Club Pit Bull offers members safety, certified medicine evaluation, education and compliance.  We provide exhaustive training on producing personal organic medicine. We offer quality controls, wholesale supplies, inspections, testing, consultation, and knowledgebase for patients and growers to produce 100% organic certified medicine within strict guidelines of compliance.  We offer a farm to table quality of assurance to our members.

 We offer the members a safe place to procure their medicine.   Club Pit Bull allows the patient and grower to exchange the medicine in a safe and compliant environment. The medicine available is dependant on our members however we usually have an ample supply of smoke items, food items, elixirs, ointments, oils, edibles and more.

Benefits
Patients have safe place out of view to get their meds

Medicine can be assured to be safe

Completely removes black market

Provides one location for controlled and regulated legal activities

Provides Legal Business Entity for Integration into the Community

The Business Model

Not for Profit – Locally Owned and Operated

The organization is a not for profit and locally operated by patients in this area.

 Membership Based – Not Open to the Public

All members are verified each visit to have proper ID, OMMP Card and Membership. 

Reimbursement – No Sales!  Patients may reimburse their grower for expenses only. Each grower must validate and verify expenses, safety and other information for each exchange. All exchanges are documented.

In summary the Club is a Membership Based Club that simply facilitates the Safe and Compliant exchange of Medical Marijuana between Patients and Growers.

In addition we provide education, tools, supplies and development. This is a full solution club to enable the individual patient to be successful and work within the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.

Important Notes:

 No Medicating – There will be no medicating and no smoke parlors at the club. This removes any chance for the patient to leave under the influence.

 No Growing – There will be no gardens or growing operations at the club. There will be Clones and Seeds available to members.                               

Supervised Exchanges Only – All exchanges shall be recorded and done by an authorized agent of the club.

Type of Members – Baby Boomers and retirees are the base of our patients. DHS states that the average age of the patient is 57. These are the blue collar working folks of our community.  There are many who may wish to remain private.  All wish to not seek out drugs on the street. These people are your neighbors and coworkers.  They are the ordinary citizen, not the dealer.

Product Safety Requirements

Over 60 percent of the consumables are edibles, not pot.   The majority of patients cannot, should not, or will not smoke.  At minimum Medical Marijuana is a food product.  As such we instruct all our club employees to obtain an Oregon Food Handlers Card prior to working at the club.

 We teach our patients to use safe food production guidelines when preparing edibles.  We require food grade packaging and handling, labeling to include contents, manufacturer and warnings,

 Dosage information is also required – Quantifiable and Qualified, listed on the label.  Consistency quality and safety are all issues we address.

Possession and Cultivation Guidelines

 As a requirement, all our clubs:

•        Only keep as much medicine as can be covered with available OMMP cards listed to that site through the State.  

•        Never keep a large quantity on hand of medicine or cash. 

•        Keep No Cash or Stash on site during off hours of operation 

Security and Public Safety Guidelines 

These guidelines are required to maintain adequate security to protect patients and the community. Safety for patients and the community must be a top priority at these facilities, so a compliant association will adopt a security culture to ensure safety. Security culture refers to a set of practices and strategies that work together to maintain safety. Security culture may involve the following elements:  

• Employing professional, trained security personnel

• Staying alert to detect problems before they occur

• Educating patients to be sure they know the rules

• Implementing policies to prevent diversion

• Restricting access to the facility to authorized persons

• Using appropriate security technology and equipment to monitor and secure the facility during hours of operation and overnight

• Maintaining communication with local law enforcement

• Training staff to prevent and respond to emergencies

• Educating staff and members as to their rights and responsibilities under the law

Health Care Costs

The Oregon Medical Marijuana Program has had a huge impact on Health Care costs for the state of Oregon. It has been a major cost containment measure. 

• 10% Oregonians generate 69% Health Care Costs (Oregon Health Fund Board Report)
• 9% population suffer from severe and chronic pain (American Pain Society)
• Pain is the #1 Driver of Health Care Costs
• Chronic Disease Management is the #2 Driver of Health Care Costs
• Medical Marijuana addresses both and has been shown to drastically reduce costs

Direct Savings

• Emergency Room Care reduced and eliminated
• Regular Doctor Visits reduced to annual visits
• Prescription Drug Intake greatly reduced and eliminated
• Improves Outcomes
• Frees up Resources

Political and Economical Climates

• Multiple States Address Issue of Medical Marijuana. Several new Medical Marijuana states will be added including Idaho, AZ, NJ RI, MD, FL, NM and many more.
• Federal Government Statements Regarding Medical Marijuana and States Regulations show that the feds are respecting the states laws.
• Rising Industry Involvement from Banks, Insurance, Investment firms, real estate, and Politicians shows this new industry is credible and accepted..

Facts

• Over 47,000 patients today registered in OMMP
• Program doubles in population every year. It is successful.
• Over 750,00 patients will be in the Oregon Program by 2019
• Over 35 Billion in revenue will be spent on Medical Marijuana by patients in the next 10 years here in Oregon.
• Biggest Job Producing Industry in over 4 states including Michigan.
• More States are adding Medical Marijuana programs and legislation
• Most have Dispensary or Patient Access clubs
• Washington will have dispensaries this year
• We hope Oregon will have a bill on dispensaries this year

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