..if you could FIND more than 5 patients without going through a shady character like Tim Tipton. I had 2 and I thought that was doing GREAT considering I hadn't heven HEARD of anyone else having an MMJ card in the state at that time. It's not like I was blogging about this shit! LOL! Overgrow had been shut down and emery had been busted, different time for sure.
If you could find more than 5 patients and you could care for more than 5 then what's the big deal? There were only like 1,200 patients in the state at that time so it wasn't like 1 person had 100 patients like they did in 09.
there weren't people blatantly selling weed in public to people who didn't have a legit reason for a card either. At least it was out of sight if that was the case. The dispensaries really fucked things up for the laws in this state.
Not that I hate dispensaries, I just hate people who step on my freedoms by doing something that I do properly in a beligerant manner. People who don't know how to use a firearm properly around other people is another thing that comes to mind. MOST dispensaries don't get it, I know that there are a few who do but those who don't have really destroyed my MMJ freedoms in this state. so yes, your $5 joint sign, hot elf bitches, and neon weed leafs on broadway PISS ME THE FUCK OFF!!!! THANKS FOR PISSING IN MY FACE!!!
What was the most you guys had heard of 1 person having prior to 09? I can't imagine it was more than 20 unless this person was part of a co-op or something.
Yea I'm down for wiping 1284 off of the books. it won't supprise me one bit if Romer owns the one surveliance company that can do the required. Dirty politics. What, did the dispensary folks think they were getting exclusive access to the CO MMJ market with HB1284? yea fucking right. What do democrats do best? regulate and tax the piss out of everything, set up legal monopolies, and spend your money on coke and hookers.
ALL of us will suffer from the 09 genie.
Why are the dispensaries bitching about this $30k surveliance system? that's your fucking bribe to Romer for giving you an oligopoly, and yes it WILL be an oligopoly of a few large dispensaries WHEN romer gets his way. This will get passed more easily than HB1284. Dispensaries made their bed, now they've got to sleep in it. Once dispensaries opened the door for commercial MMJ profiteering you can bet that the greediest fucks on the planet will buy up your politicians and run everybody out of the business except those with vested political interest. If you didn't buy a politician and you're in commercial MMJ prepare to be squandered.
Don't expect any love from caregivers, it's not like we were shown ANY form of respect from HB1284 or any other "oh shit!" legislation that came through as a result of commercial MMJ profiteering. Not to mention everybody STILL making up their own rules about MMJ.
I hate to say it but we really do need someone to come in and start cracking skulls so we might know what the law really is so it stops changing every time chris romer rips a fart or a doctor writes a 3,000 plant edibles rec. I actually MISS THE DEA!!! they could at least keep some shit under control. the further the MMJ scene gets pushed the less legitimate it makes MMJ patients look. This whole scene is so far out of whack from the original intent of AM20 it makes me want to puke. Who are we kidding that this is still a medical scene? It's an excuse to sell some fucking herb. You spend more money for an edible rec vs a "normal" plant rec. case in point, it's ALL profiteering. The emporer wears no clothes. "It's medical" my ass, you're only fooling yourself.
Most of these dispensaries were dreaming of "porsche panameras by christmas". Well I got some news, there's people with a shit ton more money and infinitely more greed who have their hands around your throats about now. Funny how I felt this way about a year ago. Here comes big pharma and tobacco, sooner than you expected.
It doesn't feel good to get pissed on now does it.
Sky, to answer your question I do remember there being a 5 patient cap in the initial AM20 but it was removed. I really didn't notice when or how it was overturned as I didn't have 5 or more until recently. At least the CDPHE left a way out of the 5 patient cap with the exceptional circumstances bit.
When push comes to shove I'm glad I have state protection from AM20 as a caregiver, whereas dispensaries are tolerated yet illegal. Let me simply clarify why. No mention of dispensaries (MMC) in AM20, HB1284 makes the distinction between MMC and caregiver. MMC is not in AM20 but caregiver is. Someone explain to me how an MMC is protected under AM20 if the legal definition of an MMC is not defined as a caregiver or a patient.
Crap Sky, you sure know how to get me started on a rant..
TAke the money and run..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZwLsvO6YTw