Our last MMJ law revision allowed for "Patient Collectives" which allows me to grow up to 45 plants for at least 2 patients and max of 10. I can have up to 74 ounces of dry material but I need to have a signed caregiver statement which allows me to hold up to that amount. I have copies of my patients authorizations, and drivers lic.scan. This protects me from Sheriff Bufford T Justice, and his assistant Billy Bob. The new law just passed does not spell out how the existing MMJ laws will be effected. The law just passed will be in courts for years in my opinion. I do not want to get into the details of that new law but I believe it was badly written and has issues and may negativally effect MMJ patients. Like a bad DWI law for pot they took an arbritary blood level and now call that intoxicated. Many believe the min amount will preclude MMJ patients from even driving to the store. Also the state says they will be the only authorized outlet and there would be a flat price. So a guy can sell his dirt weed for the same price as A+ meds. This would be like going to buy Wiskey and U could buy Crown Royal for the same as some rot gut. If I were to guess I would say the new law will die and be replaced with something else alot of it just does not make much sense.
I knew a patient who had his house raided about 2 years ago he had 70 plants so the law took it all and arrested him. They claimed "big drug bust" 3 million in street value (they weighed it wet, root ball, main stem, everything). So when they went to court and the jury saw the defendant who is physically badly marred from a very bad accident they dismissed it. So they guy suied the King County and won a judgement of 3 million, they settled out of court for some undisclosed amount but it hurt the county badly enough to install a cannabus drying facillity so they no longer over judge how much someone has.
For many years I lived with the spector of being taken away I do not wish that on anyone.
DrB