker wants Colorado regulators to consider licensing medical marijuana caregivers. Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver, has been working on a bill that would require medical marijuana dispensaries and growers to be licensed and submit to criminal background checks. Now he says he wants the individuals who supply the marijuana to also be licensed.Romer plans to submit a request to the Department of Regulatory Affairs on Friday asking for their opinion. By law, the agency has two months to make a decision. If it agrees with Romer, caregiver licenses could be included in the medical marijuana regulation bill he plans to introduce during the new legislative session, which begins Wednesday.
Requiring caregivers to be licensed could eventually require them to go through certification programs, although Romer acknowledges none exist now. He said caregivers should be trained to make sure marijuana contains no mold or pesticides and is mixed with no other drugs. They also should be familiar with how different drugs could interact in patients, he said.“Caregiving should be a sophisticated medical skill,” Romer said.Brian Vicente, executive director of the marijuana advocacy group Sensible Colorado, opposes the idea.Vicente said he's open to regulating businesses that have developed to serve the growing number of medical marijuana patients. But he said the 2000 law passed by voters didn't say that people providing marijuana had to meet any requirements.“Marijuana is the safest drug known to man. It's never caused an overdose. It's never caused a death,” he said.The number of people asking to use medical marijuana, as well as the number of dispensaries to serve, them have surged since the Obama administration signaled it wouldn't crack down on medical marijuana users and suppliers in the 14 states that allow it.An estimated 30,000 people have submitted applications to get medical marijuana cards in Colorado, but an updated count of how many have been approved isn't available because of the high volume of applications. The last official count was just over 14,000 at the end of August, and the state health department says it's still taking about three months to process applications. Source: Summit Daily News (CO)Published: January 7, 2010Copyright: 2010 Summit Daily NewsURL: http://drugsense.org/url/xhpmttsjContact: http://drugsense.org/url/OMaKBrUPWebsite: http://www.summitdaily.com/home.phpCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml
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Comment #31 posted by Hope on January 11, 2010 at 09:36:32 PT
Death of Romer's Medical Marijuana Bill
That should be a huge relief to lots of people.
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Comment #30 posted by FoM on January 11, 2010 at 08:45:06 PT
News Article From The Huffington Post Blog
Death of Romer's Medical Marijuana Bill Presents Meaningful Opportunity for Quality ReformJanuary 11, 2010URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-corry/death-of-romers-medical-m_b_418043.html
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on January 09, 2010 at 19:01:45 PT
Hope
No problem at all. Just a hiccup that's all it is.
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Comment #28 posted by Hope on January 09, 2010 at 18:52:41 PT
Sorry
Not quite sure how that happened.
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Comment #26 posted by Hope on January 09, 2010 at 18:30:57 PT
12 times?
"In Florida they just raised the unemployment tax (that all employers, big and small, including self-employed mom and pop shops) by 12 times the amount it was in 2009. Not only that, they raised the wage base too." If the tax was a hundred dollars just a few days ago ... it's now suddenly 1200 dollars a week?That's unbelievable!
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Comment #25 posted by Had Enough on January 09, 2010 at 10:40:20 PT
Proofread...???
Most people ‘we’ so tied up in ‘there’ material little world they thought would never end....should read...Most people ‘were’ so tied up in ‘their’ material little world they thought would never end...
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Comment #24 posted by FoM on January 09, 2010 at 10:35:47 PT
Had Enough
I know what you are saying. For me and Stick we knew since the 70s that this is what would happen. None of it surprises us.
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Comment #23 posted by Had Enough on January 09, 2010 at 10:30:53 PT
Bottoms Up
No we have not hit the bottom yet...Things will get very dicey in the future...All these wars...economic collapse...crooked politicians/bureaucrats/unjust law enforcement/...these are the things that were calculated to come about by the global elitists/international bankers/wall street terrorists so they could gain even more control over the masses. They studied Darwin, fueled the fire...and now are just sitting back poking/tending the flames here and there...waiting for their next big maneuver...And ‘We the People’ allowed this to happen.For years I have been trying to point this out to people...only about one out of about 100 understood what I was saying. Most people were so tied up in their material little world they thought would never end...some were more concerned about the next football/basketball game or who will get the next American Idol spot to take the time to listen...now I hear those same people crying the blues...And once again...’We the People’ allowed this to happen to us...
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Comment #22 posted by FoM on January 09, 2010 at 10:04:38 PT
Had Enough
When I saw what was happening just a couple of years ago I knew it wasn't because everyone got wealthy. It was an illusion. When the whole thing came tumbling down I knew the bottom will be very bad. We haven't hit the bottom yet and won't for sometime I think.
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Comment #21 posted by Had Enough on January 09, 2010 at 10:00:11 PT
Politician/Bureaucrats hard at work with our money
When the funds are depleted, there won’t be any money for the unemployed to collect.In Florida they just raised the unemployment tax (that all employers, big and small, including self-employed mom and pop shops) by 12 times the amount it was in 2009. Not only that, they raised the wage base too.The problem with that is...less money the employers will have to hire more people, and when they do, they will have to pay even more tax. Kinda like a vicious circle.***Florida employers face a huge jump in unemployment compensation taxes.By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer In Print: Thursday, November 19, 2009Small businesses in Florida battling the Great Recession have a new foe on the horizon: skyrocketing unemployment compensation taxes.and..."It's just going to be painful," McCallister said. "If you're a struggling small business just barely making payroll now, it could be a death knell."
and...As of last September, the state had 464,588 employers, down from 501,955 in September 2008. The number of employees fell from 9.165 million to 8.189 million over the same span. and...Rejected federal aid Wednesday's news also ignited anew the debate over Florida's rejection of $444 million in federal stimulus dollars tied to unemployment compensation earlier this year. The Republican-controlled Legislature rejected the funds, saying they came with too high a price tag in forcing the state to expand its pool of unemployment beneficiaries. House Majority Leader Adam Hasner of Delray Beach and other Republicans said accepting the money would have hurt businesses and created new entitlements. And the rest of the story...http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article1052594.ece
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Comment #20 posted by FoM on January 09, 2010 at 09:09:56 PT
Had Enough
I do hope that people will be able to get extensions if they are fortunate enough to be able to collect unemployment.
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Comment #19 posted by Had Enough on January 09, 2010 at 08:38:40 PT
About Unemployment Funding
States' jobless funds are being drained in recessionThe recession's jobless toll is draining unemployment-compensation funds so fast that according to federal projections, 40 state programs will go broke within two years and need $90 billion in loans to keep issuing the benefit checks. and...The troubles the state programs face can be traced to a failure during the economic boom to properly prepare for a downturn, experts said.and...A shortfall in a state unemployment fund, he said, "usually means cuts in eligibility or benefits." more...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/21/AR2009122103269.html
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Comment #18 posted by runruff on January 09, 2010 at 05:39:50 PT
Congressional "flee" powder
Ron Paul's Libertarian philosophy Is to get government out of our live so we can live, "self actualize" our lives. He is old school where they believe if you are born with nothing you can hit the hard scrabble and pull yourself up by the bootstraps. Many don't see his ways as the future of America?Dennis Kacinich, he is a humanitarian and hearts the earth!Two extremes in federal governing philosophies.I like Obama but he has little support,it seems and even he must play politics to move the wheels along.This is why I am so put out with the fed we have. It is broken. Full of looters and thieves.I wish I could invent a looters and theives powder I could use to dust Washington! [then they would flee]
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Comment #17 posted by The GCW on January 08, 2010 at 22:30:15 PT
kaptinemo - the economy & the big picture,
kaptinemo often points out how the economy is what will greatly help the cannabis / hemp movement. Then I'm reading this article:Colorado jobless fund needs loanThe state must borrow hundreds of millions from Uncle Sam to keep its unemployment-insurance fund afloat. (Not good!)http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20100108/NEWS/100109801/1078&ParentProfile=1055& then I just take a look at to see if there are any comments below the article and look what's there."to eradicate homelessness all we have to do is legalize hemp and marijuana! then put these homeless people to work and provide housing instead of giving money to banks and stuff!!!!!!"
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Comment #16 posted by Hope on January 08, 2010 at 19:45:05 PT
Stossel on Fox
Pretty good. They're talking about "The Nanny State".
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Comment #15 posted by FoM on January 08, 2010 at 18:14:25 PT
charmed quark
I wish you the best of luck. I really want this to happen for you and others in New Jersey.
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Comment #14 posted by charmed quark on January 08, 2010 at 16:51:31 PT
New Jersey Med Marij. Vote this Monday
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2010/01/medical_marijuana_up_for_consi.htmlAlmost there, knock wood
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Comment #13 posted by Had Enough on January 08, 2010 at 16:09:26 PT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
is serving the masters that put him in power.That recall was a sham...it was all about getting a republican puppet put in place by the corporate elitists.***Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and EnronSchwarzenegger Accused of Involvement in $9B California Swindle with Enron’s Ken LayInvestigative reporter Greg Palast reveals how Republican gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger is part of a larger scheme to help Enron and other power companies avoid paying back $9 billion in illicit profits by replacing Gov. Gray Davis.more...http://www.democracynow.org/2003/10/6/schwarzenegger_accused_of_involvement_in_9band...Google search...take your pick http://tinyurl.com/ybvwjlj***Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Bilderberg bunchhttp://tinyurl.com/ya2p5wr***Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s father was a member of the NAZI PartyAccording to documents obtained in 2003 from the Austrian State Archives by the Los Angeles Times, which was after the expiration of a 30-year seal of his records under Austrian privacy law, Gustav Schwarzenegger voluntarily applied to join the Nazi Party, in 1938, when it was still illegal in Austria. He also voluntarily applied to become a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the NSDAP's paramilitary wing, on May 1, 1939 about 6 months after the bloody national pogrom against the Jews and at the time that Jews in Graz (Schwarzenegger's hometown) were being actively rounded up and sent to concentration camps. The Brown Shirts were an organization that were primarily responsible for the persecution of the Jews and clearing them from Graz, a process called Aryanization. Gustav Schwarzenegger, as a member of the Brown Shirts, probably participated in making his hometown "Judenfrei" - clear of the Jews.[2] Austria became part of the German Reich through the Anschluss on March 12, 1938.more... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Schwarzeneggerand...Google search...take your pick... http://tinyurl.com/y8gzhfr
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on January 08, 2010 at 12:10:46 PT
The GCW
I totally agree with you.
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Comment #11 posted by The GCW on January 08, 2010 at 10:54:45 PT
FoM, -spineless,
"""real sentencing reform has proved impossible in the State Assembly, where lawmakers live in fear of the politically powerful corrections officers’ union lobby, which enforces the status quo by labeling reformers as soft on crime."""-0-The country needs to remove the damn platform that law enforcement unions control. Police unions have shat on America long enough! Police types are ruining the U.S.
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on January 08, 2010 at 10:31:04 PT
Off Topic: Spineless in California
January 7, 2010Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California was on the mark when he said this week that the state needed to change policies that spend more money on prisons than on the state’s once-vaunted higher education systems, which are being bled to death in budget cuts. But Mr. Schwarzenegger was way off the mark when he suggested that the answer was to privatize prison services or to pass yet another constitutional amendment, this time to limit prison spending.URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/opinion/08fri3.html
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Comment #9 posted by FoM on January 08, 2010 at 09:16:50 PT
News Article From The Huffington Post Blog
Romer's Medical Marijuana Bill Raises Important QuestionsJanuary 8, 2010URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessica-corry/romers-medical-marijuana_b_415885.html
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Comment #8 posted by John Tyler on January 08, 2010 at 09:08:45 PT
who is a caregiver?
Romer sounds like he wants to take cannabis reform a giant step backwards. Caregiver certification, and licensing, etc. are just “stumbling blocks”, “hoops to have to jump through”, EXTRA FEES to be paid. Sounds like he wants it sold by licensed pharmacist through pharmacies. If that is what he wants he should say so. Plus, the term caregiver covers a wide range of activities. Is a doctor or nurse a caregiver, a health care aide, a friend or neighbor that comes over to help you if you get sick and need care? It seems like more twisted logic and tortured language.
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Comment #7 posted by runruff on January 08, 2010 at 05:13:17 PT
Across this country....
in every community, they toil with this issue, wasting work hours and resources and for what?
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on January 08, 2010 at 05:08:01 PT
Related Article From The Denver Post
Lawmakers Crafting Medical-Pot Bill Struggle for Middle GroundBy John Ingold, The Denver PostJanuary 8, 2010The state lawmakers drafting a major medical-marijuana regulation bill plan to meet with representatives from the state attorney general's office today to work on a compromise to include more law-and-order language in the bill.At the same time, medical-marijuana advocates are blasting the current version of the bill, arguing it is already too restrictive. On Thursday, attorney Rob Corry sent a letter to state Sen. Chris Romer, the Denver Democrat who is crafting the legislation, saying the bill "cannot be supported by any serious patient or caregiver in Colorado's medical-marijuana community."URL: http://www.denverpost.com/news/marijuana/ci_14145589
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Comment #5 posted by runruff on January 08, 2010 at 04:49:01 PT
I was on Facebook this morning.
An old classmate of mine reminded me of when our class voted me funniest guy in school.It was right after I announced that I will run for class president!
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Comment #4 posted by The GCW on January 07, 2010 at 23:11:10 PT
Just came to post this news; but alakazam!
..."""Requiring caregivers to be licensed could eventually require them to go through certification programs"""...Another potentially bad thing is if We get a 3rd Bush or a clone in the prez' seat and all the sudden wants to round up all the cannabist's.Also: for growers to be familiar with how different drugs could interact in patients would require medical training, which nearly no grower has... and could create liabilities.Perhaps it would be good enough to keep government away from the plants and then patients would know it doesn't contain paraquat.-0-Paraquat is a weed killer once promoted by the United States for use in Mexico to destroy marijuana plants. http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewadditionalresource.asp?resourceID=000192
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Comment #3 posted by Had Enough on January 07, 2010 at 20:46:38 PT
Cop Video...call to 911
But then again...There is nothing funny about the hypocrisy of it all...!!!
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Comment #2 posted by Had Enough on January 07, 2010 at 20:38:00 PT
Oldie but Goldie
Cop gets high off marijuana and calls 911 thinking he is about to die...Click to see...Warning...use caution when viewing this video...sit comfortably in a sturdy chair, and hold on to your sides to prevent yourself from falling on the floor and laughing till your gut splits wide open.http://artistrickards.blogspot.com/2009/10/cop-gets-high-off-marijuana-and-calls.html
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on January 07, 2010 at 19:58:54 PT
"Marijuana is the safest drug known to man"
Isn't this all we need to remember ... ?
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