Confused on Law. County/State/Federal

im not much of an expert, but am a law student and i think you would be best off following state laws. federal people have much more important shit to worry about than some small time weed grower, but state people still may bother you if they feel you are growing too much and they somehow know about it. If eventually you become more knowledgeable about laws in your area and how they work, and what you can and cannot do, growing the maximum in your county would be alright

 

State.

Federal law overrides state law and state law overrides county law. However, like chamez said, federal authority aren't going to bother you.. unless you do start growing more then you need for personal use and distribute to other patients without medical cards. state authority can and will fuck you over, if they find out you are going more then state law allows. Just don't grow more then you need and don't deal.. don't scam the system and ruin it for people who really need it.

 

County laws. The med pot law that was passed allows individual counties to set a higher limit for plants/pot if they see fit.

Norml says:

"The legislation also allows counties and municipalities to approve and/or maintain local ordinances permitting patients to possess larger quantities of medicinal pot than allowed under the new state guidelines."

If your county allows 24 then you can have 24 according to state law. The state says you are allowed a minimum of 12 (immature) or 6 (mature) or more depending on your county.

As far as the feds... it illegal no matter ow many you have. You dont have to worry about them though, they wont spend the money to bust you for a personal grow.

 

yea feds can always bust you. I would keep your grow indoors, I've seen a thing on the people that grow for the cannabis clubs and they wouldnt let anyone know where the grow was and they had to be really secritive about it, even though it was perfectly legal according to state law.

 

You can follow either county or state laws. SB 420 allows counties to set their own limits and the state must abide to those counties limits. Take into consideration what your condition is and how much you medicine you will need, if you dont need 24 plants then dont grow 24 plants. Obviously the less plants you grow the safer you are, but yes you can go by your county limits and you will be fine.

The feds can allways arrested you regardless, they typically only go after big time growers or people selling it though so you shouldnt worry about that at all.


Also keep in mind that the sandiego county supervisors are VERY anti marijuana and have even sued the state in the past to try to get rid of medical marijuana completly.


My best advice is to grow the amount you need as long as its within the county guidlines, if you dont need the max allowed then dont grow the max allowed. It would look bad in court if your doctor said you only need x amount of marijuana a week and you had a lot more than that, even if it was within the county guidlines.

 

you'll always be illegal because federal law prohibits it.

if your busted by county/state and it's legal in the state/county you've got a case on your hands.


fucked up system huh?