As the logistical side of Medicinal Marijuana continue to take shape in each state and all over the country, many decisions are being made about best practices. What should you do to stay legitimate within your state’s laws while maintaining discretion and privacy?

Medicine, as a business, is highly regulated and highly documented. It has to be when you’re dealing with people’s health – this ensures the saftey and protection of the Patients and the Health Care Providers. So why should Cannabis be any different? It should not and this is why the community must keep records.

They will be private. They will be secure. They can have generic patient names. But you should keep records. And I’m not the only one who thinks this…check out these examples:

1. Michigan Medical Marijuana Assocation:  Accurate records will also help a caregiver prove to law enforcement, should the need arise, that they are operating within the guidelines set forth in the Act. Caregivers should keep accurate records of each patient including:

• A copy of each patient’s Registry I.D. Card
• Complete address and contact information for each patient
• An inventory of each patient’s strain, plants, and usable marijuana
• A log of transactions for each patient

2.  State of California vs. Dennis Peron (started first Cannabis Club) – 1997: Issued the following: Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, David A. Garcia, Judge:  Respondents shall maintain records showing monies expended and received as reimbursement of expenditures including overhead for their activities relating to the provision of medicinal marijuana.

3. District Attorney of Butte County, CA: On their website said “Do keep records on your patient’s medical needs, including a copy of the physician recommendation and recommended dosage. Do keep records of any expenses relative to the patient’s care.”

Some may be concerned of course but these are the types of steps that help LEGITIMIZE Cannabis as a true medicine. It should be measured and regulated by the people involved so it can be fully understood and accepted.

ReporterB.

Posted in cannabis industry, Medicinal Marijuana Tagged: business, cannabis, caregiver, collective, compassion club, dennis peron, economy, ganja, marijuana, Medicinal Marijuana, michigan, MMMA, patient, pot, weed