NORML's state laws section is garbage. So if I grow over the legal amount of bud I'm entitled to keep I can sell it legally to a dispensary unlike CO or WA correct?
Yes, they are, and the fact that they try to offer un-updated county-by-county information is, in my opinion, wrong on their part. They should have things set up to include, at the very least, newsfeeds that would alert someone using their site to the fact that a law or ordinance may have changed. Court rulings are one thing, but then we have the stuff occurring on the county level that aren't necessarily always addressed fully in court, or that stand
until there's an opposing court ruling.
As for the meds, you can more easily donate, and you can accept compensation for the costs associated with its cultivation
only, or at least, that's how I understand it. I have never set foot in a dispensary, but I have facilitated patient-to-patient donations through the group I work with. No monies are ever exchanged in this set-up, though, only direct patient donations to other patients, of excess meds, that's IT.
To dumb it down ever further, if I moved to CA and I start growing again, lets say I'm growing Forum Trolls x U Mad Bro and I find I don't like it. Can just call around to dispensaries see who wants it? What scares me is if I get pulled over and I have like 3 ounces which is more than your legally able to have for yourself and your like well I'm taking them to a dispensary to sell... WTF happens then? I'm still confused on the amounts you can legally possess I see 1 ounce being nothing but yet you can grow 6 plants?
Technically, yes you can. There are those that will 1099 you, though, and that's an issue because that's a federal tax schedule. They're claiming you as a vendor, basically. When you do that, again
as I understand it, you have to present proof that you are either a caregiver as defined in California law, or that you are growing for yourself.
As far as limits, again, to reiterate, what you're talking about applies *
if* you're carrying a state ID card, as issued either by the recommending doctor *or* the county as required by state law. There is nothing in the law that compels you to carry a card.
Does anyone have a legit link for these laws?
Yes, it starts with the state's own website. I hope you're ready for a LOT of reading! There are several sections of code that you'll need to go through, but most pertinent here are the Health & Safety code, starting at 11362.7, IIRC (gotta double check that code, it's been about a year or so since I had my head buried in this stuff)(BTW, I've already written a great deal, on this site, that answers all these questions. Have you tried searching this site?)
I'd like to legally be able to grow outside in my garden without the worry of being swarmed by a jack ass swat team who shoots my 20lb dog because it was a "threat". That's one of the reasons I am trying to stick close to the laws in all this too. Obviously there is still a lot more to what makes a place great place to move then all this.
Well then, it's all about location, location, location, and not trying to blow it up. Know the state and the local laws.
I'm not talking out of my ass here, I've already gotten involved and through that been forced to learn
exactly what I'm talking about. Before I ever did that, I consulted attorneys, and I keep one on retainer specifically because I am a homeowner who has a lot to lose and prefers to operate within the confines of the law. While I may not be popular among all my neighbors in my county, I am conforming to the law in all respects.
What I haven't done, to reiterate (this is my disclaimer!), I personally have never moved medicine to a dispensary, nor taken money through a cooperative or similar structure in return for medicine supplied. Legally, I'm not even supposed to talk about giving meds away to other patients. You dig? Talk to an attorney, local to where you want to be. There's a lot to know and it's really good to have a full understanding. I spent some money on law books, Black's Legal Dictionary, and ink and paper for printing out the California state codes, as well as what's pertinent in and to my county.
