Quote Originally Posted by mendelsdream
Do people realize how much of a fuck you Prop 215 is to the forces that run this country, or should I say the forces that are running it into the ground. Cannabis is bottom up economics it is not top down... It goes against forms of economic control because like many street drugs,� Aka, Drugs able to be made by us, Vs Big Companies�, they hold a real market value. They in them selves are almost currency. One will find that it is very easy to trade these things for real world objects such as cars, a T.V. or what ever they have a solid value which is very interesting. Rumor has it that in Iran Contra large amounts of Coke was part of the trade.

I digress.

The people CA stood up and faced the guns of the DEA, and all the forces the U.S. Government could muster and said screw this hypocritical position on a weed that makes some people feel better, and could be a major growth business for you everyday Joe. Now it seams the forces of profit are taking that over. And that everyday Joe is going to kill his or her chances by being to greedy. For it to work I think people should keep to the spirit of the law. I am not sure how many co-ops are in ten blocks of me but two of the five I have been to I feel are keeping with that spirit. The other three feel like a bunch of stoners trying to turn a buck. I have nothing against stoners, one may say I am one at heart but I try to use some thoughtfulness when approaching sensitive issues. I would love to see hash bars and things such as that, but I feel that the approach that CA has taken is from a medical stand point and by doing so it is forcing the U.S. Government to have to answer many larger questions of its governance. Questions about the war on drugs, questions about prisons, questions about big pharma lobbies which brings all lobbies into question at this stage in the game shouldnâ??t the co-opâ??s go hand in hand with some form of activism... Just my thoughts.


What California did was epic to say the least ... with proper leadership and organization now, maybe forum one mother coalition that places key politicians in key positions .. once banned together and united as a whole, that mother coalition could be Californias Med Providers saving grace .. It takes voters and MONEY to get the right elected officials in the right chairs. Big marches and large groupings at the park are great for networking and shit like that... but we have to take the fight to the inside, and that's going to take a huge organization of folks working on the same page together with the same interest in mind.

I'm not so sure Dispensary owners have to have a degree in Business Ethics, or even take some kind of Human Compassion test , all that is acquired is that they do provide the services required on the business license, if you don't like the personal (or lack there of) treatment of one such store.. guess what... don't do business with them, and if enough feel the same way.. they won't be around for long, pretty simple .. if you don't like the asking donation price.. same applies. All that will get worked out among ourselves over time .. right now, lets all keep fighting the good fight, and show the great state of California that we did the right thing by passing prop 215 and SB 420, and we are willing to fight SMART and keep our right(s) by electing only those that have our best interests at hand.