Need med. Advice california

Hello,
Im am a new member but I've been reading for a while so here it goes!


I have fibromyalgia and my wife was in a car accident in July an has some serious problems with her back! We curently live in AZ and my doctor said i shoud really think about med.marijuana, this of course would have my family moving to California. I must say that med.M does help my pain, helps me sleep and still leaves me able to function. My wife is looking to go back to school, so I am looking for suggestions on a good place to live where there is a college near & has decent laws that would permit me to grow the medication for my wife & I.? I am a disabled-vet so I would have plenty of free time.
Just looking for some thoughts.
Thanks & GOD BLESS!

Humboldt County.....HSU

but like no jobs

Is that in Arcata? Whats the cost of living in that area? It's very beutiful up that way.

yep Arcata
taxes put all of Cali high on cost of living and the home prices havent fallen here like the rest of the state

nm has mm. don't know what all the policies and stuff are tho. but a hell of a lot cheaper to live than Ca.good luck!

Sacramento. Lived here all my life (55 yrs). 1.5 hrs from San Francisco. 1.5 hrs from Tahoe. Summer time it gets to 104 F for about 9 or 10 days of the summer. But it stays about 95 of less for the rest of the hot part. In the winter it goes down to 40s during the day, 28 or so at night for about 10 or so days. Frost at night maybe starts about 2nd week of Nov and ends 2nd week of Feb.
It has been a great place to live.
Harry Pot er

Thanks for the NM heads up, but we were looking at Cal because they have a ton of schools. I'll google Sac town colleges and my girl has been checking out the HSU site. Thanks all!

i hope things work out of you. I know lots of people that are in the same situation. My coworker moved to sacramento from new jersey five years ago for his crohn's disease. I always tell him its the best thing he ever did

seaofgreenpatientgroup said:

i hope things work out of you. I know lots of people that are in the same situation. My coworker moved to sacramento from new jersey five years ago for his crohn's disease. I always tell him its the best thing he ever did

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Thanks . My step father has crohn's disease and was put on the steroids at the Mayo clinic in AZ, he lost 45 lbs an almost died. (160lbs to 115lbs) in 13 weeks. He went to the Mayo in Minnesota and they said the steroids were a 1 month thing an he had been taking them for six months making him worse than the crohn's. He is doing better now an takes a THC pill for his pain/appetite.

I agree with what you told your buddy, Crohn's can be awful an Medical Marijuana can be a savior if not at least a big helping hand.

We almost lost a family member from treatment not illness.

aw man thats sad to hear, i see this all to much perscription drugs = early death. my coworker is hopelessly addicted to lithium he has to do it till the day it kills him. Thank the lord for cannabis.

I too suffer from crohn's disease and while i do use some traditional western medicine to treat my disease, i have found that for relief of the worst abdominal cramping and resulting appatite loss marijuana is the only thing that works. Its sad you family member suffered for so long on steroids, i am just coming off a two month round so my heaty goes out to you and him. I hope he is doing better now.

Like i always say jsut come to the Bay Area you will not be dissapointed. Hundreds of clubs in the bay area as well.

This might help give you an idea how tollorant the different counties are:

HOW MUCH CAN I POSSESS OR GROW?
SB420 establishes a baseline statewide limit per patient of 6 mature or 12 immature plants, and 1/2 pound (8 oz.) processed cannabis. Patients can be exempted from these limits if their physician specifically states that they need more. In addition, individual cities and counties are allowed to enact higher, but not lower, limits than the state standard. Local limits are posted at: http://canorml.org/prop/local215policies.html.

Here are the limits per county:

Arcata

City Council passed an ordinance 11/08 allowing no more than 50 square feet for cultivation. In addition, dispensaries will be prohibited from using more than 25% of their property for cultivation when the ordinance takes effect December 19. The council may revisit the issue during the land use code revision process in six months.Those with special needs may request more grow space. The new standards apply only to areas of Arcata outside the Coastal Zone, which rings Humboldt Bay. A separate but identical ordinance covers those areas, but will not go into effect until approved by the Coastal Commission, which will take at least a year and probably longer.
Berkeley

• Ordinance allows 10 plants and 2.5 lbs per patient, or up to 50 plants, 12.5 lbs for collectives.

• County guidelines : 6 mature or 12 immature plants, 1 pound processed material. Official Butte County policy regarding caregivers, collectives, and coops.

• In 2006 Calaveras dropped their pre-SB420 2 lb. guideline to 8 oz, and 6 mature/12 immature plants per patient.

• County adopted Sonoma cultivation guidelines with maximum 100 square feet cultivation area and 99 plants or fewer; one pound possession limit (approved by Board of Supervisors 4/22/02). However, as of August 8, 2008 those limits were thrown out, per People v. Kelly and a BOS action that began with the intent of reverting to state default guidelines.

• Sheriff & DA policy: Indoors - 10 flowering plants + 10 vegging + 1 mother; Outdoors: 20 starters or 10 mature plants, 1 - 2 lb processed marijuana depending on season of year.

• County guidelines allow patients 100 square feet and 3 lbs w/ no plant number limit. Cities of Eureka and Fortuna PDs and CHP enforce SB 420 limits (6 mature/12 immature plants, 1/2 lb).

• On December 30, 2008, Mendocino County Superior Court Judge John Behnke ruled Measure B's limits of eight ounces of dried marijuana and six mature or 12 immature plants per qualified patient (unless a doctor allows more) were now the legal limits in Mendocino County, reversing his August ruling throwing out the limits. Section 9.31.050 of Mendocino County Code makes the cultivation of more than 25 plants per parcel a public nuisance, regardless of patient status. On April 20, 2009, the Mendo Board of Supervisors introduced an ordinance that would transfer the zip-tie program to the public health department, and institute a $100 per day fine for not having written permission from landowners, a six-foot fence with a locked gate, or being within 1000 feet of a school or church, etc. The amended ordinance, which also includes a provision allowing for the Sheriff to seek reimbursement for costs of eradication, was delayed on May 5. On June 23, the Board voted to start selling voluntary zip-ties for $25 on July 1 without enacting the rest of the ordinance.
  Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Medical [URL="https://www.rollitup.org/"]Marijuana Guidelines[/URL] (issued 4/03/2009)
  Local Ordinance
  Mendocino Medical [URL="https://www.rollitup.org/"]Marijuana Advisory Board [/URL]

• Cultivation: 6 mature female plants or 75 square feet of plant canopy (previously 10 plants not to yield more than 2 lbs). Possession: 2 lbs processed marijuana - consistent with patient's recommendation.

• Indoors - 72 plants in maximum 32 sq. ft growing area. Outdoors - 20 plants, no area limit. Weight limit 3 lbs dried marijuana per patient. Collective gardens limited to 3 patients. Dispensaries serving four or more patients are allowed max. 6 mature and 12 immature plants and 1/2 pound per patient.

• City Council guidelines allow up to 1 lb of marijuana, 24 plants in 64 square feet indoors; no outdoors growing allowed except in enclosed greenhouses.

• Patients allowed up to 24 plants or 25 square feet of canopy; dispensary gardens capped at 99 plants in 100 square feet. Possession limit 8 oz. dried cannabis per patient.

• 100 sq.ft. canopy and up to 99 plants is allowable under county guidelines, for a patient or a bone fide caregiver. The City of Santa Cruz is awaiting a ruling in the Kelly decision before adopting guidelines.

• Guidelines permit 3 lbs for possession; maximum 100 square feet cultivation area with 30 plants or fewer (approved Sept 2006)