Here is an example of the sample legislation several of us are promoting to the legislature. It's not perfect but is an attempt at SIMPLE legislation for mediical marijuana patients to have home cultivation
-Peter Rosenfeld
Medical
Cannabis Home Cultivation Program
This bill authorizes any registered medical
marijuana patient or their caretaker to cultivate medical cannabis plants in
their home. It also allows a medical marijuana patient to designate another
medical marijuana patient to cultivate for them if they are unable.
Each medical
marijuana patient or their caretaker or their designated patient grower may
cultivate up to 6 mature plants and 6 seedlings, but with no more than 12
mature plants and 12 seedlings per household.
Any medical
marijuana patient who designates another patient to grow for them must register
with the New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program, their registration stating which
medical marijuana patient they have designated to grow for them. The state will then issue a Designated Grower
permit to that designated patient.
Patients
practicing home cultivation must have a copy of their medical marijuana program
card displayed at their grow site, and a copy of their Designated Grower
permit, if applicable, also displayed.
Patients can
only grow in a location within their residence that is not visible or
accessible to the general public.
Patients
practicing home cultivation will still be allowed to purchase cannabis from the
state’s medical cannabis dispensaries up to their monthly quantity authorized
by their health care practitioner.
This bill also
authorizes the state’s Alternative Treatment Centers/dispensaries to sell to
patients seeds, plants, cuttings and growing equipment.
This bill also
allows private testing companies to test home cultivated plant samples, testing
for contaminants and cannabinoid levels.
This bill
requires the Cannabis Regulatory Commission to monitor the Medical
Marijuana Home Cultivation program, sending
out questionnaires to the patients and talking to local police and the state’s
medical cannabis dispensaries to identify any issues with the home cultivation
program and generate possible solutions to these issues. The director of the
CRC will submit a yearly report to the New Jersey Department of Health and the
state legislature summarizing their findings.
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