Maine

[MeddyBemps]

So if anyone here is from the good ol 207, you know question 5 passed. So whats the deal? When can i try to get my card?

[MeddyBemps]

Actually, i dont think its going to change much. Im glad people who need it can get it though.

[Cold Pizza]

Yeah I am too, but i would like to know the range of symptoms covered.

Glad to see another person from the 207.

For everyone elese: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/elections/default.aspx

Maine Medical Marijuana Initiative, Question 5 (2009) - Ballotpedia

[madroxinide]

2. Debilitating medical condition. "Debilitating medical condition" means:

A. Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, nail-patella syndrome or the treatment of these conditions;

B. A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces intractable pain, which is pain that has not responded to ordinary medical or surgical measures for more than 6 months;

C. A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following: cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe nausea; seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy; or severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis; or D. Any other medical condition or its treatment approved by the department as provided for in section 2424, subsection 2.


I too voted yes on Question 5.

Aside from the slight difference in illnesses covered, is there much difference between this proposition and Prop 215 in California?

[MeddyBemps]

I was hoping to get a card for my TMJ. Maybe next time.

[Cold Pizza]

2. Adding debilitating medical conditions. Not later than 120 days after the effective
date of this chapter, the department shall adopt rules that govern the manner in which the
department shall consider petitions from the public to add medical conditions or
treatments to the list of debilitating medical conditions set forth in section 2422,
subsection 2. In considering such petitions, the department shall include public notice of,
and an opportunity to comment in a public hearing upon, such petitions. The department
shall, after hearing, approve or deny such petitions within 180 days of their submission.
The approval or denial of such a petition constitutes final agency action, subject to judicial
review. Jurisdiction and venue for judicial review are vested in the Superior Court.



Guess we better get to work on some petitions!

Source: http://www.mainepatientsrights.org/P...0MARIJUANA.pdf

[me8980109]

The department of Human Services has 120 days to determine the card issue policy and fee's involved. They have said it will be tax payer neutral. If after 140 days they have not a notarized copy of your paperwork will be considered a valid medical marijuana card.

My neighbor is the district attorney and we are in discussion regarding incorporation and establishing a non-profit dispenser in the Southern Maine area, serving the Greater Portland and surrounding areas. The state will also be issuing more guidance regarding zoning.

For now, you can contact the Department of human Services with your requests, I expect they will not issue much guidance until approaching the 120 day deadline. Remember, the law as passed in 1999 is currently still in effect. It is also unsure yet if the new medical marijuana card will be required or optional. It certainly is required if you obtain your medicine from a caregiver or distribution facility, what is unclear is if you are a home grower.

As most know the old law did not prevent law enforcement from confiscating your medicine, it simply provide the defense of it and normally resulted in charges being dropped. However your harvest or plants may have already been destroyed and that was legal. The new law prevents this for card holders.

[Starsky]

So from what I've obtained from this thread is that it's rather difficult to get a card in Maine?