Way back when…the state required the department of health to set a limit for patients. After many meetings a limit was found and proposed. The governor didn’t like the number (and of course it wasn’t based on fact or science but what her law enforcement wanted) and required the department of health to give it a 2nd go. What we ended up with was 15 plants and 24 oz of manicured medicine as a basic 60 day supply unless your doctor said you needed more. And of course this doesn’t work.
If you grow from seed and do so indoors, you have a minimum wait of 180 days. If you grow outdoors you get one shot (there is only 1 season a year) and if everything goes well and you don’t get ripped off, you’re looking at anywhere from 6-8 months before you have a usable crop. Now, if you grow from seedlings you can cut down the amount of time needed for indoor grows. It will still take about 6 months to get a crop but starting from seed has another issue. 50% of seedlings will turn out to be male which we do not use and are destroyed.
Then there are clones. With clones you can cut the growing time down to about 4 months but this is still an unworkable situation. If you’re allowed a 60 day supply and the minimum amount of time required to grow out a crop (without any complications) is 120 days, then you’ll have medicine for 60 days and then you’ll have another 60 days of no medicine while you grow out your current crop.
Now is where it gets real interesting. It is against the law to purchase the seed, seedlings or clones to start a legal grow. We are told that growing our own is the ONLY legal way to procure our medicine. You see it don’t you? If you can buy what you need to start your crop as it’s against the law then there is no way to be legal in the state of WA.
Our officials tend to “overlook” this “small” point when making their arguments against cannabis. They know full well that they are requiring all patients in WA State to break the law to participate and this seems to be exactly how they want it. If you need further evidence of this mindset you need look no farther than all their squabbling about limits, who should be able to recommend cannabis and all the other issues as they are moot until we can legally start.
You cannot allow access to medicine without allowing the process of procurement as well.
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