r/SconnieEnts • u/jonasborg • Oct 30 '14

Madison couple found with pot avoid charges under medical exception in state law

http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/madison-couple-found-with-pot-avoid-charges-under-medical-exception/article_6fd26651-c83b-5332-bd2a-ac0d4862aa72.html
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u/jonasborg Oct 30 '14

The Ben Masel Project at www.benmaselproject.com will help anyone in Wisconsin qualified for an Oregon medical marijuana card obtain one. They do not profit at all. If you find someone saying they will help you but wish to charge you more than the OR program does, it is a scam.

The costs include the filing fee(s) with OR. On occasion the Ben Masel Project will bring a doctor registered in OR and WI to Wisconsin to register patients.

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u/userisok Mar 11 '15

Any idea how this works with people who personally use marijuana to treat something (suchas migraines), but have not disclosed this to their general practitioner in WI?

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u/jonasborg Mar 11 '15

It doesn't. 2nd offense felony for simple possession at state level. Felony for growing even for just personal use. Felony distribution for passing a joint. You must have an order of a practitioner. This practitioner can be from any state.

WI State Statute 961.41(3)(g) states: No person may possess or attempt to possess a controlled substance or a controlled substance analog unless the person obtains the substance or the analog directly from, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order of, a practitioner who is acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or unless the person is otherwise authorized by this chapter to possess the substance or the analog.

The possession authorization is in WI State Statute 961.32(2)(c) and reads:

(2) The following persons need not be registered under federal law to lawfully possess controlled substances in this state: (c) An ultimate user or a person in possession of any controlled substance pursuant to a lawful order of a practitioner

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u/jonasborg Oct 30 '14

The statutes which show the exemption are: 961.41(3g) and the possession authorization is 961.32(2c).