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• The Supreme Court held that the quantities are legal as a safe harbor for state ID cardholders but are unconstitutional as a limit on a qualified patient's defense in court. It also held that the state ID card system is constitutional and that collectives operating under Health and Safety Code 11362.775 are constitutionally protected throughout the state.
• Kha Decision: Appellate Court: Local police must return medical marijuana to patients if found to be lawful under state law, regardless of federal law. Click here to view as a PDF (120k).
• Police Officers can still arrest anyone who grows too much, or tries to sell it." Medical marijuana caregivers have a right to remuneration for services  that are consistently provided to a patient.
• San Diego v NORML: Federal law does not trump state law, California counties and agencies have to follow State law, not federal. Download as PDF.
• Trippet Decision:  Chris Conrad testified at the Humboldt County trial. Appellate Court, Prop 215: Patients not entitled to "unlimited amounts," but transportation and possession are authorized. "The rule should be that the quantity possessed by the patient or the primary caregiver, and the form and manner in which it is possessed, should be reasonably related to the patient's current medical needs. What precisely are the "patient's current medical needs" must, of course, remain a factual question to be determined by the trier of fact."
• Urziceanu Decision: Appellate Court, SB 420: Rights to collectively obtain, cultivate and dispense not protected by HS11362.5 but they are protected by HS 11362.7. Chris Conrad testified at the original Sacramento trial and is cited. Testimony of Chris Conrad

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• HS 11362.775. Qualified  patients, persons with valid identification cards, and the  designated primary caregivers of qualified patients and  persons with identification cards, who associate within the  State of California in order collectively or cooperatively  to cultivate marijuana for medical purposes, shall not  solely on the basis of that fact be subject to state  criminal sanctions under Section 11357,  11358, 11359,  11360, 11366,  11366.5, or 11570.

• (2) The department shall establish and maintain  a 24-hour, toll-free telephone number that will enable  state and local law enforcement officers to have  immediate access to information necessary to verify the  validity of an identification card issued by the  department, until a cost-effective Internet Web-based  system can be developed for this purpose.
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• (b) Every county health department, or the county's  designee, shall do all of the following:

     

  (1) Provide applications upon request to  individuals seeking to join the identification card  program.   

  (2) Receive and process completed applications in  accordance with Section 11362.72.

     

  (3) Maintain records of identification card  programs.

     

  (4) Utilize protocols developed by the department  pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d).

     

  (5) Issue identification cards developed by the  department to approved applicants and designated primary  caregivers.

     

  (c) The county board of supervisors may designate another  health-related governmental or nongovernmental entity or  organization to perform the functions described in  subdivision
• • State Health Dept is responsible for
    1. Creating protocols to ensure accurate information gathering
    2. protect privacy of program records
    3. Creating Patient Application Forms
    4. Voluntary ID Card.
    

• (d) The department shall develop all of the  following:

     

  (1) Protocols that shall be used by a county  health department or the county's designee to implement  the responsibilities described in subdivision (b),  including, but not limited to, protocols to confirm the  accuracy of information contained in an application and  to protect the confidentiality of program records.   

  (2) Application forms that shall be issued to  requesting applicants.

     

  (3) An identification card that identifies a person  authorized to engage in the medical use of marijuana and  an identification card that identifies the person's  designated primary caregiver, if any. The two  identification cards developed pursuant to this paragraph  shall be easily distinguishable from each other.
• No person or designated  primary caregiver in possession of a valid identification  card shall be subject to arrest for possession,  transportation, delivery, or cultivation of medical  marijuana in an amount established pursuant to this  article,
• • AgSite helps to resolve concerns related to falsification of cards.

• HS 11362.715. (a) A person  who seeks an identification card shall pay the fee, as  provided in Section 11362.755, and provide all of the  following to the county health department or the county's  designee on a form developed and provided by the  department:

     

  (1) The name of the person, and proof of his or  her residency within the county.   

  (2) Written documentation by the attending physician  in the person' s medical records stating that the person  has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition and  that the medical use of marijuana is appropriate.

     

  (3) The name, office address, office telephone number,  and California medical license number of the person's  attending physician.

     

  (4) The name and the duties of the primary  caregiver.

     

  (5) A government-issued photo identification card of  the person and of the designated primary caregiver, if  any. If the applicant is a person under 18 years of age,  a certified copy of a birth certificate shall be deemed  sufficient proof of identity.
• 11362.72. (a) Within 30 days of receipt of an  application for an identification card, a county health  department or the county's designee shall do all of the  following:

• 11362.735. (a) An identification card issued by  the county health department shall be serially numbered and  shall contain all of the following:

     
• The department shall establish  application and renewal fees for persons seeking to obtain  or renew identification cards that are sufficient to cover  the expenses incurred by the department, including the  startup cost, the cost of reduced fees for Medi-Cal  beneficiaries in accordance with subdivision (b), the cost  of identifying and developing a cost-effective Internet  Web-based system, and the cost of maintaining the 24-hour  toll-free telephone number. Each county health department or  the county's designee may charge an additional fee for all  costs incurred by the county or the county's designee for  administering the program pursuant to this article.

• 11362.77. (a) A qualified patient  or primary caregiver may possess no more than eight ounces  of dried marijuana per qualified patient. In addition, a  qualified patient or primary caregiver may also maintain no  more than six mature or 12 immature marijuana plants per  qualified patient.

     

  (b) If a qualified patient or primary caregiver has a  doctor's recommendation that this quantity does not meet the  qualified patient' s medical needs, the qualified patient or  primary caregiver may possess an amount of marijuana  consistent with the patient's needs.

     

  (c) Counties and cities may retain or enact medical  marijuana guidelines allowing qualified patients or primary  caregivers to exceed the state limits set forth in  subdivision (a).

     

  (d) Only the dried mature processed flowers of female  cannabis plant or the plant conversion shall be considered  when determining allowable quantities of marijuana under  this section.
• (1) A person who fraudulently represents a  medical condition or fraudulently provides any material  misinformation to a physician, county health department  or the county's designee, or state or local law  enforcement agency or officer, for the purpose of falsely  obtaining an identification card.   

  (2) A person who steals or fraudulently uses any  person's identification card in order to acquire,  possess, cultivate, transport, use, produce, or  distribute marijuana.

     

  (3) A person who counterfeits, tampers with, or  fraudulently produces an identification card.

     

  (4) A person who breaches the confidentiality  requirements of this article to information provided to,  or contained in the records of, the department or of a  county health department or the county's designee  pertaining to an identification card program.
• 11366. Every person who opens or  maintains any place for the purpose of unlawfully selling,  giving away, or using any controlled substance which is (1)  specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), or paragraph (1)  of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, specified in paragraph  (13), (14), (15), or (20) of subdivision (d) of Section  11054, or specified in subdivision (b), (c), paragraph (1)  or (2) of subdivision (d), or paragraph (3) of subdivision  (e) of Section 11055, or (2) which is a narcotic drug  classified in Schedule III, IV, or V, shall be punished by  imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more  than one year or the state prison.
• "excessive profits"  means the receipt of consideration of a value substantially  higher than fair market value.

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• It is further recommended that each patient possess 99  or fewer plants to avoid encountering mandatory federal  sentencing of five years or more in prison.
• These policies are in effect at the point of contact  with a patient and should not result in an investigation  report when a patient / caregiver with a valid physician's  recommendation or patient identification card is found to be  in compliance with the guidelines.
• The committee sees a need to enlist the support of law  enforcement to endorse this policy and to educate the CNOA  to include the SAN materials in their training  curriculum.
• The committee sees a need to produce an educational  video for law enforcement that illustrates the six pound  annual IND dosage of 300 cannabis cigarettes per month, as  well as a variety of garden configurations that are  consistent with the garden guidelines, amounts used in  baking, and so on.

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•  Cultivating Marijuana

  CULTIVATION OF MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL  UNDER FEDERAL LAW, 21USC841/846

  Under HS Code Section 11362.5 and 11362.77, a qualified medical marijuana patient  is immune from prosecution for many marijuana offenses.  In order to be a qualified patient, you must have a valid doctor's  recommendation and stay within the limits provided by the law. 

  In the State of California, if you plan to grow  marijuana a a medical marijuana patient, there are some key things to remember:  Keep within the SB420 amounts, under  section 11362.77(a) six mature or 12 immature plants are the limits.  Even though SB420 has been ruled unconsitutional;  it is the only basis for a numerical limit imposed by law.  The quantity of medical cannabis allowed by law is under  question, however courts are familiar and comfortable with the limits set forth in SB420.  Play it safe.  Here are  some tips:

  • If you have Law enforcement encounters, make sure to give them your recommendation, or State Medical  Marijuana ID card.
  • Be kind to your neighbors
  • Do not grow around children
  • Don't steal electricity from  the power company
  • Don't vent your grow to somewhere people can smell it
  • Don't tell people about your medication
  • Never  keep scales at your location.  If its your personal medicine, you don't need to weigh it
  • Limit your packaging  material.  If its your personal medicine, you dont need a bunch of baggies
  • Never keep a weapon at the location

• Transporting Marijuana

  TRANSPORTATING OF MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL  UNDER FEDERAL LAW, 21USC 841/846

  All of the above apply for transporting your medicin and in addition:

  • Always  keep your medicine in the trunk of the car
  • Make sure your automobile is in compliance with the law, insured and registered
  • Never  medicate while driving
  • Never carry a scale with you
  • Don't talk too much to the police, assert your 5th Amendment  rights against self incrimination and be polite
  • Never carry a weapon on you
  • Always use common sense
• 11362.7.  For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
• The department shall develop all of the following:
  
      (1) Protocols  that shall be used by a county health department or the county's designee to implement the responsibilities described in subdivision  (b), including, but not limited to, protocols to confirm the accuracy of information contained in an application and to protect  the confidentiality of program records.
  
      (2) Application forms that shall be issued to requesting  applicants.
  
      (3) An identification card that identifies a person authorized to engage in the medical  use of marijuana and an identification card that identifies the person's designated primary caregiver, if any. The two identification  cards developed pursuant to this paragraph shall be easily distinguishable from each other.
  
  (e) No person or designated  primary caregiver in possession of a valid identification card shall be subject to arrest for possession, transportation,  delivery, or cultivation of medical marijuana in an amount established pursuant to this article, unless there is reasonable  cause to believe that the information contained in the card is false or falsified, the card has been obtained by means of  fraud, or the person is otherwise in violation of the provisions of this article.
  
  (f) It shall not be necessary  for a person to obtain an identification card in order to claim the protections of Section 11362.5.
• 11362.715.  (a) A person who seeks an identification card shall pay the fee, as provided in Section 11362.755, and provide all of the  following to the county health department or the county's designee on a form developed and provided by the department:
  
      (1) The name of the person, and proof of his or her residency within the county.
  
       (2) Written documentation by the attending physician in the person' s medical records stating that the person has been diagnosed  with a serious medical condition and that the medical use of marijuana is appropriate.
  
      (3) The name,  office address, office telephone number, and California medical license number of the person's attending physician.
  
      (4) The name and the duties of the primary caregiver.
  
      (5) A government-issued photo  identification card of the person and of the designated primary caregiver, if any. If the applicant is a person under 18 years  of age, a certified copy of a birth certificate shall be deemed sufficient proof of identity.
•     (4) A person who breaches the confidentiality requirements  of this article to information provided to, or contained in the records of, the department or of a county health department  or the county's designee pertaining to an identification card program.
• (d) In addition to the  requirements of this article, the Attorney General shall develop and adopt appropriate guidelines to ensure the security and  non-diversion of marijuana grown for medical use by patients qualified under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
• (d) For  the purposes of this section, "excessive profits" means the receipt of consideration of a value substantially higher  than fair market value

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