Monday, August 16, 2010

Medicinal cannabis bill update

We now have a confirmed date, time, and location for our meeting in Olympia with the senators to develop 2 bills for cannabis patients (patient protections and distribution). The following people have RSVP’ed as of now….

Senator Delvin (Repub Richland WA)
Senator Kol-Wells (Dem)
Rep Goodman
A lawyer from the house health and safety committee
Dr Gregory T Carter (my doc and leading cannabis doctor in WA State)
Douglas Haitt (leading lawyer/activist in WA State)
Chet R Biggerstaff (Founder Three Rivers Collective Tri-Cities WA)
Steve Sarich (Founder Cannacare and CBR medical Seattle area)

The following have been invited but have yet to RSVP

Dale Rodgers Founder Compassion in action
Senator Patty Murray
The Governor
And a number of other patients, activists, and involved persons.

This meeting will be the initial meet n greet for all parties to get on the same page and to develop a basic draft of what we think will work and a path which to pursue. You can get involved as well by joining the discussion at http://www.meetup.com/TRC-Medical-Cannabis-bill/. Peace

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