Regels van de marihuana konden de nieuwe industrie zaaien

Thomas Munro

De voorgestelde regels voor medische marihuanaleveranciers konden de deur voor privé producenten zonder winstbejag of voor-winst in New Mexico openen.

Aangezien de medische de marihuanaregistratie van de staat 1 Juli werd gecre�ërd, hebben de patiënten drie manieren gehad om marihuana te verkrijgen: door het zelf te kweken; door met „aangewezen caregivers aan te gaan,“ wie of anders verkrijgen de installatie groeien en elk toegestaan zijn om dosissen het kruid aan hoogstens vier patiënten te verstrekken; of door het van de straat te kopen. While street drugs have high, black-market prices, the designated caregivers are not allowed to charge patients any more than the cost of “supplies or utilities associated with the possession of medical use marijuana.”

The proposed rules could open the field of providers to private entities that would establish licit market pricing, raising concerns of a capitalistic free-for-all similar to the market in California, where 300 “pot clubs” offer a marijuana-connoisseur’s delight of exotic varieties, often at prices beyond the means of needy patients. While only nonprofit operations are protected by California law, some clubs are reputed to be making millions.

“California’s gotten really out of control,” said Melissa Milam, coordinator of New Mexico’s medical cannabis program. One bulwark against this distopian future is the much tighter restriction on conditions that can qualify a patient for a medical marijuana card. In California, a doctor can prescribe marijuana for anyone he believes will be helped by it. In New Mexico, only patients suffering pain as a result of one of seven conditions can qualify, short of a special petition to a medical advisory board. The board will look at proposals for additions to the list every six months.

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