I feel proud as an American today because I witnessed the power of the people overcome ‘The Power’. I had reported in the days leading up to the Colorado Board of Health Hearing on Medical Marijuana that the proposed changes to Amendment 20 had looked like all but a done deal. And, in fact in the moments leading up to the Board’s executive session recess and vote it was looking like to not only me, but to those sitting around me that the Board was going to vote some kind of drastic change into Colorado’s Constitutional Amendment 20. The day started for most of us at 8:30am or earlier, Mile High Time. And, despite other priorities on an early Monday morning an already packed house was inside of the Denver Tivoli Student Union auditorium. The friendliness and sense of goal among everyone involved from the start of the Hearing never left the building. With over 500 people showing up to defend their rights to safe and effective medicine, and 8 signing up to trample all over those rights it was truly an awesome experience. The feeling that one gets when surrounded by your peers who are genuinely fighting for their right to a better quality of life and the right to choose a treatment they feel best works to relieve their ailments is second to none as an American. Especially when that gathering and collective voice leads to the successful defense of a people enacted piece of legislation. I wont lie about the process and say it was an easy task to take on. I personally spent close to 14 hours at the hearing. I watched those who could stay all day, shuffle and stand and pace during breaks, waiting for their moment to address some of the most respected members of the health community in Colorado. I watched those who couldn’t stand at all, and those who couldn’t stand for long grimace in pain and agony because of the debilitating ailment they were there to defend medicinal care for. They all sat and stood together in one of the most inspiring events and acts as an American citizen. We together today in Colorado moved a mountain. We stepped up as a whole and said enough is enough and we as Medical Marijuana Patients will take it NO MORE! And we did it all with our voices and presence. Thank you Colorado for letting me witness an event that many lose hope for in American society. The free thinking will of a person.
No caregiver limits.
The legal definition of a caregiver is now “A person who provides Marijuana…”
And, The Colorado Board of Health will be just a little more careful about how it administers the Medical Marijuana program in Colorado.
The system worked!
Good times.
MMJ lives in Colorado. Lets get your State involved next.
~JDR
The media coverage was awesome! National News, and local top story…
