Full Circle Cannabis Consultations

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF JASON BROWNE

I became active in the cannabis movement in 1995, as a volunteer with Cannabis Action Network. While there, I gathered signatures for prop. 215, registered voters and promoted the passage of this wonderful law by co-producing concerts and events. When the Compassionate Use Act was made law, I dove in head first and helped organize what would become Humboldt Cannabis Center, serving north-coast patients for five years. I’ve also co-founded several organizations dedicated to the implementation of California’s medicinal cannabis laws, including Medical Cannabis Association and Patients’ Health Defense. The M.C.A. is still in operation.

Since the closure of H.C.C. in 2001, I’ve directed my attention to advocating the model of “Direct Access”. This model of cultivation and distribution is specifically protected under California laws and is more likely to out-last federal attacks, as it represents qualified individuals directly, rather than through third parties. It also requires better internal tracking methods (reducing the risk of criminal diversion) and when implemented correctly, does not involve any “sales” or “trafficking”, which may prove advantageous for tax purposes as well. Following the model of direct access allows organizations to provide things which retail dispensaries often do not, such as reduced costs, effective isolation and preservation of particular strains, quality assurances on the cannabis being produced and providing a myriad of other products and services that benefit the interests of their membership. It’s a model of self regulation and true grassroots organizing that requires patients to be more involved with their healing process. Most importantly, direct access allows qualified individuals to really produce their own medicine collectively or cooperatively and is a very democratic model.

I am currently the Owner of Full Circle Cannabis Consultations, a company that serves the patient community by facilitating the evolution of the cannabis industry into a sanely regulated medical market. Our primary service is in providing Expert Testimony to the Courts, in cannabis related criminal and civil cases. We also conduct Seminars and offer web-based and digital educational products. And we offer customized Operations and Compliance Binders for qualified individuals and their Associations. We have recently teamed up with a skilled law firm (Berg and Associates) to provi