Dispensaries may be growing for themselves, or they may be assigning their grow rights (via contract) to actual growers, and then buying that product. It's in a dispensary's best interest to get as many people to nominate them as caregiver, then turn around and either grow or assign for grow. Many of these places have hundreds, if not thousands of patients who designate them, so yes, they can have lots of product on hand.

As far as cops just coming in and busting you, even if you're following the law, well, I haven't been hearing these stories. As a matter of fact, the Boulder County Sheriff isn't even actively looking into dispensaries because of their potential liability if they do a bust, then confiscate the product. Police under A-20 have a duty to preserve product until such time that the suspect has either been charged, or not. They don't want to end up spending their police budget on pot gone bad, or anything else they fuck up.

I'm sure there are some hard-ass cops out there who are itching to shut people down, and there's probably some horror stories out there, but that doesn't seem to be happening in CO now. I'd love to hear if it has. But I think you're right - those attorneys are probably trying to drum up some more biz by putting the fear of Jah in you. Much better to have the Light of Jah!

Any amounts over the 2-3-3 limit may be considered an affirmative defense if you have a doctor supporting it. So if a patient can't smoke, and needs to ingest for example, she'd be more likely to get away with exceeding the limits. But if you're some UC student with a prescription for severe pain, forget about it.

All in all I agree, a grower can easily exceed even a couple oz's per month for one patient, so why not be allowed to supply the dispensaries who need the product? It's being done a lot, and there are legal ways to help protect yourself as a grower. Hopefully, before too long, there will be some clarification to the law that allows growers some peace of mind.