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The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors clouded the issue of what is reasonable and excessive Tuesday when it decided to lift its medical marijuana possession and cultivation guidelines.By removing limits on the number of plants a medical marijuana patient or caregiver can grow and the amount of processed marijuana they can possess, the supervisors put the burden of determining how much is too much on law enforcement, patients and their doctors.
Under the county’s current medical marijuana guidelines—which will be in effect until the new law takes over Aug. 8—patients and caregivers are allowed to grow up to 99 plants in a 100-square-foot area and be in possession of up to a pound of processed buds.
It’s one of the most liberal standards in the state and one that local law enforcement officials have said contributes to marijuana percolating to the street.
The Board of Supervisors tried to amend the original ordinance and reduce the amount of marijuana a person can legally grow or possess to six mature plants or 12 seedlings, and eight ounces of processed product. This change would have brought Del Norte County in line with a majority of counties in the state that follow the same guidelines.
However, the board opted instead for no guidelines after a state appellate court ruled that placing limits on medical marijuana was unconstitutional.
If a patient doesn’t have a set prescription for medical marijuana, such as 35 plants and 2 pounds, then someone in law enforcement would need to make a determination on whether or not the patient’s situation warrants that amount.
Well, if they have been growing up to 99 plants and keeping a pound of buds, why doesn’t law enforcement just adopt that as their operating policy? Absent a directive from the people, why should they arbitrarily decide who now is a criminal and who is not on August 8th when they were all legal on August 7th?
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I do not think that the police have a right to decide what is medically legal for a medical patient to have or be in possession of…I don’t think that even the state or doctor’s have a right to determine that either since it is based upon ones needs for pain and no one knows it better then the patient who is suffering. I do believe it is our constitutional rights to make out own decisions regarding this and as long as we abide by the laws of not driving under the influence then it shouldn’t be a problem… Medical marijuana is not really the issue here… What is the issue is that the law wants to control everything we say and do and in our constitutions we do and still have freedoms and rights. I say make marijuana legal…It is not going to go away and it is better that the government excepts this issue and let it go at that…It is a battle they have done fought and lost and they are wasting good money to fight it. Drugs do not include marijuana…Look it up people it is a herb…it has been around for a very long long time and has been use for many purposes…We have stood by and let the government run us into the ground over everything…it is time to take a stand and fight back for our constitutional rights that our fore fathers made back in 1776…We have lost enough rights and we have watched ourselves be drove into proverty because of their lack of knowing how to manage money.
the hole thing with most of del norte is its cold and wet so everyone dose indoor and do a lot of little ones insted of the monster outdoor so thats why linits so high… u cant even grow tomateos cuz thell mold