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SF Chapter
Meeting Minutes for 2/7/17
11 members and 1 guest present. Introductions were made around the table.
The mission statement for ASA was read and discussed. Copies to be handed out
when canvasing the city to educate the public and bring in potential new
members. Alec has set up an IndieGoGo page for fundraising for our local chapter.
Guest Dr. Laurie Vollen shared some of her personal story. She came from a
conventional background and was not involved in alternate medicine originally.
She did her residency in California. Then did some international work before
coming back in 2000, initially working with pharmaceuticals which provide
standard dosing with predictable side effects. Then she discovered the benefits of
cannabis as a medicine, noting that there are very few side effects. Its a superior
drug for 1st time treatment of many conditions. She has seen over 10,000 patients
in the past 16 years. Her opinion is that cannabis should be a first line drug for
conditions such as pain, anxiety, insomnia and depression. Many of her patients
are cannabis nave. So she covers modalities of treatment with her patients. She
takes them through dose-specific ingestion so that they know how much they are
taking and can find relief of symptoms without adverse effects. She demonstrated
the process she uses with her patients:
Local Updates:
o The Prop 64 excise tax of 15% will be levied on dispensaries and facored
into their pricing, and it cant be waived, but the sales tax is what will be
waived after Jan. 1, 2017, for those with state cards..
National Updates:
o Arizonas medical cannabis market is exploding, second only to California
in the number of patients: up to 115,000
o New Mexico has a bill in House Committee that would legalize the social
use of cannabis for adults age 21+ (but the governor could veto it.)
General Announcements:
o Brownie Mary Democratic Club meets Feb. 8th at 6:30pm, 847 Howard St.
SF, *upstairs*
o SF Cannabis Task Force (SFCTF)meeting Feb. 8th at 25 Van Ness Ave., Rm.
610, from 1-4pm
o Seminar Its All About Terpenes on Feb 15th, 2700 International Blvd.,
Suite 3, Oakland from 7-8:30pm
o Next meeting March 7th at 7:30pm at 847 Howard St., SF *upstairs*