Quote Originally Posted by MeLoco
I have to be honest, I thought they were legal, it just doesn't make any sense for them to be illegal. the only other real option is to grow it and that takes 3-4 months minimum. How is that humane? you tell people they can have relief from their affliction but only if they still have the capacity to grow a garden and only if they can wait that long? WTF? Seriously what the fuck?

When was the last time they made a medical patient mix up a batch of their own hydrocodene? huh when was the last time they made a patient cook up a batch of their own oxycontin? How is that fair? How is that NOT discrimination?
i agree. i would never have the cajone's myself to open up a dispensary if i knew it could be busted but i have a lot of respect for people like Dennis Peron who i think was the first person to open up a dispensary for medical cannabis patients, BEFORE prop 215. i'm no expert but i think even after 215 was passed, this did not technically "legalize" dispensaries in California, although they were obviously tolerated by the local leo.

i support the not for profit coop idea but, at the same time, i know that in the real world running a cannabis dispensary is a HUGE risk and therefore the people who do it deserve a risk premium for their services. But, at the same time you hate to see someone make millions of profits and then flaunt their wealth. that seems to take away from the whole spirit of prop 215.

I like New Mexico's idea of having state run distibutors, that would, one would assume, solve the risk of getting busted and allow them to function legally not for profit. . . . and then let the grower yield whatever profit the market demands for his or her crop.