Perceived Problem: This sub-reddit has in my mind and in the minds of several others I have talked to become awash in people inquiring about obtaining their medical authorizations or substances currently. I think that is inappropriate content for this forum for a number of reasons:

1. Helping people acquire these things is illegal and only possession is deprioritized in Seattle. This is a very public forum and it's an extremely bad idea to assist any person that you have never met in the commission of an illegal act. We all like to assume the best about people but guys this is the internet.
2. People coming on this page and just seeing random people asking how to get their authorizations without qualifying conditions weakens the strong legal protections that medical patients currently have against arrest. Your medical authorization is still only an affirmative defense in case of arrest. It is not a "Get Out of Jail Free" card. It still relies on a strong societal sentiment that these authorizations are being provided to people with medical conditions which require them. I know many medical patients who rely on their authorization and easy accessible to FUNCTION every day and to endanger their legal protections to me is an unacceptable cost.
3. Per skeeve factor. I was a new ent once moving here from across the country and I was still paranoid about marijuana based on my past experiences with law enforcement. I would not have felt comfortable posting here with the front page full of postings asking for hookups. Would you have when you first arrived or being you met some of us? I consider asking for advice on how to get your medical card the equivalent of asking for a hookup for two reasons: 1.) The internet is full of websites with information about this already. 2.) Have you looked at ANY NEWSPAPER in this city recently?
4. This community is centered around the people. Those connections are founded on trust and shared experiences. This forum is a place where we can ask questions about topics of interest, post events, post articles, and start interesting discussions. It is entrusted to us as denizens to keep this as a forum where people can post their thoughts freely and get as many people involved in our community as possible. Flagrantly asking and conducting discussions about the clearly illegal aspects of our shared interest is in poor taste, endangers the forum (since Reddit explicitly states that it will shut down any sub-reddits which have illegal activities in them), and is just plain a bad idea for everyone involved. In its current state, all it would take his one disgruntled Ent, parent, friend to point the Reddit admins towards our sub-reddit and all our hard work of community building could be gone in a flash.

Proposed Rule

All posts inquiring about the acquiring of your authorization or "supplies" directly to this forum shall be marked spam. If the post has more substance to it and this question does not form the bulk of the post, the poster will be contacted and asked nicely to modify their posting to meet these new guidelines.

Open for Comment

This thread is open for comment until two weeks from today. However between now and then, I will also be holding a round table for people to weigh in person if they wish. At that point, us moderators will review the arguments as presented and decide on a final rule.