well, i knew it was comming a must read for dispensaries

if your not familiar with whats going on in redding ca right now,

a few days ago the city of redding enacted a 45 day moratorium on MMJ dispensaries and collectives. since then, they have called in the DEA, FBI, IRS and a couple of other agencies, and the dispensaries are being raided and the owners being charged with criminal charges, including running criminal enterprise and tax evasion. rumor is that cities such as anderson, chico, oroville,marysville/yuba city, sacramento, LA,san Fransisco,ect are next on their list. the feds and DEA have been walking in these dispensaries and buying mj right and left with their "recommendations". they are only targeting the dispensaries and collectives, NOT the actual patients at this time, but from the info floating around in redding, the feds and DEA are collecting the patient info of of the books of people who have purchased supplies and MMJ from them.

it all boils down to EXACTLY what i was talking about before. dispensaries and collectives are going to be the fall of legal MMJ in california. these "dispensaries" are selling large amounts of MJ at stupid high prices,way over "street" prices, which equates to millions a year in revenue in their pocket, when they are supposed to be completely "non-profit". in another thread i figured up what the average dispensary pulls in in sales, selling a pound or two a week at the THEIR prices, and that equated to close to A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR and most dispensaries are selling WAY WAY more than i figured. thing is, alot of these guys think that because MMJ, dispensaries and collectives are "legal" that they can just sell pot indiscriminately . well that isnt so. ill guarantee you that the feds,DEA and IRS will find LOTS of faults and reasons to arrest and charge the majority of dispensary owners now that the balls rolling. even though obamas people have been told to "lay off" legal MMJ PATIENTS, they didnt say a thing about the dispensaries. dont you think that with these guys making millions that the feds havent just been waiting and watching, letting these places get rolling and start raking in the big $$$$$, and ready to go in and seize their shit and shut them down/arrest them?...sure they have! hopefully they have accumulated their profits instead of screwing them off, cause id almost bet they will be spending them on legal defense in the near future!

nothing against legit dispensaries, but the majority of these places are just street level pot dealers whove decided to bring their business indoors under the guise of being "legal under the law"....BAWHAHAH!

now, please DONT take my word for ANY of this. check it out yourself. maybe start (if you live in shasta county) by driving around and looking at the hotels parking lots. theres one in particular thats LOADED with those black "fed cars" with government plates.

like i said, DONT take my word for it, check it out yourself!

And I thought they were screwing with dispensaries in Butte county, at least they didn't bring in the feds.

We need to push back. How many of us could they possibly arrest? Can you image what impact we could have if all of our collectives united?

yea, everyone could end up in jail!

the problem is that the damage is done. these fools have been visiting the dispensaries for quite some time, and the ones that are/were F'ing up are already on the shit list, so it wont make much of a difference i wouldnt think. fighting the feds,DEA and the damn IRS is virtually impossible bro. plus, whos got that kind of money?

problem you run into is that its the CITIES AND COUNTYS and not the state, so youd have to file lawsuits in each and every county against each city, and if it were me, id get everyone together and ask for class action status. if you got shot down on the city/county level, then you could appeal it to state court.

And this is why I sell lights, not medicine. I can keep patients able to supply their own medicine and not run afoul of the law. Plus, I advance growing technology so we get better medicine!

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Originally Posted by khyberkitsune

And this is why I sell lights, not medicine. I can keep patients able to supply their own medicine and not run afoul of the law. Plus, I advance growing technology so we get better medicine!

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here here!
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Yeah, I was just joking. Trying to get stoners to get together to do something is like trying to herd cats.

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Originally Posted by ShastaCoMan

yea, everyone could end up in jail!

the problem is that the damage is done. these fools have been visiting the dispensaries for quite some time, and the ones that are/were F'ing up are already on the shit list, so it wont make much of a difference i wouldnt think. fighting the feds,DEA and the damn IRS is virtually impossible bro. plus, whos got that kind of money?

problem you run into is that its the CITIES AND COUNTYS and not the state, so youd have to file lawsuits in each and every county against each city, and if it were me, id get everyone together and ask for class action status. if you got shot down on the city/county level, then you could appeal it to state court.

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Yeah, I was just joking. Trying to get stoners to get together to do something is like trying to herd cats.

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This is true.

Of course, if you can get them while they're already gathered in groups, you have better success chances.

shit, to gather stoners, all that one needs to do is to walk up to a likely stoner habitat, pull out a fatty and light it.

" if you light it, they will come"

These dispensaries, openly making all the money, is what prompted Arnold & other politicians to suggest that the state start growing pot.
Its also leading to legalization of non-medical use, & taxation.
Why blame them?
Why not look inside yourself, & ask how YOU allowed your constitutional rights to be taken?
How do YOU allow ANYONE the authority over what you consume, without creating a VICTIM?
Have you ever read the writings of Thomas Jefferson?
Lots of people smoking, but few are getting high.

Right on, Naturesmeds. It's a lot easier to place blame on someone else rather than take credit for what we've allowed to happen to our personal rights and liberties.

As if making an honest buck should somehow be a crime! If ANYONE is forcing anybody to buy cannabis from a dispensary, it's the prohibitionists and the stinking laws they manage to weasel through the system.

We need to stop feeding on ourselves and start eatin and sh!tin prohibs.

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Originally Posted by naturesmeds

These dispensaries, openly making all the money, is what prompted Arnold & other politicians to suggest that the state start growing pot.
Its also leading to legalization of non-medical use, & taxation.
Why blame them?
Why not look inside yourself, & ask how YOU allowed your constitutional rights to be taken?
How do YOU allow ANYONE the authority over what you consume, without creating a VICTIM?
Have you ever read the writings of Thomas Jefferson?
Lots of people smoking, but few are getting high.

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Originally Posted by ShastaCoMan

these "dispensaries" are selling large amounts of MJ at stupid high prices,way over "street" prices, which equates to millions a year in revenue in their pocket

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My experience has been quite different. I buy my stuff from a dispensary in Berkeley and I've found their prices to be fair. Prior to getting my stuff from the club I used to buy locally at about $50/8th for stuff that really was not that good... Though I never bought large quantities at those prices I regularly heard of people here paying 400-500 per ounce within the last 10 years and I doubt that stuff was really that amazing. My other option was to drive ~100 miles down to Santa Cruz and buy stuff for around $300/oz there which is what I usually did.

the club on the other-hand has bud for all sorts of prices. They have 8ths for $50-60 but without fail every 8th in that bracket is amazing bud. They also have plenty of stuff in the $30-$40 range that is damn good. They even carry a fairly good selection of stuff in the $15-$25 range. The stuff in that range isn't amazing but I've bought local stuff for $50 before that was about the same quality.

So in my experience they have expensive bud but you know exactly what you are getting and that it will be insane. Their average bud is about equal to street prices but IMO better quality. Then they have cheap bud which is cheaper than anything you could find on the street and is still "good enough". Seems to me like they put a good amount of effort into their prices rather than simply ripping people off as you imply.

WOW...Dude you blew this shit way out of proportion. No club has been "raided." Police Chief Hansen is simply checking the books to make sure that clubs are in compliance with the law. Educate yourself. He can't do shit...and he knows it!:thumbsup:

Article from Redding Searchlight (who would love to talk about raids)...they have constantly in the past.

shasta....did you really start this thread again???

wasnt just me....just passin the 5...we heard the other day that it was a rumor, and even know exactly who started it in redding........sorry for the confusion, but we were just as duped.