215 LAW NOT WHAT VOTERS WANTED

I was reading the classified section, and there was an ad that I found
very interesting: "215 CAREGIVER seeks patients. Quality, affordable .
. . Must have 215." What it should have said is, "Doper wants someone
with a 215 card in order to be able grow marijuana legally."

This is what is wrong with the 215 law. The law is very clear. Section
11362.5 sub-section (2) (d), Section 11357, relating to the possession
of marijuana, and Section 11358, relating to the cultivation of
marijuana, shall not apply to a patient, or to a patient's primary
caregiver, who possesses or cultivates marijuana for the personal
medical purposes of the patient upon the written or oral
recommendation or approval of a physician.

And (e) For the purposes of this section, "primary caregiver" means
the individual designated by the person exempted under this section
who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health or
safety of that person.

When the voters of this state passed the 215 laws, they wanted people
who it was determined by a physician would benefit from the use of
marijuana, therefore they could grow it for their personal use. Not so
they could grow and sell it. I don't read anything in the law that
makes it legal to grow and sell it.

That is not what the voters wanted, even though that what has
happened. It made the growing and selling of marijuana legal and is
making some people rich. It's about the money.

Donny Carroll

Eureka