Quote Originally Posted by Justabloke
While I'm thinking about it; the below is an email I sent to [email protected] late yesterday. Feel free to email Paul with your concerns of fire as well.

Hi Paul,

Thank you for taking time to talk to me. Here are the figures I worry about. Keep in mind that they want to take Marijuana growing out of the hands of people who know what they are doing and put it into the hands of high morons who don't! While Iā??m not a grower; I do know the basics of growing should you need information on the process. I, also, have an opinion of why they are trying to pass HB 1284 should you like that as well.

No one really heard how many people are on the Marijuana Registry right now so I have to give you three sets and one worse than the other. These are bare minimum figures. You could easly tack on 2%-3% margin of error.

If there are 24,000 people on the registry right now that would figure down to:

144,000 Plants
4,800 Caregivers/Individual Grows

If there are 100,000 people on the registry:

That adds up to:
600,000 plants
20,000 Caregivers/Individual Grows

124,000 People on the registry:

744,000 Plants
24,000 Caregivers/Individual Grows

These Numbers don't include the 58,000 person backlog at the CDPHE who are still waiting to be legal. Those numbers are on top of the above numbers and break down to:

348,000 Plants
11,600 Caregivers/Individual Grows.

Now, sir, I'm not a Firefighter. The only thing I know about Firefighting is what a roommate of 6 months taught me (call 911). It seems to me that when you take a skilled trade like growing Marijuana out of the hands of the people who know how to do it and put it in the hands of people who don't, you're going to see a spike in the amount of grow fires.

Speaking of growing, the above numbers will only grow as the registry grows.

Please join me in being very worried. Yes, we must have regulation but not at the expense of the people.

Thankfully,




- just
so what you are saying then is you are not in favor of caregivers? only dispensaries? i have to just say i have been on canna boards all over for awhile now and these are all people that grow for the most part.it's very rare that i hear about a fire.more rare than space heater fires in winter.ofcorse if someone does'nt know what they are doing then they should stay away from it.but to say caregivers are a bad thing is like saying space heaters are bad should we ban them as well?

see when you have someone that hates what you are doing in the first place and you make a bill to where it points out who everone is as a patient.that gives them a rader to work with.umm sir you need to let us in to ck all electric.umm well this is all correct and safe but we have to write you a ticket because 1 we don't like you 2 you did pay out your ass to have these lights wired.oh and since we are here umm we don't like the way you raise your kids being that we don't like you because you grow we think it is not good to have kids if you grow.even tho everything is locked up tight as a drum and all and you are doing everything safe.

oh your a hunter too>? umm we don't believe you should be able to own a gun and grow too.it's against the law to have guns with a controlled substance.oh you homeschool your kids? umm your gow is to close to a school zone then + your evil if you don't want your kids brainwashed by whats taught in schools these days.

see how the door is opened over a bogus "anyone that grows in a small space is at great risk of fire"what bs. we better get to banning all the gas stoves out there too while were at it.

so leo should be able to just run through your house anytime they plz just because you grow in your house? what about all the veggie growers that have been running inhouse grows should they be stopped to? you would think with the numbers you are trying to push.that there would already be alot more fires reported in the country? do you really think all the growers out here just started? most of us have been doing this for awhile now.now im sure there are a few that just started most of which use a small setup 250w to 600w.

if i knew i was gunna have to give up all my rights i would have just stayed underground..and guess what no fires....wow


btw the with the 70/30 thing guess what say bye bye to all those strains you can choose from.you really think all these dispensaries grow most of what they have 30,40,50 diffrent strains lmao?they depend on the small guy just as much as the small guy depends on them.