Alameda County coop vs Dispensary

[TechnoPagan]

I'm in Alameda County, California, in an unincorporated area. I've downloaded and read the county's requirements for a cannabis cooperative, but what they're talking about is really more of a not-for-profit dispensary.

This isn't what I'm looking for. It's a major undertaking requiring large upfront investment that you're hoping to recover. I don't want to start a business.

I'm on unemployment and trying to save money till I can find work. I'm starting to grow my own medication. I enjoy it, it's fun, but the equipment costs are burdensome, especially with some of the things I want to add (more lights, CO2 enrichment, etc). I was hoping to find 3 or 4 other people with papers so we can pool resources, share the expenses and work (or maybe compensating one of the members for doing the work, making it available for those who can't or don't want to) and split the medication.

Does Alameda county recognize some sort of informal coop? I know what I'm doing now, alone, is legal (I'm well within the limits), but it would be nice to combine efforts with a couple other people to reduce expenses.

Thanks

TechnoPagan :bonghit:

TechnoPagan Reviewed by TechnoPagan on 10-06-2009. Alameda County coop vs Dispensary I'm in Alameda County, California, in an unincorporated area. I've downloaded and read the county's requirements for a cannabis cooperative, but what they're talking about is really more of a not-for-profit dispensary. This isn't what I'm looking for. It's a major undertaking requiring large upfront investment that you're hoping to recover. I don't want to start a business. I'm on unemployment and trying to save money till I can find work. I'm starting to grow my own medication. I enjoy Rating: 5

[the image reaper]

visit your local District Attorney, and as him, for his guidelines ... some counties, like mine, put their requirements in writing ... :smokin:

[TechnoPagan]

visit your local District Attorney, and as him, for his guidelines ... some counties, like mine, put their requirements in writing ... :smokin:

RTFM? Usually good advice. The only thing I've been able to find is:

http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calen..._Marijuana.pdf

But this really isn't what I'm looking for. They call it cooperatives, but it's really more a dispensary. This includes requirements for application fees, business licensees, approval hearings with the Board of Supervisors, background checks on employees, hours of operation, having restrooms available to patients, and a lot of other things that make no sense in this context.

I'll probably contact the Sheriff's office next, but I know that they often hostile to mmj patents and don't always give accurate information.

I'm hoping to find others, a small group of patents, who have set up something like what I'm looking to start. I just want to get together with 3 or 4 other patients to share resources and expenses. I have no intention of selling (with the possible exception of selling any excess we have to a legally operated dispensary). I don't want to start a business and don't have the $million+ it could cost to start something like that.

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