I disagree. Every time I talk to someone they are clueless. caregivers, patients.... clueless.
who's going to start a patient or caregiver centered group, besides us?
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I disagree. Every time I talk to someone they are clueless. caregivers, patients.... clueless.
who's going to start a patient or caregiver centered group, besides us?
I've been following the bullshit, and I want to help - lets try to reach out to the community. I run a webdesign business, I will gladly donate my time to setup a site and forum! Lets try to set something up. We need to connect the dots and get some advocacy for the little guy. It's long overdue.Quote:
Originally Posted by copobo
It's pretty obvious that as a branch of state government CDPHE is taking their marching orders from law enforcement. The cops don't like having to walk away from raids without seizing property and making peoples lives miserable.
How can we do this?
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Originally Posted by asscore
I agree. I own a hosting company and will donate server space, maybe we need to start brainstorming.
Wow, big surprise. Caregivers still in the shadows unwilling to support their cause, no way!
Until the number of legal caregivers approaches the number of illegal caregivers, there won't be enough sick patients and advocates to stick up for those who don't want to support their cause.
Tax money, tax money, tax money.....
MMC's pay taxes plain and simple; drive the patients to HAVE to go to an MMC and they are just ensuring the state gets their tax money from the patient. Private CG's don't pay taxes on the product they sale, they dont have to get expensive licenses, why let them have most of the business in the state and not pay taxes either.
I dont think it is control over CG's or MMC's as much as it is control over where I, the patient, am able to spend my money to get my medicine.
plain and simple: when caregivers are gone, prices will go WAY UP. Especially in areas under-served by dispensaries.
every plant that isn't grow in Colorado comes over the boarder from somewhere else. idiots.
If you guys need ANYTHING I'm willing to help. We really need to sit down and develop some common goals. The biggest issue I see in a lot of these groups is competing agendas.
Once caregivers know what they want, it'll be easy to fight for them. I'm up for the task.
Personally, I think the matter of money pollutes everything. There are a number of trade groups already organized by commercial growers. What is lacking, outside of our elected officials, is a group that advocates not for people who sell MMJ, but for the patients. The interests of caregivers and patients are not any more identical than the interests of caregivers and dispensaries.Quote:
Originally Posted by copobo
A colorado only forum is already up and running. They don't like me posting it on here for obvious reasons. I can create password protected sections if need be.Quote:
Originally Posted by asscore
Mile Hi MMJ Patient Magazine publishes patient stories and mmc stories as well. We will post your story FOR FREE, even if you are an mmc. You will have to google it. Once you are there, then you can goto the forum.
I guess I don't get what these competing agendas are? People want to keep their rights under A20. If something isn't done pretty soon your only option will be to walk into a dispensary and pay for cannabis.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
I can't afford to buy bags all the time! I just did the math, I smoke almost 2g of herb a day. Times that by 365 days a year and I am looking at $9k a year for medicine!
Not everybody can grow where they are living. This is especially true for apartment dwellers. That's why caregivers provide such an important function.
In terms of goals, I think a big one would be a severe legal challenge to HB1284! I can go into Walgreens at 4am and get Oxycontin, why do dispensaries have to close at 7pm? Why can I only provide medicine for 5 patients? What if I wanted to care for 16 patients and only grow 2 plants for each? Looking at the dispensary requirements - Do I, as a patient want the state recording each and every time I buy my medicine being put into some database with a picture of me and my herb and a scan of my reciept?
The govt isnt allowed to keep a database of people who own guns, do we want the governnent to have a database of cannabis purchases? What if they decide you are buying "too much" medicine? Let me guess, they let the cops know and they start watching what you are doing.
The entire time I was watching all of this I was thinking "where it the patient advocacy like they have out in California?".
The CHDPEs job should be to issue cards, THATS ALL.
I could keep going on and on, but I guess it's time to turn this rant off.