How does the passage of SB 420 impact our community in terms of dispensaries?
The state legislature passed SB 420 in 2003 in order to clarify the Compassionate Use Act (CUA), noting that problems and uncertainties in the act have prevented qualified patients and designated primary caregivers from obtaining the protections afforded by the act. It clarifies that primary caregivers may receive compensation for providing a qualified patient with medical cannabis. The CUA defines a primary caregiver as someone who has “consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, safety, or welfare of the patient.” Dispensing collectives may be designated as the members’ primary caregiver as they protect the patients’ safety and welfare by providing medicine in a safe and reliable setting. Another provision of SB 420 states that an individual who has been designated as a primary caregiver by more than one qualified patient must reside in the same city or county as the patients. Therefore, under this law, dispensing collectives are necessary in every county in which patients r
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