Do you know how it is being done in California? I don't know if the TV show on Showtime called "WEEDS" is how things are in California.

to get other ailments/conditions onto the list is to legalize it! (I have ADHD) Sure I think that for medicinal use it should be left to the individual and their MD, but the bureaucracy to get those ailments/conditions added to the list makes legalizing it the "better" option. No, I do not know how easy or hard it is to get an ailment/condition added to the list, but if it's like other things that are government related... well you get the point! Yes, I favor legalization, yet other people might not, so making it a medicine that is under control of a doctor (it's stupid that it's not!) rather than the gov. might make others "happier" and more likely to vote for it than voting for legalization.
And why not tax it! I would rather have the money going into helping the state support itself rather than giving it to a drug cartel any day! Gives the phrase "KEEP OREGON GREEN!" a whole new meaning!!

I have heard a lot of comments of what should be done in distribution to all that have a card. Maybe it's time to treat Growers like farmers raising crops. Then sell it in State Stores and tax is as Cigaretts. There are many of us that are retired and living on Social Security having a hard enough time to even make a medicare monthly payment. I am 69 yrs. old with Chronic pain in bilateral legs due to lymphadema. I have blood clots and am on blood thinners. I get a Narcotic from the Vets. Military Hosp so that I can even begin to sleep. My Dr. (and the Vets, is Fed. so they have not given it the OK yet.) wrote a letter to the OMMP and I was accepted right away scraping together the money to get the Medical Card along with the rest of the process and then the nightmare begin. Finding a Grower. In my case I need an outdoor grower because I cannot afford $250.00 an oz. that is requested by Growers to help pay their PGE bill. The Fed. at one time years ago supplied it and there is still one person that is grandfathered in to get the medician and he receives a package once a month at no cost of 600 pre-rolled joints. I wish I could find an Outside Grower to cut down the cost. It was beyond my budget to even go to the Cafe more than twice a week. Now if I was still employed and making $60 or $70 thousand a year that would be one thing. I live in an Apt. in Portland so cannot Grow it and could not afford the power bill anyway. I was at the Vets. Hosp last week and all the seniors in the waiting room and that ranged from Korean Vets to Viet Nam which mostly are retired had quite a discussion about how wonderful it is not to have pain but I could not find one person who can afford it when it is free. It is very hard to find a Grower and in the last three months I have not found one who does not want more money than I have to get it. I have heard a lot of discussion about legalization and what it will do to the growers and read a lot in the Media but the one group that has been left behind is the Senior who has had their Soc. Sec. frozen until 2013 and an end to Medicare C plus Medicare B increasing in cost. You wonder why there is a Tea Party Movement and notice that most of the anger is Seniors because they are being hit the hardest. So to the growers how is this to be handled. To grow it like a farmer would Wheat and then with the Harvest the Bud becomes medicine and the Stems are used as building materials for building a house to clothing. It is a plant that can be used 100%. When a person gets their card and they pay for the NORML membership then it would be nice if NORML could connect them with a grower that would help them within their budget. As of right now I do not have any and three days ago was put back on the Narcotic to help me sleep. Making Money for some is not going to help those that are in need. There are not near enough small operation growers to even begin to help the thousands that already have their cards. Once it becomes legal in all 50 states the card holders are going to number in the millions. Another question would be would it be better for every state to have the same law and the state control it or the Fed. regulate it. As a Medical Card holder at this point it does me no good so what is NORML going to do about the Seniors that are on a limited income. There are a lot of questions that need to be answerd and soon because Nov. is just around the corner.

I don't have a qualifying condition, although I'm in a great deal of pain. my only option is to buy or grow illegally. making it legal to grow my own will be a relief for me. making it possible to go to a store and buy a specific strain, maybe even having options like buying organic... that's a very bright future for someone like me, so I'm signing the petition and voting yes.

I have to break the law and pay 300 for 0z and this is a good thing? no way tax and regulate know what is in your medicine and if it had things added
or is it real cannabis .............think people we need to get cannabis
back to the respected medicine we know it is

Nobody is legally making a profit under the current OMMP and cannabis will be sold at cost to patients on the OMMP when OCTA passes.

Direct from the OCTA text: "474.045 Commission to sell cannabis at cost for medical purposes. The Commission
shall sell cannabis at cost, including OCCC expenses..."

All of the medical cardholders are raising an eqaul amount of concern because they are afraid they wont be able to sell all of their extra medicine off. I personally know patients who profit over $15,000 a month with the current medical laws we are stuck with. It basically comes down to the simple black and white question, "Do we need $16,000 dollars in the pockets of a black market grower with a medical endorsement or do we want to put that $16,000 per month back into our State economy? (because the need for legalization is really not in question with recent polls showing 44% of Americans in support)

There will be no taxes or inspections for personal use, so your whole argument kind of blows up there.

please just think what you are wishing for.
government directly invlolved with the growing; transportation; distribution; issuing of licenses; taxing; and, thus ultimately, determining the store/retail price of the herb you really want.
And you think it will be cheaper. you get the government that involved in our herb - we're screwed. the pleasure of choosing what to grow; actually growing it; using it - no no no as an iddividual grower, it'll take us back to the dark ages. if the government is going to tax it, do you think they're going to let growers flurish. sure - with an inspector every week. you will grow to hate being a grower.
no system is perfect but this system just needs some tweeking - not an overhaul. you don't tear down a house just to put on an addition..