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Title: Georgia lawmaker (Conservative Republican) deals cannabis oil in shadows of the law
Source: The State
URL Source: http://www.thestate.com/news/busine ... business/article147325769.html
Published: Apr 28, 2017
Author: EZRA KAPLAN
Post Date: 2017-04-28 11:10:30 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 2533
Comments: 17

MACON, Ga.

Once a month, a cardboard box from Colorado appears at the office of a conservative Christian lawmaker in central Georgia, filled with derivatives of marijuana, to be distributed around the state in the shadows of the law.

Smiley face

Operating in ways he hopes will avoid felony charges of drug trafficking, state Rep. Allen Peake is taking matters into his own hands. He's shepherding cannabis oil to hundreds of sick people who are now allowed by the state to possess marijuana, but have no legal way of obtaining it.

"We're going to do whatever it takes to be able to help get product to these families, these citizens who have debilitating illnesses," Peake said. He spoke with The Associated Press in his Macon office, where he runs his business, his campaign operation and his underground medical marijuana network.

Peake has successfully championed the creation and expansion of Georgia's medical marijuana program, which now provides low-THC cannabis oil to more than a thousand patients. Enrollees can have it, but they can't cultivate, import or purchase the drug.

This straight-laced Republican is about the last person many would expect to take up such a cause.

He's the CEO of one of the nation's largest franchise restaurant businesses, with more than 100 locations including Cheddar's and Fazoli's. He says he runs this business on Biblical principles and donates to Christian charities, a practice that led him into the world of cannabis when he began helping families with the costs of moving to Colorado for the legal access to treatments they couldn't get in Georgia.

Those connections led to the arrival each month of boxes on his office doorstep, filled with bottles of cannabis oil of varying concentrations within Georgia's now-legal THC limit.

Peake says he doesn't know who brings it into the state, and doesn't ask.

Marijuana remains a federally outlawed Schedule 1 narcotic, even though 29 states now have comprehensive medical marijuana programs. Seventeen others, including Georgia, allow the use of marijuana products for medical reasons in limited situations or as a legal defense, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

In 2009, President Barack Obama instructed the Department of Justice not to prosecute people for possessing or distributing medical marijuana, a policy President Donald Trump has not changed.

But transporting marijuana across state lines? That remains a felony.

"Quite frankly, I don't know how the product gets here," Peake said.

He's a certified public accountant who went to theology school, but has an adventurous side — running competitively, scuba diving and recently splurging on a Tesla Model S, which can zoom from 0 to 60 mph (97 kph) in 2.5 seconds.

Thrill-seeking has cost him at times: In 2015, he publicly acknowledged having had an account on the adultery dating site Ashley Madison. After apologizing to his constituents and thanking his wife for her "powerful and merciful gift of forgiveness," he went right back to legislating.

Each time one of the nondescript boxes arrives, Peake makes a significant donation to a foundation in Colorado that supports research of medical cannabis. He can't make a direct payment, because that would be illegal. But with his donations of about $100,000 a year, he and his wife are able to supply the oil to hundreds of patients across Georgia.

"I'll never recover that money," but the satisfaction of helping people makes it all worthwhile, he said.

If Peake did try to recoup the money, say by selling the oil, he could face charges of drug trafficking. By paying for it himself and giving it away for free, he narrowly skirts the law, which does not prohibit the gifting of cannabis oil.

It was Peake's bill in 2015 that established Georgia's medical cannabis program, which allows people with qualifying diagnoses to possess cannabis oil with less than 5 percent THC, the chemical that gets users high. It was a first step, acknowledging Gov. Nathan Deal's refusal to legalize the cultivation of marijuana within Georgia.

Peake also was instrumental in passing another step, now awaiting Deal's signature that would expand the list of qualifying conditions. Persuading state lawmakers to legalize cultivation, production and sale of cannabis oil in Georgia remains a distant goal, but Peake thinks enabling more patients to get the drug meanwhile can only help.

About 1,300 patients are currently enrolled, and other lawmakers have joined his quasi-legal enterprise: At least 20 state senators and representatives have referred their constituents to him, Peake says. Even some who voted against his marijuana bills have had a change of heart when someone close to them got sick, he said.

When it comes time for deliveries, Peake is vigilant, making sure everyone he works with is registered with the state and enrolled in the medical cannabis program so they can legally handle the product.

Though Peake isn't a qualified patient, he obtained a medical cannabis card from the Georgia Department of Public Health, so that he can show it to constituents as he promotes the program, he said.

But a card is a card, enabling Peake to legally possess the cannabis at his office.

Shannon Cloud is one of the parents helping Peake move the oils to Atlanta. She initially got involved because daughter Alaina has Dravet syndrome — a rare, serious seizure disorder — and has benefited from cannabis.

Even though her daughter is off the drug because she's part of a clinical trial, Cloud remains one of the most active members of the informal distribution network.

She's passionate about this work, but frustrated that she's needed at all.

"It shouldn't be this way," she said. "You shouldn't be meeting at a gas station or a Target parking lot to get medicine to somebody. You should be going to the place where it is produced and tested to get it dispensed to you in a regulated manner, but this is what we're forced to do." (1 image)

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#1. To: Deckard (#0)

"He's the CEO of one of the nation's largest franchise restaurant businesses ..."

So was Gus:

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   11:58:17 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Deckard (#0)

"Quite frankly, I don't know how the product gets here," Peake said.

Quite frankly, I don't think the federal prosecutor will care.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   12:00:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Deckard (#0)

"In 2015, he publicly acknowledged having had an account on the adultery dating site Ashley Madison."

Only after he was found out. What a sleaze bag.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   12:02:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Deckard (#0)

"Georgia's medical marijuana program, which now provides low-THC cannabis oil to more than a thousand patients."

But that's not what he's holding in his grubby little hands. That's Cannatol 1:1 oil. That means equal parts CDB and THC.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   12:17:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: misterwhite, Gatlin, Deckard, hondo68 (#4)

But that's not what he's holding in his grubby little hands. That's Cannatol 1:1 oil. That means equal parts CDB and THC.

I don't find product info on that item or any recipe for it.

It seems the Cannatol company is now focused on cannabis nasal spray to stop severe seizures in children. Unlike the Big Pharma meds, it has no side effects.

I think that is an old pic. Cannatol used to make that 1:1 and some nighttime product but they seem to have dropped all those now according to their website.

Of course, if you and Gatlin won't believe me, go straight to the only source you trust.

FreeThoughtProject: WATCH: Cannabis Nasal Spray Stops Childrens’ Seizures Immediately, But It’s Only Available in One State

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-28   13:06:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Tooconservative (#5)

"I think that is an old pic."

If so, then he used to distribute a product that was 1:1 THC and CBD. I don't think he knows (or cares) what's in the bottle -- to him it's an elixir that cures all ills.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   13:21:18 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Deckard, misterwhite, Tooconservative (#0)

Once a month, a cardboard box from Colorado appears at the office of a conservative Christian lawmaker in central Georgia, filled with derivatives of marijuana, to be distributed around the state in the shadows of the law.
Uh, USPS, UPS or FedEx makes ordered medical marijuana “appear?” Okay! “Distributed around the state in the shadows of the law.” This is pure bullshit, because: Medical marijuana is now legal in Georgia - December 28, 2015 .
Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation that legalized medical marijuana in Georgia. House Bill 1, which took effect immediately, makes it legal for people who suffer from cancer, sickle cell disease and other illnesses to possess up to 20 ounces of cannabis oil if a physician signs off.
“In the shadows olf the law”….give me a friggin’ break. Nothing is being done “in the shadows of the law” because …
When it comes time for deliveries, Peake is vigilant, making sure everyone he works with is registered with the state and enrolled in the medical cannabis program so they can legally handle the product.
He said everyone has “a physician signed off” and they are getting their “medicine” by mail order….which is fully legal.

Oh, I am sure the author had his reason for pointing out the man was “a conservative Christian lawmaker and a straight-laced Republican”. But, what was that reason? All that bullshit had absolutely nothing to do with anything. If he felt a full description of the individual was relevant, then he should also have pointed out he ”had brown eyes, a mustache, a goatee and wore a blue shirt”.

Nothing is being done illegally here, that makes this article a bullshit piece of journalism….serving no constructive informative purpose at all.

Can anyone please tell me for what purpose this article written and published?

Publishing, posting and reading this article was a complete waste of time….pathetic!

Am I wrong?

Gatlin  posted on  2017-04-28   13:43:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#5)

I don't find product info [Maybe these photos will be of help].
I think that is an old pic … [It is a current picture, taken on April 17, 2017].
Of course, if you and Gatlin won't believe me … [Not that, I simply check everything out myself].

In these Monday, April 17, 2017 photos, various cannabis oil products are displayed for a photo in the office of Georgia State Rep. Allen Peake, R - Macon, rear, in Macon, Ga. Peake is at the center of a semi-legal statewide medical cannabis distribution network. Though he successfully championed the creation and expansion of the medical marijuana program in Georgia, there is still no legal way for patients to obtain the low-THC cannabis oil. So Peake is taking matters into his own hands. (AP Photo/David Goldman) - See more at: Georgia lawmaker deals cannabis oil in shadows of the law - See more at: Georgia lawmaker deals cannabis oil in shadows of the law - See more at: Georgia Lawmaker deals cannabis oil in the shadows of the law.

Gatlin  posted on  2017-04-28   14:06:21 ET  (2 images) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Gatlin (#8)

That 1:1 blend shouldn't be legal in GA.

Normally, these medical marijuana blends are around 1:28 (1 part THC, 28 parts CBD). Very hard for hippies to get high off that stuff.

I suppose he's distributing the 1:1 to chemo patients for their appetite.

The two CannatolRx products on the left are their flagship products, the only ones on their website that I could find. That Haleigh's blend is another thing just for kids, kind of like the Charlotte's Web stuff for severe children's epilepsy.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-28   14:21:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#8)

http://www.imgrum.org/media/1409876685008787018_27673322

Gatlin  posted on  2017-04-28   14:24:49 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Gatlin (#7)

Uh, USPS, UPS or FedEx makes ordered medical marijuana “appear?” Okay! “Distributed around the state in the shadows of the law.” This is pure bullshit, because: Medical marijuana is now legal in Georgia - December 28, 2015 .

True. It's a similar situation for distribution of naloxone in Florida. It is used to treat opiate overdoses, about the only that works. Florida has no distribution there at all. Some rich woman who lost her child to opiate OD brings it in to the state and distributes it widely to hospitals and clinics. The state of Florida looks the other way. Without that woman, thousands of people in FL would be dead from opioid OD, including some with legal prescriptions for it.

If you're wondering what is the next big thing:

ArsTechnica: New, deadlier trend in the raging opioid epidemic: Elephant tranquillizer
"It’s 10,000X stronger than morphine, 100X stronger than fentanyl, and on the rise."

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-28   14:30:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Gatlin (#10)

I don't know what CBN or THCA are. I do know of CBD and THC.

I guess I'm too old to become a real hippy.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-28   14:32:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: misterwhite (#1)

" Gus "

He wasn't grinning like that at his end. . Ding Ding Ding Ding LOL !!

Si vis pacem, para bellum

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt

I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur

Stoner  posted on  2017-04-28   14:43:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Gatlin (#8)

Thanks for digging up those photos.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   15:07:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Tooconservative (#12)

"I don't know what CBN or THCA are. I do know of CBD and THC."

All four of them are used as a reason to legalize smoked marijuana as medicine, leading to the legalization of recreational medicine.

misterwhite  posted on  2017-04-28   15:24:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Tooconservative, misery cult (#5) (Edited)

The drug warrior authoritarian types hate all living things, so they pass laws that attempt to make everyone else as miserable as they are.

If they see a happy, healthy and relatively free person or dog they want them pepper sprayed, tazed, shot, arrested, and jailed, so that everyone they ever see, is just as miserable as they are.

It's the cult of the miserable aholes!


The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party

"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2017-04-28   18:08:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: hondo68 (#16)

Now we both know that those toddlers are faking those grand mal seizures just so they can score their mary-ju-wana hit.

Tooconservative  posted on  2017-04-28   20:12:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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