Hundreds
of medical marijuana supporters attended a Maine legislative
meeting to hear more about proposed changes to the state’s medical
marijuana program according to local media outlet
WABI5.
I have watched Maine’s medical marijuana program from a far, and I
could see a lot of this on the horizon, as it’s a lot of the same
discussions that Oregon was having when our program was getting off the
ground.
“Twelve
plants is not enough, there’s mistakes that happen,”
said
Michael Pirruccello during
the meeting. “What happens now, when somebody screws up, it screws
everybody up. Because everybody’s running for clones. Everybody’s
running to grow something. We just need a law that says this is a drug
that has helped people.”
Some
of the security rules are pretty ridiculous. “The security precautions
here don’t make any sense,”
said
caregiver Jacob McClure. “The 8 foot fence, if you live in an inner
city environment, you got neighbors everywhere, that might give you
some security. An 8 foot fence where I live says ‘medical marijuana
free for the taking.’” I personally feel that a fence requirement isn’t
needed, it should be up to the grower. I have friends that live in very
rural parts of Oregon, and requiring them to have a fence is
ridiculous, especially one with a height requirement.
“Requiring
a fence to be eight feet–most standard fencing comes at a height of six
feet,” Rep. Deborah Sanderson (R) said according to the
Maine
Public Broadcasting Network. “Adding the extra two feet will
increase the cost to an income limited person significantly.”
Sanderson
also expressed her opposition to a rule requiring outdoor lighting
triggered by motion sensors to increase security at a growing site.
“During
the flowering phase, it’s my understanding for medicinal grade plants,
they must have an uninterrupted, 12-on 12-off light cycle,”
Sanderson
said. “Motion detection lights can be triggered by the neighbor’s
cat wandering through the yard or if in a remote area, any wildlife.”
Above average knowledge of outdoor growing…I like it! I wish more
politicians were that logical in their approach to medical marijuana
policy.
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