Colorado News- Dispensaries Can Stay, but....

[canaguy27]

The massey romer bill has been released. They are asking for dispensaries to become nonprofits and to grow their own meds.

Lawmakers: Dispensaries stay, but as non-profits

canaguy27 Reviewed by canaguy27 on 02-03-2010. Colorado News- Dispensaries Can Stay, but.... The massey romer bill has been released. They are asking for dispensaries to become nonprofits and to grow their own meds. Lawmakers: Dispensaries stay, but as non-profits Rating: 5

[copobo]

wow. the price of weed is about to go WAY up!

there are also going to be a bunch of patients with extra caregiver spots as this will close a bunch of shops. I'm ready to invest in a grow shop! This will force a patient to patient black market and thousands into growing. For those that do go to the trouble to grow, they are going to enjoy $600/z prices.

simple economics. Romer is not a friend of the patient or the state, as the money is about to go back underground along with 90% of the potential tax money. The underground will thrive, because it will be SO hard to enforce any MJ laws after there are 10,000 new growers in the state within a couple months of this legislation.

BTW - a non-profit can salary the owner a million dollars if they wish. It'll just be a new scam.

[palerider7777]

wow. the price of weed is about to go WAY up!

there are also going to be a bunch of patients with extra caregiver spots as this will close a bunch of shops. I'm ready to invest in a grow shop! This will force a patient to patient black market and thousands into growing. For those that do go to the trouble to grow, they are going to enjoy $600/z prices.

simple economics. Romer is not a friend of the patient or the state, as the money is about to go back underground along with 90% of the potential tax money. The underground will thrive, because it will be SO hard to enforce any MJ laws after there are 10,000 new growers in the state within a couple months of this legislation.

BTW - a non-profit can salary the owner a million dollars if they wish. It'll just be a new scam.

yup just as i have been saying all along.prices are going to do anything but drop.

if this passes it will cause alot of problems.what people don't seem to understand is the state/gov are not out to help you.see you pissed them off when this vote passed for med legal.they are trying there best to back track.

if this passes and the 5 patient limit ever passes it will make it that much harder for patients.see now growers are looking for patients.if these things pass the patient will be looking for a grower.patients out way growers by far.so if they put a limit on these things it will leave alot of patients out in the cold.say bye bye to all those freebies that growers are now offering to get patients.

[neversummer]

You guys are silly. More and more patients are starting to grow. Prices will drop , because there will be far more legal growers. Once i get my grow going, i dont think ill ever pay $50 an eighth. I know at least 10 other people that are starting to grow, or are already growing, and i know they will never charge me $600.

[stuartambient]

What I don't understand is the absolute, to me at least, bizarreness of turning dispensaries into non profits. At first glance, non-profits are exempt from taxes. I'm not an expert so that is a blanket statement. I also imagine the bookeeping would be a bigger challenge along with whatever other rules non-profits imply. Perhaps that is trojan horse.

The shops I've visited in the last few months were all speaking about their own grows to come. Probably doesn't speak of all. Someone who is reselling versus one who is growing / selling has the advantage.

Also it seems that the doctor - patient rules while listed didn't seem like a big jump from current operations.

Mostly I don't like any of it at all, including the consistent droning of demonetization, stigmatization, making it all into some big "fuss"
And people believe the crap. LOL

SA

[cronicmonster]

yup just as i have been saying all along.prices are going to do anything but drop.

.say bye bye to all those freebies that growers are now offering to get patients.

I currently " give " an ounce a month of top shelf med's to my patients....No one ever complains.......Prices will go up!!!

[copobo]

and, non-profit is a federal designation... you need to register with the federal government for 501-c3 status. And guess what - they can turn your application down. I wonder how this will play out, and if it's part of Romer's evil plan...

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[stuartambient]

and, non-profit is a federal designation... you need to register with the federal government for 501-c3 status. And guess what - they can turn your application down. I wonder how this will play out, and if it's part of Romer's evil plan...

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excellent point.

and the news is reporting nearly half consensus on balanced bill. Even if it's a ridiculous consensus that makes for a democratic vote towards passed.:wtf:

[drsomething]

This is from the pdf of the bill from a westword link yesterday.

12-43.3-305. Medical marijuana center requirements. (1) A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CENTER SHALL BE A COLORADO NONPROFIT CORPORATION, BUT NEED NOT BE DESIGNATED AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

[cannamanibus]

Yall are wrong and yall live in the state. Give it time people and the prices will drop. It is simple the more growers the more competitive it will be. It's like puttin 1 person in the room who grows and 20 smokers, the grower and name the price. Now have 10 growers and 10 smokers in the same room, and their is alot of competition b/c someone in that room as a grower will sell it cheaper b/c he/she wants their mj sold. Why would it go up and be more than it was on the black market??? lol, think about it. You could pay as much as you wanted, it's just stupid.