Quote Originally Posted by colagal
Regarding grows, you may be representative of many dispensaries probably for the same reasons. It is a good point about the registration of growers who are also caregivers: a comparison between the caregiver list and the licensed grower list can be made. For example, the caregiver/growers not on the licensed grower list are either small (if they define small), not growing anymore, or are still growing. I suppose the not small but still growing could be potentially singled out.

Do you suppose the growers who want to remain hidden are your better growers? What effect (the hidden growers you will no longer do business with) will that have on your supply side if this legislation passes?
The one potential issue is over who gets to do the raiding and how much information needs to be disclosed as a grow. If you have to put signage up designating your house as a grow and the licensing process is transparent to the public, the Feds have access to that info. If not, I doubt the state is going to pass that along unless they find themselves completely overwhelmed. Which they may. That's the worst part of this process... there is no hard and fast bill yet. We can only speculate.

I think, in terms of staying hidden, you'll have some going both ways. There are some amazing grows out there with serious financial backing that will be forced to go to dispensaries to protect their investments. Some will think they can duck the fees/contracts and try it the other way.

In terms of our supply side, it depends on what percentages they settle on. I think growers will have more incentive than ever to work with dispensaries and most would tell you they'd rather make one delivery than going to 20-30 dispensaries trying to unload it an ounce/QP at a time. We might lose some access to some great strains, but we'll also have more control over what we sell. Also, and I think this is an important point, there will be some 7 digit investments into grow operations once they're essentially sanctioned by the state. I know a few people who want to unload serious money but are scared to death because they don't have regulations yet. Wait 'til those grows get up and running, I have a feeling some state of the art nugs are going to be coming out soon.