Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged

damaged_sectors writes "A map marking what are supposed to be secret locations of 60 warehouses and other buildings where medical marijuana is grown in Boulder has accidentally been made public by the city. Officials say an 'oversight' led them to publish the map on the city's Web site. Kathy Haddock, Boulder's senior assistant city attorney who advises the council on medical marijuana issues, said Thursday that the map would be removed from the city's Web site. No conspiracy here folks. In other news the council will decide at its Jan. 18 meeting whether Boulder should circumvent the open records act exemption for cultivation centers by requiring applicants for medical marijuana business licenses to waive their right to privacy. The council could force all growing centers to sign such a waiver as a condition of receiving a city-issued business license. While the risk this would make it easier for Federal authorities to raid grow-ops might not concern council members and others opposed to medical marijuana — I have to wonder what sort of mentality thinks exposing growers to the very real risk of armed robbery by criminals is justifiable."

Comments

Let's put it up on Wikileaks

[lseltzer]

Governments should't be keeping secrets

Re:Let's put it up on Wikileaks

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Nor should their citizens need a license to grow a plant.

They absolutely should if it's prescription medicine.

I think you need a prescription for some high-grade woooosh!

Re:OK, so I don't know the whole story...

[Fluffeh]

Oh you.... Bringing all that common sense and logic to slashdot. Have you yourself been smoking some of this medicine perhaps?

*sips coffee*

Re:"Medical marijuana" is such a scam

[jav1231]

Apparently smoking a bong, while desensitizing you to pain and making you feel generally euphoric, still allows the absorption of leftist talking points. Interesting.

Eh, at least it keeps you from any job more technically challenging than filling a fry bag...or emptying a Doritos bag.

Re:Either Legalize it or Continue Prohibition

[uniquename72]

"Medicine" doesn't come in "joints".

No, it comes in brownies and rice crispy treats.

Re:OK, so I don't know the whole story...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

I can't decide whether the outfit you describe is more likely to be on a federal watch list or a federal supplier list...

Re:"Medical marijuana" is such a scam

[BarefootClown]

Now me? I work for the Feds, mostly sitting on my ass doing nothing.

Ladies and gentlemen, your tax dollars at work.