The end of selling to dispensaries?

[mmjman]

What do you mean licensed dispensary? There is no state program to register a dispensary and ammendment 20 does not mention them at all.

[Vancefish]

What do you mean licensed dispensary? There is no state program to register a dispensary and ammendment 20 does not mention them at all.

THAT is what this post is talking about. The last month or so the city of Denver and the state of Colorado have been looking for ways to "regulate" MMJ. They (of course) are claiming this needs regulation to "protect" the patients, as well as taxing this new industry.

Issue is (as is so often the case). Our local government is currently considering what the original post says(kinda). Basiclly you'll have to get a new licence to run a dispensary after March ?? 2010. This "law" is not passed yet, and is too young a bill to be sure any of the current details will stay the same once/if it even passes.

The amendment says nothing what so ever about dispensaries. They started popping up as soon as Obama said on national TV that the Feds would not persue when state law said it was legal. Now our local government is proposing many new "laws" "regulating" it. This includes a proposed license for dispensaries.

[colagal]

So I'm wondering how these dispensaries are supposed to get their meds? It would appear that the only legal place for them to get herb would be from their own grow operations OR from other licensed dispensaries.

That sucks because I was hoping to sell my excess to dispensaries after a harvest!

The provision you're talking about basically just sets March 1 as the deadline for getting a license, and has nothing at all to say about where dispensaries get their product. It also would only apply in the City and County of Denver. If you want to worry, check out Romer's bill. But you are right, at this point it's all yet to be decided. I'm trying (and failing to some extent) not to worry.

What does this mean - taken from Romer's Bill? A medical marijuana grower license. A licensed medical marijuana grower must transact all sales using an electronic payment method and must file a monthly report of all sales with both local law enforcement and department of revenue. The location of each grow operation shall be provided to local law enforcement and shall be in a secure facility approved by the local license sponsor. Rules to provide for monthly audits and inspection for all three licenses shall be made by department of revenue.

What is this local license sponsor approval stuff? Does a dispensary sponsor a grower? Does a grower still have to be a caregiver? Can anyone grow if they meet they the provisions of that definition only? And...how much can a grower grow?

I am not successfully imaging how the grow/supply aspect of all this will clearly be addressed, i.e., if it will be more restrictive or more confusing or more risky or wtf.

[senorx12562]

What does this mean - taken from Romer's Bill? A medical marijuana grower license. A licensed medical marijuana grower must transact all sales using an electronic payment method and must file a monthly report of all sales with both local law enforcement and department of revenue. The location of each grow operation shall be provided to local law enforcement and shall be in a secure facility approved by the local license sponsor. Rules to provide for monthly audits and inspection for all three licenses shall be made by department of revenue.

What is this local license sponsor approval stuff? Does a dispensary sponsor a grower? Does a grower still have to be a caregiver? Can anyone grow if they meet they the provisions of that definition only? And...how much can a grower grow?

I am not successfully imaging how the grow/supply aspect of all this will clearly be addressed, i.e., if it will be more restrictive or more confusing or more risky or wtf.

They are trying to force growers to create a paper trail so they can't avoid taxes, and presumably try to track where all there product is going, thus the reporting requirements and the electronic payment thing. The local license sponsor is the city in which the grow is located. They are trying to create a two-tiered licensing scheme, and you would have to be licensed by the city before you could even apply for a state license. I don't know about the caregiver requirement vis-a-vis growers under this proposal. I also saw 500 plants mentioned in the proposal as a limit.

[lampost]

They are trying to force growers to create a paper trail so they can't avoid taxes, and presumably try to track where all there product is going, thus the reporting requirements and the electronic payment thing. The local license sponsor is the city in which the grow is located. They are trying to create a two-tiered licensing scheme, and you would have to be licensed by the city before you could even apply for a state license. I don't know about the caregiver requirement vis-a-vis growers under this proposal. I also saw 500 plants mentioned in the proposal as a limit.

^so this is from Romer's bill? That fuckin sucks! That'll never get off the ground.

[FarmerSteve]

The only guy I am really sickened by is Romer. We need to get a call list or some group together and bombard his office with calls and emails telling him how we are going to fight him all the way.

Are there any Political Action Groups or Patient Groups in Colorado?

[ColoradoCareMMJ]

The only guy I am really sickened by is Romer. We need to get a call list or some group together and bombard his office with calls and emails telling him how we are going to fight him all the way.

Are there any Political Action Groups or Patient Groups in Colorado?

...we could start one. I know there are a few groups, but they are oriented towards recreational use and sensible drug policy, not so much detailed on medical cannabis or the laws regarding them.

[colagal]

They are trying to force growers to create a paper trail so they can't avoid taxes, and presumably try to track where all there product is going, thus the reporting requirements and the electronic payment thing. The local license sponsor is the city in which the grow is located. They are trying to create a two-tiered licensing scheme, and you would have to be licensed by the city before you could even apply for a state license. I don't know about the caregiver requirement vis-a-vis growers under this proposal. I also saw 500 plants mentioned in the proposal as a limit.

Interesting. The term grower in this proposed Bill seems to imply some one who is not a caregiver per se, otherwise patients who grow or their caregivers would also be required to obtain a grow license, which I don't think is the intent, is it? Everyone who grows needs a license?

Well, I think the mm community will be well represented in these meetings, and anxiously await what will be hashed out, as they say in the papers.

[senorx12562]

Interesting. The term grower in this proposed Bill seems to imply some one who is not a caregiver per se, otherwise patients who grow or their caregivers would also be required to obtain a grow license, which I don't think is the intent, is it? Everyone who grows needs a license?

Well, I think the mm community will be well represented in these meetings, and anxiously await what will be hashed out, as they say in the papers.

There is no way they could require a license to grow for yourself. Its a very good thing that Colorado's MMJ law is enshrined in the state constitution instead of just a statute.

[sbniceguy]

Where did you hear this? Are you saying that inorder to run a dispensary you will have to have a storefront location and only the owner can sell their stuff through there and not get product from other growers? This is stupid. Dispensaries need a variety and get it from different legity growers.