Ok, here is the issue:

The new proposed law allows for 24 ounces of cured, usable bud (medicine to us), and that can be smoked, vaporized, and most commonly used in foods for ingestion, a much safer and more effective method. Problem is, to make "Cannabutter" it takes several ounces at a whack...24 ounces doesn't go far, but we "could" live with it providing they change this insane plant count idea!

Keep in mind that these folks are not only sick, but are forced to raise their own medicine (or pay out the butt for it on the streets). It's hard enough to just get by when you're taking chemo and radiation treatments, let alone learn how to grow MJ.

6 mature plants (defined as ANY plant over 12" in height or width) will not yield 24 ounces to the average gardener...more like 6-10 ounces if they are lucky and all goes well, meaning there were no problems or pestilence that destroyed the crop before it matured.

It takes approx. 60 days to flower a MJ plant, but you can only have 12 "immature" plants (this includes rooting cuttings). Keep in mind ANY plant over 12" is "mature", and you can only have 6 of those.

So, you plant seeds and get 6 plants growing...so far so good...BUT WAIT...likely 2-4 of them will be MALES, and must be destroyed...now you are down to 2 or 3 mature plants flowering for 60 days. (which may yield 1-3 ounces ea. in most cases, depending on strain)

So, you take 6 female clones from the best one (which can only be taken up to about 10 days into the flowering process), and you root those and begin to grow them. In most all cases that plant will be 12" in sight of 3 weeks...but wait...you can't let them get bigger or they become "mature" plants...but you still have at least a month to go on the others in flower!!

WAAYYYYYYY too complicated, and there is no feasable way any patient could maintain a 24 oz. supply by this rule. Impossible to do.

I have never grown even one plant, and always received my medicine from benefactors or, God forbid, I have gone to the streets and had to pay outrageous prices ($300+ an oz) for medication that lets me live like a fairly normal person.

Others are not so lucky, and suffer every day as a result of the Governor's political wrangling! (Don't believe me? How about I introduce you to a few good people that are suffering and miserable only because of the ignorance and political aspirations of others?)

All patients are asking is that the Governor accept and pass into law the ORIGINAL REPORT from the Dept. of Health that was based on SCIENCE and MEDICAL FACTS, not political aspirations . In all honesty, while it is not enogh, most all patients could get by on the 24 oz. ruling, but they need to CORRECT that plant count algothrym before this goes into law. If not, it will only get worse for patients, not better.

So please, if you comment on the DoH site, or call the Governor's office in our support, please remind them it is not a bunch of kids out there having "fun"...just folks with serious diseases and we wish she would stop playing "Political Football" with our health!

ISO