Quote Originally Posted by colagal
Do you think that your (all dispensaries for that matter) vendors or growers will voluntarily want to expose themselves through having to obtain dispensary contracts and growers licenses so as to be "legitimate" and distinguish themselves from cartels? I think many growers, even the ones who have enough patients to justify their grow will, like Senorx says, stay hidden if they are smart. So, if many growers do decide to remain anonymous but still want to do business with you, will you be reluctant to do business with them?
No, I definitely think there will be people who would rather stay in the shadows. But, let's take what the DEA says on face value; they're only going after grows that aren't in clear and unambiguous compliance with the state constitution. The state passes 1284 as a nod to the Feds, basically saying "We'll make it harder to grow here, you can prosecute everyone who doesn't want to comply." The Feds get to justify keeping their bloated budget because the bill drives more growers underground. The state gets to tout that they're protecting legal Colorado grows from the Feds. Win-win.

Growers who think they can "stay hidden" are probably kidding themselves. If 1284 passes, they know who is registered and who isn't. A lot of electric bills haven't picked up the attention they usually would because it's a pain for any agency to go after a grow in the status quo. On a state and federal level, agents have come out and said they have active investigations going on all over the place. Even the attempted busts of grows that are in compliance help them get more information on what to look for on the next raid.

And if the bill passes, we will only work with registered grows. We're built this business by 10 gallon buckets of blood, sweat and tears at a time. We've been in compliance with things that haven't even passed. It's for our, and our patients, sake that we operate legally. Even if what is legal happens to suck terribly.

@Rockwell: The biggest issue that keeps coming up on a societal level seems to be teenagers gaming the system and redistributing their meds. Parents have huge issues with a perceived ease of access that their kids have to marijuana. The recent study about marijuana leading to increased psychosis amongst teens don't help. They think that regulation will intimidate kids, hence fewer issues. I wouldn't want to go in front of some state panel if I was 18 to justify my card when the kid two desks over in homeroom has the bomb already. Think about it like a fake ID, though; everyone doesn't need one, just the one going into the liquor store.

And what we should all be talking about? When Geoff said that they will be putting up a ballot initiative to challenge the dispensary model altogether. Bad news.

@ColoradoCareMMJ: And Full Spectrum is still up and running. Just got some G13 and Grapefruit (over 8% CBD's!!!) tested the other day.
TheReleafCenter Reviewed by TheReleafCenter on . If Growers were licensed...what then? Thinking about the changes to the present legislation, there is proposed language, towit: "... the new version would also allow for separate licenses for marijuana- growing facilities tied to dispensaries â?? which could sell a portion of what they grow to other dispensaries â?? and for marijuana product-makers." Read more: Few on either side happy with proposed medical-marijuana licensing rules - The Denver Post What do you suppose the license requirements might entail? Zoning? Rating: 5