Quote Originally Posted by redline
My understanding is that it would probably be easier not to be a caregiver.
Can't 4 mmj patients simply share in the expenses and product of a single grow? If so, I think it would be important to keep good records.
Isn't that the co-op model that prop.420 really intended? instead of the for-profit dispensaries?

I am not sure about this, just my interpretation. I would like to hear some other opinions on this since this is something I would like to do in the near future and would like to stay legal.
sure those 4 mmj patients can share IF they were all living at the same address. 6 mature plants per patient, so say at his address its only him and his mom...thats 12 total mature plants. He can't be growing 24 plants unless he's legally the caregiver for 2 other people. As far as I know, signing up caregivers is done through the doctor that provided the recommendation.

Hell, if you could just become a caregiver for anybody without any type of approval process, why even set a limit on the plants? Anyone could just grow 60 plants and say they're the "caregiver" for 9 other people or have their mmj legal friends jump in and say you were growing it for them. That would be an incredible hole in the law....meaning law makers don't make mistakes that obvious...especially when you're dealing with controlled substances. Kinda like hey you're not 21 and you can't buy beer, but you go pay someone over 21 to buy it for you as your "caregiver". OK, alcohol doesn't have such a thing as "caregiver" but then again, mmj doesn't have such a thing as legal self-approved caregivers either Being a patient does not give you any legal power to grant someone else the right to use, possess or grow.

When you go to the co-ops, they make you sign a caregiver form. Lots of places give out free gifts to new patients to draw you in, not only to sell you stuff, but because basically your signed form ups their limit of how many plants they can grow.