Beagle
Well-Known Member
Received this in my email from MPP. Thought I would share it here.
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Here is what the message will say:
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I added this paragraph:Im glad the House Judiciary Committee considered feedback and modifications to the four bills that would amend the medical marijuana law. Those bills are in much better form now than when they were introduced. Still, I have several serious concerns and ask you to vote no on HB 4856 and to vote no on HB 4834 and HB 4851 if they are not amended.
HB 4834, for example, gives law enforcement officials access to registry information without a warrant. And since it gives them this information through the LEIN system, which federal law enforcement agencies can also access, it could give federal officials access to patient information. Theres a reason patients information is strictly confidential under the voter-approved law, and it should remain so. Police should have to demonstrate probable cause to a judge or magistrate and get a warrant, just like they must with countless other forms of investigation, before patient information is turned over.
There's also a glitch with the section of HB 4851 attempting to make it clear that patients can present the medical use of marijuana as a defense in court. By defining patients the same as qualifying patients, the bill makes it so that people with conditions that are serious but not on the list (for example, PTSD, which commonly afflicts veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan) cannot assert the defense.
I also ask you to oppose HB 4856, which would make it a crime for a patient to transport marijuana if it is not locked in a case or trunk. There is no similar law for Vicodin or other medications, and this would be onerous, painful, and unnecessary for patients who have mobility issues and joint pain. Theres also no similar requirement for alcohol. It makes no sense to allow an unopened recreational intoxicant but to prohibit unopened medicine.
Please take a close look at these bills and work to amend them. Thank you, and please let me know where you stand.
Feel free to add it if you agree.HB 4851 would also ban felons of Assaultive Crimes from being Caregivers. Some of these caregivers are caring for their own family and should be aloud to continue to do so. If this Bill is passed as is with immediate affect, the patients that depend on these caregivers will loose safe affordable access to their medication. It is true that they can find new caregivers or grow their own, but it will take time and money to setup a proper growing environment, and at least 4-6 months before that grow produces ready to use medication. Those who truly need this medication could SUFFER!
