Quote Originally Posted by Vancefish
It is already state law that stops out of state growers from importing to Colorado. So, everything you get IS local already without added regulation.p
I prefer to support local growers and businesses, rather than send my money to the Front Range. It's true that the FR produces most of the MMJ in the state, but given the choice, I'd like to keep it local. I always ask where my medicine is grown, and the responses I've gotten run the gamut from straightforward to evasive. I also suspect there's a good bit of importation from California, even though it's against the law. Possibly, stricter scrutiny is needed to prevent importation.

Most local growers already take great issue with NOT using the things you mentioned. Most nutes people buy locally for hydro are not organic. They are all the specific minerals in exact proportion to what our plant likes. However BEING minerals, makes them inorganic. NONE of us ever wants to use chemicals for insect control. But sometimes we have no choice. but most try to stick to organic methods like Neem or Rosemary oils.
Keep in mind, we're not really talking about your average hobby grower here, who takes immense pride in clean, healthy plants. This bill only addresses commercial dispensary growers who sell retail for profit. Pesticides increase yield and profit. I think it's fine for dispensaries to use them, but it's not fine to use them and then lie to a customer about it. Total honesty regarding every product sold should be the law.

Take a step back and consider the position for a moment: Why should dispensaries not have to follow the fair trade practices that are STANDARD PROCEDURE for every other kind of business in the state, and in the country? Why should it be illegal for a doctor to tell a patient he can cure inoperable cancer, but perfectly legal for a dispensary to tell the same dying patient anything they want? Why should we allow felons to place themselves in positions of trust over the sickest members of our community? Why should dispensaries be excused from following health and safety rules? Why should dispensaries operate without oversight from a licensing authority when every other business in the state must comply? The question we should be asking ourselves isn't what level of regulation would be ideal, but what level of regulation is the bare minimum that will allow dispensaries to operate safely, in the same manner as other businesses around the state.
HighPopalorum Reviewed by HighPopalorum on . hb10-1284 set to be voted on tomorrow Tomorrow from 1:30 to 7pm the Colorado House will come together at the state capitol building in Denver to vote on HB10-1284. The bill creates the medical marijuana licensing authority in the department of revenue. Much of the language of the bill treats dispensaries as liquor stores or cabarets, a stance that patients and caregivers donā??t relish. The bill is forty-five pages long. Here are some of the highlights or lowlights depending on where you stand: ā?¢ A primary caregiver may Rating: 5