Will WA Stand up for Medical Cannabis Patients?
In 2015 the
Washington State Legislature passed 5052, The Cannabis Patient Pain and
Suffering Act. In this wide sweeping legislation the legislature took special
care to first dismantle the existing patient centered medical cannabis system,
limit plant counts for patients, create new criminal penalties for cannabis
possession and even sharing and created a patient registry on which patients
must register if they want higher plant counts and protection from arrest. All
in all, the WA Legislature showed they were no real friend to cannabis, and now
that it looks like Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Senator who is a committed reefer
madness war on weed politician, will be our next attorney general, will the
legislature pass a resolution vowing to protect medical cannabis patients in
the state?
This is
especially important to patients who have registered on the Marijuana
Authorization Database. By their own hand legislators in Olympia,
of both parties, created a ready to use list of cannabis consumers for the
incoming anti-cannabis Justice Department known as the Marijuana Authorization
Database (MAD). Will Olympia have
the courage to stand up and back up their repeated statements that the registry
is nothing to fear? Will Democrats strike up opposition to the registry, just
as they oppose a registry for Muslims? Will Republicans oppose any interference
from the Justice Department in the cannabis affairs of WA on the basis of
states rights? Will the Governor stand up for medical cannabis patients in WA?
Medical cannabis patients around the state want to know.
To find out contact your Olympia
representative:
Find your legislator:
Contact the Governor:
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