How would I go about opening a "Co-Op"?

[loganz77]

I have looked into opening a co-op just recently. There is a moratorium on opening one that was just extended until next May. What you have to do is buy somebody elses license which starts at $50,000 (so much for capitalism)

The DEA has no interest whatsoever in busting the co-op owners, in fact they usually do nothing but trash the place and intimidate. I know a few that have been busted and they don't even take their product or cash most of the time. They are looking for untaxed cash and guns for the most part. I don't know any dispensary owners that have been prosecuted so far. The Venice dispensary operates across from the Venice Police Dept on the boardwalk. It's brilliant...
Jerry Brown is trying to pass legislation that all dispensaries operate as a non profit organization which means you would need a 501C I believe it's called to operate a co-op. Good luck man...imp:

[flyingimam]

texasgrass hey is it legal in texas ?? i thought it was'nt

this probably is the best thing about mmj in texas, YET!
Texas Patient Wins Landmark Acquittal in Medical Marijuana Case : NewsLI.com - Long Island News, News Long Island
such a shame, we are far far behind on mmj and i think tx will mot likely be the last of states to approve such measures!

EDIT: police got more to say than legislature around here
Texas

[Punabud]

I want to open up a deliveyr service. Not your typical just like everybody else delivery, but a super delivery co-op. I know most store fronts get nailed, but I read that the DEA is slowing down the raids and also if you are doing deliveyr only that the dea ignores you.

Also, lets say I get a year or two out of it, SCREW IT! It'll be worth it and it'll be fun!

another words you're in it only for the money? Because if that is your intention, then you're not helping the medical marijuana community at all! You just become one more burden instead of a plus, and one more nail in the coffin for decriminalization of cannabis!

[permastone]

I want to open a medical dispencerary also. Where do you live at? I have product and knowledge to grow and supply a shop. Let me know where you want to start.

[8182KSKUSH]

I want to open a medical dispencerary also. Where do you live at? I have product and knowledge to grow and supply a shop. Let me know where you want to start.

I don't think this is the place to be looking for the "hookup" to start this kind of business venture. who exactly are you addressing your post to? if you hadn't noticed the other posts within this realm are now gone.

[Ziggy Stardust]

what you dudes have to remember is how far the st of calif has come in relation to MJ and take what were given and run w it.

everyone who runs a store front knows and readies themselves to fight a legal war someday because we all know that WHO the FEDS want - are those who have made the real bread and those who are shooting off their mouths in the media (not to mention those assholes who are so fuckin greedy they cant stay within the paramaters of the current law). because of that i believe that those who have made the real bread and abided by the law deserve the big profits their getting from their sales.

lots of you dudes are talking about how to go about setting up co ops and stores BUT i dont see anyone doing any legal research to see WHAT the govt wants.....like they arnt saying you cant make any money they are just wanting you to do it in a certain way and basically from what i see and in my opinion they want to see the money SPRED around as far as possible - ive been reading a lot of your posts in this thread and the others and i dont see an reference to the AG (atty general) guidlines published last Aug/Sept....

watcha homies..... http://www.americansforsafeaccess.or...Guidelines.pdf

remember KNOWLEDGE is POWER

what u see below is being cultivated by a collective who "donates for adequate compensation" their surplus to a local co-op to cover thier expenses pursuant to calif law. the members of the collective are all card carrying MM patients

[iamapatient]

Dude? Why is it wrong to get rich? It's supply & demand. People in the IE demand a good co-op and I may be to supply them. What's wrong with making a profit off what I'm selling?

Sorry, I don't love weed that much to devote my time & money and risk prison without getting paid.

I'm compassionate and I care about people but I'm not going to risk my life to help others without a benefit for me. Heck, a Fireman who puts his life on the line would't be doing it without the pension. A Doctor who cares about people wouldn't be so caring without the money.

Didn't know I'd be ruining it for everyone if I tried to open a Co-Op and make a few bucks off of it.

You're not allowed to grow "for profit" in California. People do it but it's not legal under MMJ laws. If you don't care about the law then don't call it a co-op nor try to hide behind MMJ laws.

Good luck...

[naturesmeds]

Where's the truth & love in the responses?! :hippy:
(or, is this simply about money?)

If you're serious, my username is the same at yahoo.
(optimists should watch the domain for future developments)

ALL cannabis smoking is medicinal. (even when experimental)
Prove that you deserve it, help us to preserve it, or being free will just be, once & nothing more. :rastasmoke: