out of state card vallid in RI?

i think i remember reading somewhere that a card issued in a different mmj state would work find in rhode island...... do you know this to be true?

Yeah its fine g look up the law if concerned

Valid to have your meds not grow or to use the centers.

The one stipulation is that you have to have a condition outlined within the Rhode Island law. For example, if you have a card in California for insomnia that is technically not accepted in Rhode Island. Now, one's recommendation (at least the card) does not have the reasons for your MMJ recommendation...just the "permission" to use the controlled substance. Were you to actually get arrested and go to court, the card would not be a justifiable defense.

It is too early to go through the law and copy/paste, sorry. Perhaps another brother or sister here has access later in the day, or you can go to the Rhode Island Department of Health website and check out the details of the legislation.

Good luck to you, sis!

CD

P.S. This is why RI should be the first state to fully legalize cannabis!

A registry identification card, or its equivalent, issued under the laws of another state, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia to permit the medical use of marijuana by a
patient with a debilitating medical condition, or to permit a person to assist with the medical use of marijuana by a patient with a debilitating medical
condition, shall have the same force and effect as a registry identification card issued by the
department.

Out-of-State Patients

The reciprocity clause of the Rhode Island Medical Marijuana Act protects patients from any medical marijuana state who are in Rhode Island and have their documentation with them. This means that patients from Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, who are in possession of a medical marijuana license, may possess up to 2.5 ounces of medical marijuana in the state of Rhode Island. However, to participate in the RI Medical Marijuana Program by appointing a caregiver, these patients would need to become RI patients by obtaining a RI medical marijuana license from the RI Department of Health.

Michigan and Montana also both have this reciprocity clause, so Rhode Island's patients are legally protected for possessing and using medical marijuana in those states. In November 2009 Maine will vote on adding reciprocity to their law, which would protect Rhode Island patients within the state of Maine.

FOR MORE INFO on the laws of all 13 medical marijuana states, please see Americans for Safe Access.

http://ripatients.org/legal/out-of-staters/

This says Maine would vote in Nov 2009 so did this pass.Are we allowed to have our meds in Maine also.?

13. Effect of registry identification card issued by another jurisdiction. A registry
identification card, or its equivalent, that is issued under the laws of another state, district, territory,
commonwealth or insular possession of the United States that allows the medical use of marijuana by
a visiting qualifying patient has the same force and effect as a registry identification card issued by the
department.

that is copied from Maine's laws, almost the same wording as RI

Nice.Good to know for my future trip to Maine this summer.