OK, whatâ??s the deal with the non-profit growers and the market not being able to handle a tax and all? I know there are folks involved with the growers here and maybe they could offer some insight.

Right now there are thousands of people growing marijuana. I know one person in California that grows 90 plants at a time. That is ten, 650W. HPS lights in a 20 X 20 layout, a veg room with clones and moms, connected to a small work space. It is actually a guest house with one bedroom and a modest kitchen/living room, with an attached double car garage.

This person grows, harvests, markets, and sells the product with the help of his wife, his daughters, and one neighbor. Of course they are growing as a collective for several consumers so marketing and sales are fairly simple. They make very good money doing this and the bud sells for market value.

â?¦Just about exactly the size of operation the State allows our medical growersâ?¦

Are the regulations preventing the producers to be profitable growing marijuana at $10-$15 a gram, 95 plants at a time? It would seem difficult, given the business structure that a producer would have to abide by (the board and the other requirements). It seems that they have not set the limitations at a place that is reasonable to turn a profit...Or actually in our case the salaries of the board?

It seems that there is already a successful business model out there for small cannabis growers. It also seems that the powers that be have decided to re-invent the wheel. If 100 plants per grow is what they feel they can control, they need to model the business around that. It is just basic agribusiness. I donâ??t think we need a board of directors, a doctor, and a super secure area to grow a hundred plants do we? If we want to tax it then the board of directors is going to have to get out the freakinâ?? way and let it be profitable no?

Are the current producers basing their business model on being able to expand beyond what is legal now?

A person that had the market could profit very nicely from a 100 plant grow operation in central Albuquerque, even spending a good amount of their investment concealing an illegal operation. Three guys, ten thousand dollar investment in a rental in the NE heights. You could just start taxing these successful businesses that already exist and get a pile of tax money. They could take every cop off the DARE program and put them protecting the grow operations. Nobody goes to jail, pot is dirt cheap, and the politicians have enough hard earned cash to all take baths in and give jobs to their cousins.
bedrockbob Reviewed by bedrockbob on . Growers Does anyone have any info on weather anymore growers are gonna be approved? I haven't heard nothing so I am just wondering. Because we definatelly need some more. Rating: 5