Manual To Create A Cannabis Social Club

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Vi esse artigo que ensina como criar um Cannabis Social Club, creio que nao se aplique na relidade brasileira, mas achei valido compartilhar.

A CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE FOR A LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET

Cannabis Social Clubs are associations of citizens who organise the cultivation of a limited amount of cannabis to satisfy their personal needs. They establish a closed circuit of production, distribution and consumption in agreement with legal standards that are valid in their country.

At the moment, Cannabis Social Clubs are legally operating in Spain and Belgium. There may be possibilities to set up a club in any country where the consumption of cannabis is depenalised.

International conventions on drugs do not include the obligation for countries to prohibit the consumption and cultivation of cannabis for personal use. Therefore, the signing countries can depenalise consumption and regulate cultivation for personal use without fear of international sanctions. These measures form the fundament of a rational policy, but they are insufficient. Cultivation for personal use cannot supply the huge demand. It does not automatically contain guarantees against all health risks or against diversion to the black market. To minimise these risks, a more developed system of production and distribution is needed.

The most rational solution is the collectivisation of the cultivation for personal use. Adult consumers who do not want to cultivate themselves can form non-profit associations, Cannabis Social Clubs, with the purpose of obtaining a legal, safe and transparent access to cannabis for their members. They do so by implementing a model for a regulated market in which supply is always demand oriented, i.e. production is limited to an amount established as necessary to satisfy the needs for personal consumption of the members.

If you wish to make this possible in your country too, please read further.

THE FOUR STEP APPROACH

When planning to set up a Cannabis Social Club you need to take into account that any connection to the illegal market should be avoided. A CSC should not only appear to be legal, it should be so and be able to demonstrate it in a courtcase. Therefore, a rigid discipline in the administration and organisation of the club is necessary.

Every club needs members who participate actively in the organisation in various forms and with different responsabilities. The rules should be clear and simple, and monitored democratically. It is a good idea to contact a lawyer who can give advise on the steps to take and eventually prepare the legal defense in case this is necessary.

Before taking the first step, check the legal framework for cannabis consumption in your country. If this consumption is not considered a crime and possession of a minor amount of cannabis for personal consumption does not lead to criminal persecution (see the overview of legal threshold quantities in the EU countries) it should be possible to organise a succesful legal defense of a Cannabis Social Club. Based upon the argument that where people have the right to consume, they should be allowed to grow for own consumption.

STEP ONE. PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE INITIATIVE

The first step is the public presentation of the initiative to organise a Cannabis Social Club through a press conference or public action. The best is to involve a well-known personality (try to collaborate with a politician or artist) in order to obtain press coverage and, in case you openly possess seeds, plants or (minor quantities of) cannabis during the presentation, reduce the risk of being persecuted.

In the presentation, it should be made very clear that the sole purpose of the club is to grow for the personal consumption of the adult members, and to provide a legal, safe and transparent alternative to the illegal market.

When there is no reaction from legal authorities indicating that the initiative will be prosecuted, it is time for step 2.

STEP TWO. CREATION OF THE CLUB

The next step is the official creation of the Cannabis Social Club, as an association of cannabis consumers and producers who grow collectively the amount of cannabis for personal consumption through a closed circuit. Create an executive committee, including at least a president, secretary and treasurer and install a transparent and democratic decision-making process, so all members are aware of the main steps in the organisation, the establishment of financial arrangements etc.

In the statutes, you should include the purpose of the association: to avoid health related risks of cannabis consumption that are inherent to the illegal market (like adulteration etc.). You can also refer to the purpose of research of the cannabis plant and the most environmental and health-friendly ways to grow it, as well as the promotion of a social debate on the legal status of cannabis and its consumers. If you wish you can obtain from Encod model statutes from already existing clubs in Spain or Belgium.

The statutes should be registered and approved legally by the corresponding authority (local justice department).

Start to allow members (make sure they are cannabis consumers already or have a recognised medical condition in which cannabis consumption may not be harmful, and may even be benefitial).

Start growing! Establish the amount needed for the personal consumption of the members and organise the collective production of this amount in a collective plantation. Make sure the cultivation is organic, that there is a good variety of plants available, so members can always choose between different species and find out which is most convenient to them.

Make sure that people working in this plantation and transporting plants and/or cannabis are always in possession of papers that explain the way the association works and refer to legal antecedents. From these papers it should result that the cannabis in the collective plantation is grown on behalf of the members who can be referred to with their official information (copies of identity cards for instance). These documents may be crucial to avoid persecution of the people mostly involved in the association in case legal authorities decide to intervene.

All depending on the legislation in your country, distribution and consumption of the harvest can take place in the club.

STEP THREE. PROFESSIONALISE THE CLUB

With time, the amount of members will grow and the organisation of production, transport, payments etc. will need to become more professional. In order to enable the association to have control over the plants, it is best to have various small scale plantations.

Every club can have its own rules that can complement the statutes and refer to the use of the club room, payment of membership contributions, cultivation, the good team spirit of the club etc. In these rules you can include codes of conduct for the members, for instance concerning the sale of cannabis produced by the club to non-members, especially minors.

To avoid problems and misunderstandings it may be best to inform the authorities of the fact that you are growing cannabis collectively. Some clubs have done this in a message to the legal authorities in their region, the closest police office or the municipality, others have just sent a press release.

The fact that you are a non-profit association does not mean that no commercial transactions can take place. To produce good quality cannabis in a safe and healthy way requires hard work, which should be remunerated. To operate as an association, expenses have to be made and people who run it should be remunerated.

The establishment of the price should be done in a transparent and democratic way. The included expenses can be: rent of rooms, water, electricity, materials, wages, office costs, gasoline and general costs of the association. These are divided by the amount of cannabis that is grown by the club resulting in a price per gramme. In Spain and Belgium, it has been possible to arrive to a price of between 3 and 4 euros /gramme. Most clubs work with annual budgets, so this price can be adapted each year. In other cases this can take place with each harvest (3 to 4 months).

If profits are made, these are used for the association. The first that can happen if more profits are made than necessary for the goals of the association is to reduce the annual membership contribution of the members.

Financial transactions should always be documented (outgoing payments with invoices, incoming payments with receipts). This is important to show in an eventual courtcase that the club has not been involved in any illegal activity. It also helps to ensure the financial transparency of the organisation.

It is a good idea to establish a mechanism for external control of the organisation, by someone who is not a member and has the capacity to judge if the used methods live up to the standards that may be expected.

STEP FOUR. LOBBY FOR A LEGAL REGULATION FOR CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUBS IN YOUR COUNTRY

Once a Cannabis Social Club is functioning properly, what remains is to convince political and legal authorities to install a legal regulatory framework for clubs, concerning licenses, taxes, external control.

In most cases, politicians, legal experts, judges or policemen simply do not know how to start regulating a legal cannabis market. This can actually help the process: when there are no antecedents, the models that are proposed by the consumers themselves can become easier accepted.

Conteudo retirado deste post, indicado pela DHV. Quem nao souber ingles, joga no google translator. Ou se alguem dispor a traduzir, Jah abencoara sua colheita com fartura.

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A CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE FOR A LEGAL CANNABIS MARKET

Cannabis Social Clubs are associations of citizens who organise the cultivation of a limited amount of cannabis to satisfy their personal needs. They establish a closed circuit of production, distribution and consumption in agreement with legal standards that are valid in their country.

At the moment, Cannabis Social Clubs are legally operating in Spain and Belgium. There may be possibilities to set up a club in any country where the consumption of cannabis is depenalised.

International conventions on drugs do not include the obligation for countries to prohibit the consumption and cultivation of cannabis for personal use. Therefore, the signing countries can depenalise consumption and regulate cultivation for personal use without fear of international sanctions. These measures form the fundament of a rational policy, but they are insufficient. Cultivation for personal use cannot supply the huge demand. It does not automatically contain guarantees against all health risks or against diversion to the black market. To minimise these risks, a more developed system of production and distribution is needed.

The most rational solution is the collectivisation of the cultivation for personal use. Adult consumers who do not want to cultivate themselves can form non-profit associations, Cannabis Social Clubs, with the purpose of obtaining a legal, safe and transparent access to cannabis for their members. They do so by implementing a model for a regulated market in which supply is always demand oriented, i.e. production is limited to an amount established as necessary to satisfy the needs for personal consumption of the members.

If you wish to make this possible in your country too, please read further.

THE FOUR STEP APPROACH

When planning to set up a Cannabis Social Club you need to take into account that any connection to the illegal market should be avoided. A CSC should not only appear to be legal, it should be so and be able to demonstrate it in a courtcase. Therefore, a rigid discipline in the administration and organisation of the club is necessary.

Every club needs members who participate actively in the organisation in various forms and with different responsabilities. The rules should be clear and simple, and monitored democratically. It is a good idea to contact a lawyer who can give advise on the steps to take and eventually prepare the legal defense in case this is necessary.

Before taking the first step, check the legal framework for cannabis consumption in your country. If this consumption is not considered a crime and possession of a minor amount of cannabis for personal consumption does not lead to criminal persecution (see the overview of legal threshold quantities in the EU countries) it should be possible to organise a succesful legal defense of a Cannabis Social Club. Based upon the argument that where people have the right to consume, they should be allowed to grow for own consumption.

STEP ONE. PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE INITIATIVE

The first step is the public presentation of the initiative to organise a Cannabis Social Club through a press conference or public action. The best is to involve a well-known personality (try to collaborate with a politician or artist) in order to obtain press coverage and, in case you openly possess seeds, plants or (minor quantities of) cannabis during the presentation, reduce the risk of being persecuted.

In the presentation, it should be made very clear that the sole purpose of the club is to grow for the personal consumption of the adult members, and to provide a legal, safe and transparent alternative to the illegal market.

When there is no reaction from legal authorities indicating that the initiative will be prosecuted, it is time for step 2.

STEP TWO. CREATION OF THE CLUB

The next step is the official creation of the Cannabis Social Club, as an association of cannabis consumers and producers who grow collectively the amount of cannabis for personal consumption through a closed circuit. Create an executive committee, including at least a president, secretary and treasurer and install a transparent and democratic decision-making process, so all members are aware of the main steps in the organisation, the establishment of financial arrangements etc.

In the statutes, you should include the purpose of the association: to avoid health related risks of cannabis consumption that are inherent to the illegal market (like adulteration etc.). You can also refer to the purpose of research of the cannabis plant and the most environmental and health-friendly ways to grow it, as well as the promotion of a social debate on the legal status of cannabis and its consumers. If you wish you can obtain from Encod model statutes from already existing clubs in Spain or Belgium.

The statutes should be registered and approved legally by the corresponding authority (local justice department).

Start to allow members (make sure they are cannabis consumers already or have a recognised medical condition in which cannabis consumption may not be harmful, and may even be benefitial).

Start growing! Establish the amount needed for the personal consumption of the members and organise the collective production of this amount in a collective plantation. Make sure the cultivation is organic, that there is a good variety of plants available, so members can always choose between different species and find out which is most convenient to them.

Make sure that people working in this plantation and transporting plants and/or cannabis are always in possession of papers that explain the way the association works and refer to legal antecedents. From these papers it should result that the cannabis in the collective plantation is grown on behalf of the members who can be referred to with their official information (copies of identity cards for instance). These documents may be crucial to avoid persecution of the people mostly involved in the association in case legal authorities decide to intervene.

All depending on the legislation in your country, distribution and consumption of the harvest can take place in the club.

STEP THREE. PROFESSIONALISE THE CLUB

With time, the amount of members will grow and the organisation of production, transport, payments etc. will need to become more professional. In order to enable the association to have control over the plants, it is best to have various small scale plantations.

Every club can have its own rules that can complement the statutes and refer to the use of the club room, payment of membership contributions, cultivation, the good team spirit of the club etc. In these rules you can include codes of conduct for the members, for instance concerning the sale of cannabis produced by the club to non-members, especially minors.

To avoid problems and misunderstandings it may be best to inform the authorities of the fact that you are growing cannabis collectively. Some clubs have done this in a message to the legal authorities in their region, the closest police office or the municipality, others have just sent a press release.

The fact that you are a non-profit association does not mean that no commercial transactions can take place. To produce good quality cannabis in a safe and healthy way requires hard work, which should be remunerated. To operate as an association, expenses have to be made and people who run it should be remunerated.

The establishment of the price should be done in a transparent and democratic way. The included expenses can be: rent of rooms, water, electricity, materials, wages, office costs, gasoline and general costs of the association. These are divided by the amount of cannabis that is grown by the club resulting in a price per gramme. In Spain and Belgium, it has been possible to arrive to a price of between 3 and 4 euros /gramme. Most clubs work with annual budgets, so this price can be adapted each year. In other cases this can take place with each harvest (3 to 4 months).

If profits are made, these are used for the association. The first that can happen if more profits are made than necessary for the goals of the association is to reduce the annual membership contribution of the members.

Financial transactions should always be documented (outgoing payments with invoices, incoming payments with receipts). This is important to show in an eventual courtcase that the club has not been involved in any illegal activity. It also helps to ensure the financial transparency of the organisation.

It is a good idea to establish a mechanism for external control of the organisation, by someone who is not a member and has the capacity to judge if the used methods live up to the standards that may be expected.

STEP FOUR. LOBBY FOR A LEGAL REGULATION FOR CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUBS IN YOUR COUNTRY

Once a Cannabis Social Club is functioning properly, what remains is to convince political and legal authorities to install a legal regulatory framework for clubs, concerning licenses, taxes, external control.

In most cases, politicians, legal experts, judges or policemen simply do not know how to start regulating a legal cannabis market. This can actually help the process: when there are no antecedents, the models that are proposed by the consumers themselves can become easier accepted.

Conteudo retirado deste post, indicado pela DHV. Quem nao souber ingles, joga no google translator. Ou se alguem dispor a traduzir, Jah abencoara sua colheita com fartura.

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Excelente texto, mas num segundo ou até num terceiro momento.

No primeiro tem que haver a regulamentação do consumo, e a cannabis ser vista e tida como realmente necessária com todos seus benefícios para a sociedade, partindo da saúde, passando pela indústria do canhamo e chegando aos cofres do tesouro.

Haja vista nesse caso a associação parece estar mais voltada para o consumo recreativo(posso estar enganado, mas essa é a impressão que tive).

Achei bem interessante a idéia de alguém que não participa, auditando as funções, isso dá muita credibilidade, ajudado por alguém de destaque na sociedade avalizando a coisa toda, na realidade há vários pontos muito positivos explicada no texto.

Acredito que será necessário uma estruturação através de qq entidade que regule a produção e o consumo através da prestação de contas.

É como as coisas do governo funcionam: o estado sabe quem, onde e quanto produz, quem e quanto está consumindo e o melhor do filé, quanto de imposto está se arrecadando entre a produção e o consumo.

Mas show de bola essa idéia.

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Uma iniciativa de cidadania para um mercado CANNABIS LEGAL

Clubes de Cannabis Social são associações de cidadãos que organizam o cultivo de uma quantidade limitada de cannabis para satisfazer suas necessidades pessoais. Eles estabelecem um circuito fechado de produção, distribuição e consumo de acordo com as normas legais que são válidas no seu país.

No momento, Clubes Sociais Cannabis estão operando legalmente na Espanha e Bélgica. Pode haver possibilidades de organizar um clube em qualquer país onde o consumo de cannabis é depenalised.

Convenções internacionais sobre drogas não incluem a obrigação de os países a proibir o consumo e cultivo de cannabis para uso pessoal. Portanto, os países signatários podem despenalização do consumo e regular o cultivo para uso pessoal, sem medo de sanções internacionais. Estas medidas constituem o fundamento de uma política racional, mas eles são insuficientes. Cultivo para consumo pessoal não pode suprir a enorme demanda. Não contêm automaticamente garantias contra todos os riscos para a saúde ou contra o desvio para o mercado negro. Para minimizar esses riscos, um sistema mais avançado de produção e distribuição é necessária.

A solução mais racional é a coletivização do cultivo para uso pessoal. Consumidores adultos que não querem cultivar se podem formar associações sem fins lucrativos, clubes Cannabis Social, com a finalidade de obter um acesso legal, segura e transparente para cannabis para seus membros. Eles fazem isso através da implementação de um modelo para um mercado regulamentado em que a oferta é sempre orientada para a demanda, a produção ou seja, é limitada a uma quantia estabelecida como necessária para satisfazer as necessidades para o consumo pessoal dos membros.

Se você deseja que isso seja possível em seu país também, por favor leia mais.

A ABORDAGEM PASSO QUATRO

Ao planejar a criação de um Clube de Cannabis Social que você precisa levar em conta que qualquer conexão com o mercado ilegal deve ser evitado. A CSC deve não só parece ser legal, deve ser assim e ser capaz de demonstrá-lo num julgamento. Portanto, uma rígida disciplina na administração e organização do clube é necessário.

Todo clube precisa de membros que participam ativamente na organização de várias formas e com diferentes responsabilidades. As regras devem ser claras e simples, e monitorados democraticamente. É uma boa idéia entrar em contato com um advogado que possa aconselhá-lo sobre os passos a tomar e, eventualmente, preparar a defesa legal em caso isso seja necessário.

Antes de tomar o primeiro passo, verifique o quadro legal para consumo de cannabis no seu país. Se este consumo não é considerado um crime e posse de uma quantidade menor de cannabis para consumo pessoal não leva a perseguição criminal (veja o resumo das quantidades de limiar legal nos países da UE) deve ser possível para organizar uma defesa legal bem sucedida de um Cannabis Social Club. Com base no argumento de que onde as pessoas têm o direito de consumir, eles devem ser autorizados a crescer para consumo próprio.

PRIMEIRO PASSO. APRESENTAÇÃO PÚBLICA DA INICIATIVA

O primeiro passo é a apresentação pública da iniciativa de organizar um Clube de Cannabis Social através de uma conferência de imprensa ou ação pública. O melhor é envolver uma personalidade bem conhecida (tentar colaborar com um político ou artista), a fim de obter cobertura da imprensa e, no caso de você possuir abertamente sementes, plantas ou (pequenas quantidades de) cannabis durante a apresentação, reduzir o risco de ser perseguido.

Na apresentação, ele deve ficar bem claro que o único objetivo do clube é crescer para o consumo pessoal dos membros adultos, e para fornecer uma alternativa legal, segura e transparente para o mercado ilegal.

Quando não há reação por parte das autoridades legais, indicando que a iniciativa vai ser processado, é o momento para o passo 2.

SEGUNDA ETAPA. CRIAÇÃO DO CLUBE

O próximo passo é a criação oficial do Clube de Cannabis Social, como uma associação de consumidores de cannabis e produtores que cultivam coletivamente a quantidade de cannabis para consumo pessoal através de um circuito fechado. Criar um comitê executivo, incluindo pelo menos um presidente, secretário e tesoureiro e instalar um processo transparente e democrático de tomada de decisão, para que todos os membros estão conscientes dos principais passos na organização, o estabelecimento de acordos financeiros, etc

Nos estatutos, você deve incluir a finalidade da associação: para evitar riscos à saúde relacionados ao consumo de cannabis que são inerentes ao mercado ilegal (como adulteração, etc.) Você também pode se referir a fins de investigação da planta cannabis e as formas mais ambientais e de saúde-friendly para cultivá-la, bem como a promoção de um debate social sobre o estatuto jurídico da cannabis e seus consumidores. Se quiser, você pode obter a partir de estatutos de modelo Encod já os clubes existentes em Espanha ou Bélgica.

Os estatutos devem ser registrados e aprovados legalmente pela autoridade correspondente (local do Departamento de Justiça).

Começar a permitir que os membros (se certificar que são consumidores de cannabis já ou tem uma condição médica reconhecida no qual o consumo de cannabis pode não ser prejudicial, e pode até ser benéfico).

Começar a crescer! Estabelecer o montante necessário para o consumo pessoal dos membros e organizar a produção coletiva deste montante em uma plantação coletiva. Certifique-se que o cultivo é orgânico, que há uma boa variedade de plantas disponíveis, sendo assim sempre pode escolher entre diferentes espécies e descobrir o que é mais conveniente para eles.

Certifique-se que as pessoas que trabalham nesta fazenda e transporte de plantas e / ou cannabis estão sempre em posse de documentos que explicam o funcionamento da associação e referem-se a antecedentes legal. A partir desses documentos que devem resultar que a cannabis na plantação coletiva é cultivada em nome dos membros que pode ser referida com as suas informações oficiais (cópias de carteiras de identidade por exemplo). Estes documentos podem ser cruciais para evitar a perseguição do povo em sua maioria envolvidos na associação, no caso as autoridades legais decidem intervir.

Tudo dependendo da legislação do seu país, distribuição e consumo da colheita pode ocorrer no clube.

PASSO TRÊS. Profissionalizar o CLUB

Com o tempo, a quantidade de membros vai crescer e organização da produção, transporte, pagamentos etc, precisam se tornar mais profissional. A fim de permitir a associação de ter controle sobre as plantas, é melhor ter várias plantações em pequena escala.

Cada clube pode ter suas próprias regras que podem complementar os estatutos e se referem ao uso da sala do clube, o pagamento de contribuições dos membros, o cultivo, o bom espírito de equipa do clube etc Nestas regras você pode incluir códigos de conduta para os membros , por exemplo, relativas à venda de cannabis produzida pelo clube para não-membros, especialmente os menores.

Para evitar problemas e mal-entendidos pode ser melhor para informar as autoridades o fato de que você está crescendo cannabis coletivamente. Alguns clubes têm feito isso em uma mensagem para as autoridades legais em sua região, o escritório mais próximo da polícia ou do município, outros têm apenas enviou um comunicado à imprensa.

O fato de que você é uma associação sem fins lucrativos não significa que nenhuma transação comercial pode ter lugar. Para produzir cannabis boa qualidade de uma forma segura e saudável exige um trabalho árduo, que deve ser remunerado. Para funcionar como uma associação, as despesas têm de ser feitas e as pessoas que executá-lo deve ser remunerado.

O estabelecimento do preço deve ser feito de forma transparente e democrática. As despesas podem ser incluídas: aluguel de quartos, água, eletricidade, materiais, salários, despesas de escritório, gasolina e os custos gerais da associação. Estes são divididos pela quantidade de cannabis que é cultivado pelo clube, resultando em um preço por grama. Na Espanha e na Bélgica, foi possível chegar a um preço de entre 3 e 4 euros / grama. A maioria dos clubes trabalham com orçamentos anuais, de modo que este preço pode ser adaptado a cada ano. Em outros casos, isso pode acontecer com cada colheita (3-4 meses).

Se os lucros são feitas, elas são usadas para a associação. O primeiro que pode acontecer se os lucros são feitas mais do que o necessário para os objetivos da associação é a redução da quota anual dos membros.

Transações financeiras deve sempre ser documentada (pagamentos efectuados com as faturas, pagamentos recebidos com as receitas). Isto é importante para mostrar em um eventual courtcase que o clube não tem estado envolvido em qualquer actividade ilegal. Ela também ajuda a garantir a transparência financeira da organização.

É uma boa idéia de estabelecer um mecanismo de controle externo da organização, por alguém que não é membro e tem a capacidade de julgar se os métodos utilizados viver de acordo com os padrões que podem ser esperados.

PASSO QUATRO. LOBBY PARA A regulação jurídica para clubes de cannabis SOCIAL NO SEU PAÍS

Uma vez que um Cannabis Social Club está funcionando corretamente, o que resta é para convencer as autoridades políticas e jurídicas para instalar um quadro jurídico regulamentar para os clubes, as licenças relativas, impostos, controle externo.

Na maioria dos casos, os políticos, juristas, juízes ou policiais simplesmente não sabem como começar a regular um mercado cannabis legal. Isso pode realmente ajudar no processo: quando não há antecedentes, os modelos que são propostos pelos próprios consumidores podem se tornar mais fácil aceito.

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