Quote Originally Posted by bestmedicine
Patients having a right to affordable medication is stupid??? cmon seriously??? if we overcharge patients then we are no better than the big pharmaceutical company that charges $30 for a pill that costs 3 cents to produce..... and no i do not know anybodies particular expenses but i do know those expenses can be kept to a bare minimum to keep prices low.. all i am saying is that prices are high and ppl wanna trip out over it cuz its their profit....sign of the unfortunate times to come...wont be long before the really sick people who cant work wont be able to get their meds.... its going to be big pharma real soon

Those '3 cent' pills don't appear out of thin air. A lot of money has been spent on research, approval, lawsuit expenses, marketing... Same deal with pot. Some providers spend money on comfortable and safe place for patients, some give away a lot of medicine, some do both, some do neither. Some get the cheapest available pot, others go for locally grown indoor lower yield varieties. I'd like to think that people can determine what constitutes good value.

I am sorry if I came off overly harsh, but you appear to not have thought out all of the factors involved. And yes, "right to affordable medication" is stupid. What's affordable? Ditch weed? Humboldt guerilla farmed weed, hydroponic weed? BC bud? Mexican? Nobody has a 'right' to others' labor at a discount. Some choose to provide charity, but access to charity isn't a right, it is a privilege. Some choose to profit, but as long as they don't force people to buy from them, that choice is between them and their god. Now, I have absolutely no idea whether NEC420 even made a net profit or if they were still offsetting initial investment, but clearly their expenses were greater than people advertising for meetings on craigslist. You seem like a reasonably nice guy with good intentions. Think about everything involved before you make accusations and insinuate things... it'll be better for everyone in the long run.
Weezing Reviewed by Weezing on . North End Club 420 Raided Good thing they were all lawyered up. C/P Agents Raid Purported Medical Marijuana 'Club 420' Posted: 10:47 am PDT May 11, 2010 Updated: 11:28 am PDT May 11, 2010 PORT ORCHARD, Wash. -- Narcotics agents raided three locations in Pierce and Thurston counties early Tuesday as part of an investigation into a club purporting to distribute medical marijuana, officials with the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team said. Detectives said people in a group called North End Club 420 were Rating: 5