 Protecting
Medical Marijuana Patients and Caregivers
Safe Access Now (SAN) is a community-based organization
that promotes reasonable guidelines for medical marijuana
patients to be presumed in compliance with California HS
11362.5, also known as the voter-approved Prop 215, the
Compassionate Use Act of 1996.
Our proposal is based on the Sonoma County Garden
Guidelines adopted by District Attorney Michael Mullins.
These were the first patient guidelines to be based on
actual scientific research by the US government. The
research has been compiled and summarized by court-qualified
cannabis expert Chris Conrad. We have local point persons in
28 counties who are interested in working with community
residents to get the Patient Garden Guidelines Resolution
adopted by their County Board of Supervisors.
This proposal is designed to make enforcement of the
California marijuana laws easier for police officers by
providing them with a simple way of measuring a garden or
supply of medicine and quickly determining if there is
presumed compliance in accordance with their community
standards. We encourage people to work with their local
sheriffs and district attorneys, as well.
You can read more about this project on this website, and
many items can be downloads as PDF files that you can print
and present to others to advance this discussion.
Thank you,
Chris Conrad and Ralph Sherrow, Safe Access
Now
Contact us to learn more about your local county and
our point people.
Send an email to Safe
Access Now
Telephone from noon to 8 PM PST only:
510-215-8326
The basic elements of the proposed SAN Garden
Guidelines
Law enforcement is to presume compliance with HS
11362.5 (Prop 215) when a California patient presents
authentication of their physician's recommendation and they
are found to possess:
Up to three pounds of manicured cannabis bud per patient
per year.
Up to 100 square feet of garden canopy (the actual area
covered by the leaves) per patient.
No more than 99 plants, contained within the canopy
square footage (so that patients can use sea of green or
conventional garden techniques).
Patients who need more may receive a physician's note
that will exempt them from the above.
A caregiver may provide for more than one patient and may
be remunerated for their work when they provide
authentication for the number of patients they assist.
Here's why: Not all
plants are created equal:
Plant counts don't count: It's size
that matters!
This plant produced under 3 grams (less than 1/8
ounce) of cannabis bud.
At 9" wide diameter; the dry whole plant weighed 9
grams, as shown in the photo.
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The cannabis plant below produced more than
220 grams (almost 8 ounces) of bud
(the diameter was about 4.5' in diameter, its
actual canopy covered almost 16 square
feet!).
That amounts to 64 times as much
usable marijuana from this single plant as from the
plant above shown on the scale!
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On this site you will
find:
You can read the "Tools for
Activists" text files online as html files, but you will
need Adobe Acrobat reader to view the PDF files. Download
here:
1) Sample cover letter from
Point Person / Download
as PDF (16k)
2) SAN introductory
letter / Download as
PDF (36k)
3) Sonoma County DA Mike
Mullins letter / Download
as PDF (36k)
4) Model
ordinance/resolution / Download
as PDF (24k)
5) SAN explanatory charts and
supporting data / Download
as PDF (132k)
6) Model care-giver
contract / Download as
PDF (24k)
7) Physicians
letter of exemption / Download
as PDF (4k)
8) Safe Access Now one-page handout / Download
as PDF (44k)
9) If you need a physician for
consultation
10) If you need an experienced
medical marijuana attorney
11) If you need a
court-qualified cannabis expert ...
12) Statewide activists
endorse SAN garden guidelines at ASA conference
13) County and local
guidelines
14) California county SAN
reps
15) Outside of
California
16) Mower
Decision: Cal Supreme Court validates HS 11362.5, places
burden on prosecution, sets groundwork for pre-trial motion
to dismiss charges per code section 995 / Download as
PDF file from the linked URL
17) Links
18) 80
Related Web Resources on medical marijuana
Not all counties have contact persons, but if you would
like to help us, contact Safe
Access Now.
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