A medical marijuana farmer’s market recently opened in
Seattle where vendors can sell everything from lotions and creams to candy and
dried buds. However, the new market was also a venue for a debate over
marijuana rights, and director of the World Famous Cannabis Farmers Market,
Jeremy Miller said he and market co-founder, Kristin Miller, are ready for a
fight.
“It’s so important for everybody that actually values medical
cannabis to defend their medical cannabis rights,” he said. State and local
leaders are negotiating details on recreational pot regulations, including the
number of stores allowed and added costs, and Miller is afraid medical
marijuana will be the next target. He is concerned for the patients.
As shoppers visited the market, Miller and others started
collecting video testimonials from patients, to support his effort to push for
different laws for medical marijuana. Miller believes that medical marijuana use
should be overseen by the state’s health department, not the liquor board, and
plans to lobby in Olympia next year for the cause.
Patients at the market support Miller’s efforts. Mae Tang,
one of the patients interviewed said that all of her pain and symptoms
associated with a badly sprained ankle just disappeared with marijuana. The market also has a program that helps
fight for those behind bars on federal marijuana charges by raising money
through raffles.
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