What we actually have here, is 99 pages of "putting things back the way they were before anything was medical". As was said earlier in the thread, we had a better model before. Everything was easier, and everyone was happier. Of course, we should have seen it coming. After all, when the government gets involved in anything, things always get harder, and people always get screwed.
Fortunately, I think when the dust settles, it will be apparent that regardless of it's legal status, Cannabis is a self-regulating industry. It will always find a balance. Crap weed and sheisty dispensary operators can't remain forever, I say let them ride their wave while it's breaking. Let that fortune come in, and go right back out on licensing, compliance, and legal fees. Let them live with the anxiety of never knowing whether or not you'll still be in business at the end of each day. Those who never poked their head "above ground", are grinning ear to ear right now, as the State is working hard to turbo-charge their previously waning market share.
How much of a hit do you think the Dispensaries are going to take the moment they start taking pictures of their customers with every purchase. How many patients are going to tolerate getting thumb printed, or buy a an eighth of ditch weed for $50 that they know has an RFID tracking chip in it. Especially when on the street, there's always medicine, and never paper-work. With the street supply now being fortified by skillful and passionate caregivers who simply can't bring themselves to set their left over 3lb's of fire ablaze, the quality on the street often exceeds (by a wide freakin' margin too) that found on the "top shelf" of your local dispensary.
If real growers want a place in the above ground legal industry, and want to make a living from that industry, a union would be a good place to start.
