Sensible Spokane Alliance

With passage of sections of WA State SB 5073, medical marijuana patients are now allowed to band together and form 10 patient, 45 plant collective gardens. 

As cities and counties across Washington state rush to impose moratoriums, regulate, or outright ban medical cannabis collective gardens, the City of Spokane addressed the issue virtually unnoticed close to two months ago. 

On June 20, 2011, the Spokane City Council voted unanimously to amend Spokane Municipal Code (SMC) to include language accounting for recent changes made to Washington's medical cannabis laws.

The title of SMC 10.15.100 was changed from

Controlled, Counterfeit Substances – Prohibited Acts

to

Possession of Marijuana

and now includes the language:

It is unlawful for any person to possess forty grams or less of marijuana except as provided pursuant to RCW 69.51A as now or hereafter amended.

This includes recent changes made to RCW 69.51A  via Washington State Senate Bill 5073 which allows for 10 patient, 45 plant collective gardens.

Amended SMC relating to possession of marijuana, full text: 

10.15.100 Possession of Marijuana

It is unlawful for any person to possess forty grams or less of marijuana, except as provided pursuant to RCW 69.51(A) as now or hereafter amended. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. A conviction under this section shall be sentenced in accordance with the penalties perscribed uder RCW 69.50.425 as now or hereafter amended.

Possession of Marijuana Amendment .pdf