The December 19th Medical Marijuana Stakeholder Meeting hosted by Sensible Colorado, along with our friends at DU Law NORML, will be held at:
University of Denver Sturm College of Law: Forum
2255 East Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80208-0001 (see map)
This event will take place from 1:00-4:00 PM. Sensible Colorado would like to invite all interested medical marijuana patients, providers, advocates, and lawmakers to attend this important meeting.
**Calling all Patients, Providers, and Advocates**
SAVE THE DATE: On Saturday, December 19, 2009 Sensible Colorado and allies will be hosting a Stakeholder Meeting to craft a unified legislative agenda for 2010.
In the face of a new legislative session, when numerous state officials have declared their intent to run statewide medical marijuana related bills, it is crucial that the voices of patients and advocates are not forgotten.
Please attend this important meeting which will include presentations by legislators and national and local leaders. Come hear an update on pending legislation and give input on what policies you think would best help patients and caregivers.
WHAT: Stakeholder meeting to discuss Medical Marijuana policy in 2010
WHEN: Saturday, December 19, 2009 from 1-4PM
WHERE: Denver, CO (final location TBA)
WHO: This event is free and open to the public. Join patients, providers, legislators, and advocates.
Stay tuned for more details - including exact event location - as the meeting date draws nearer.
Yesterday, November 10, 2009, Sensible Colorado attorneys delivered a huge victory in overturning the Board of Health’s 11/3/09 decision which limited patients’ rights. See coverage of the story HERE
As background, late on Nov. 2, Sensible Colorado received word that the state was looking to hold a stealth meeting to narrow the definition of who could provide medical marijuana. Our staff immediately sent out an alert and over 200 of our supporters responded by either calling-in or attending the Board’s 11/3 meeting. At that meeting, after refusing to hear from any affected patients or caregivers, the Board voted to require caregivers to provide supplementary — and often unnecessary services — beyond supplying medical marijuana to sick patients.
At yesterday’s hearing, Sensible Colorado Board member Robert Corry, along with staff member Brian Vicente, and attorney Lauren Davis, successfully argued that the 11/3 “stealth” meeting was a violation of the Colorado Open Meetings Law. After hearing about the state’s complete disregard for public testimony and their lack of notice to affected parties, Chief Denver District Judge Larry Naves ruled in favor of patients and invalidated the Board’s recent finding.
In a stinging rebuke to the state, Judge Naves chided the Board of Health for failing to recognize the rights of patients who use medical marijuana to treat serious medical conditions saying:
“These people have without dispute, serious problems for which they have prescriptions for medical marijuana. There was no mention of the impact of this change on these people. There is no consideration of how plaintiffs and others who need medical marijuana would obtain it”
Please stay tuned for further alerts, as this area of the law is dynamic.
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Passing by a whopping 71% Initiative 2F now makes possession of under an ounce of marijuana, and marijuana paraphernalia, legal for adults 21 and older under city law. Breckenridge now joins Denver as the only two cities in the country to have successfully decriminalized adult possession of marijuana! This successful campaign was a collaborative effort between Sensible Colorado and local activists and leaders who formed the group Sensible Breckenridge. Under the new law, which goes into effect on January 1, local resources will no longer be used to arrest and 
prosecute people for possessing a drug far less harmful than alcohol. Although marijuana prohibition still exists on the state level, Breckenridge Police Chief Rick Holman said his department with exercise discretion when enforcing state marijuana laws. Proving once again that Colorado is leading the way in the national marijuana reform movement, the entire staff of Sensible Breckenridge deserves a tremendous amount of thanks and praises for all of their hard work.
Photo credit Summit Daily News
The discussion produced many very positive consensus points which will be incorporated into a letter that Sensible Colorado will be sending to all state lawmakers on behalf of Colorado’s medical marijuana community. 