Map Your Medical Marijuana Dispensary; State Wants to Allow One Medical Pot Shop Per "Health Analysis Area"

• You might as well quote Prett himself. Here's a link to his poster presentation abstract: http://www.aacrmeetingabstracts.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/2007/1_Annual_Meeting/4749 Note, that's not a published, peer-reviewed paper. It's an abstract of a presentation given at a conference. This wasn't published as a paper; check Google Scholar.

• Remember, those 25 mile "halos" have to have a dispensary at the center. There are plenty of places where no dispensary will be able to run without going broke because of the confluence of strict dispensary regulations, strict patient qualifications, and low population density. Those halos probably seemed like a great idea to some bureaucrats who had no clue about what it takes to run such a business. Want to piss some money away? Open a legal dispensary in some small town like Page or Show Low.

• This is just a way for the health department to blanket the entire state with "25 mile" halos, which is supposed to limit the number of people growing. Humble already said he doesnt like the thought of people growing. Because of house fires, and added crime. Well in my opinion, I dont think he has that legal right, and I have an issue with the way he's going about implementing the locations of the proposed dispensaries. People dont realize.... no person should be forced to purchase from a dispensary. Its a forced monopoly. Patients should have a desicion wether to grow their own plants. Or utilize the dispensary if they want. The way this law was written it puts the money into the hands of the "nonprofit" dispensary. When really it should benefit the patients more than anything. Lets see.. how can we block everyone from growing their own "low cost" medicine, and force them to use a "nonprofit" dispensary? We come up with a map that puts the entire state under mulitple 25 mile halos. Its not the health departments job to tell people where they can have a business. Most of the cities have already put out their zoning regulations.

• A quick synopsis of the official draft rules. More to come. http://arizonadispense.com/arizona-dhs-releases-official-draft-rules

• A 2007 study, performed at Harvard University (yes, that Havard) by Anju Preet, PhD and the Division of Experimental Medicine, is further evidence that supports the study performed by Donald Tashkin, M.D. (reported in Toke January 27) originally published in 2005, indicating that THC appears not to start or promote lung cancer, and if anything, appears to slow or stop lung cancer. In other words, THC, marijuana's main active ingredient, appears to have anti-tumor effects! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm The bastards that made this wonderful plant illegal should be rotting in hell! Hear that down there William Randolph Hearst! Hope they're shoving alcohol up your bum and denying you the relief of this herb you so selfishly trashed.

• I'm wondering how many places will actually be able to sustain a dispensary economically? My first guess it that they might be viable in metro Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. Other than that with as restrictive as the patient definitions are, and as expensive as it will be to comply with state regulations, how could any of the myriad smaller towns even have a single viable dispensary?

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