I finally got my amended license in the mail, to include my license to produce. In the package they sent it mentioned about returning my previous license.
Does anyone actually do this? Since they dont give out the little cards anymore, I would love to keep both around, that way I can leave one in the car and one at home. Trying to carry that big legal sized pink paper in my wallet just wont work!

No, one has one limit, the other has a different one, Photocopy it, and keep the Photocopy with you.

As for the original question, I am unsure.

I returned the old one yes. They said you have to just mail it in man. Save yourself potential headache. $10-$15 for express post.

They both are identical except for the issue date. The limit is the same.

Thats what I did before, was just have a photocopy on me.

Kinda what I was thinking everyone would say, but thought Id check.
Thanks

Bad advice on keeping the copy with you. Keep the copy in a safe place and keep the original on you.

The actual pink paper OR the convenience card are your license and a photo copy of either of them is not valid ID.

Apply the logic to other forms of ID and you will understand why I am saying that I think this is REALLY bad advice.

Show up at the border with a photocopy of your passport and expect that to work? Show an officer a photocopy of your drivers license and think they will let you go on your way? Not likely in either case and really not likely when it comes to a document such as this one.

Fog Ducker, it is my opinion that the original license is no longer valid and if you have amended your license the new one overrides the old one. If you had been given a new card the number on that card would have changed by the letter at the end of it. Ending in -A means first license of that year. -B means the second license issued in the year. I am not familiar with the numbering of the certificates but understand that a change means a change and one expires.

Yes, the date on the card still shows the license as valid but that's because it was issued that way and can't be changed. They (HC) just hope you send it in as requested in compliance with their regulations.


cannagirl

Except the fact that the pink form is not basic letter size, it is huge, how is someone supposed to carry around legal sized document everywhere they go? Within 2 months that document is going to be fucked, unless you laminate it... now tell me, are you going to walk around everywhere with a laminated piece of paper that says for everyone to see that you most likely have cannabis on you?

Photocopy is just as good, as it's not the paper itself, but the MMAD number that they use to verify it's validity... The EXACT same as any photo ID... it's the NUMBER.

The only reason a Photo ID or Passport cannot be photocopied is because there is an IMAGE OF YOU ON IT!!!


Any other legal document can be photocopied and has JUST as much validity as the original.

I personally carry a photocopy. If they (HC) actually included an
IDcard I would carry that instead but alas they didn't and probably never will anymore. A legal sized doc is a pain in the butt, however isn't that why HC have it done that way?

No, unfortunately, cannagirl is right on this...

But watch a court actually penalize someone for it... very doubtful

I can see both sides of the argument, yeah you probably should have the original on you, but that was my point, is that its not practical to carry such a large piece of paper everywhere I go.

I guess the "best" solution would be to get a certified copy of the original from a notary and keep that on me. Stupid HC, just issue a wallet size card dam you!!!