Quote Originally Posted by cologrower420
I think we are on the same page.

I was saying that prior to 1284, your biggest competition would be a large scale home grow. I'm thinking of the guy in highlands ranch, or something on an even larger scale. There were no patient limits before so theoretically as long as you had the patients and paperwork, you could grow unlimited amounts of medicine right? Correct me if I am wrong. If that large scale home grow had better, higher quality than you, you'd likely be obligated to carry that medicine, probably at a premium cost. For example, wellspring's house strain is ingrid, and it's okay, but it's no pre98 bubba.

With 1284, that large scale home grow now has to either marry up with a dispensary and grow there, or pay to have the optional premesis license. Right? So it effectively crippled and ruined that large scale home grow. In my eyes, this legislation rewards you as a dispensary for becoming legit and paying your taxes. I would venture that large scale home grow isn't paying taxes anywhere along the line, and neither are the people he's providing medicine to. This legislation makes sure that the state gets tax revenue on as much of these transactions as possible.

I guess it's not really a move designed to protect MMC's and I can believe that they weren't responsible for it's being included. I have a feeling that the department of revenue wanted to make sure they got as big a piece of the pie as possible.

So, here we are. These large scale home grows, who are now operating outside the law, are the only ones who are really upset with 1284, or those growing for friends, etc. The rest of us will simply deal with it. I think. Maybe.

1284 was not about taxes, It was designed to kill off caregivers and give the big dispensaries a monopoly. Before 1284 was passed I had a few email exchanges with Romer proposing an idea how small growers could supply dispensaries and all transactions would be recorded for tax purposes. His response was it was 'the wrong people making the money' and that dispensaries have a more professional image and the ones that don't would be shutdown.

They could make a hell of a lot more revenue with 10,000 legitimate independent growers than a couple of hundred dispensaries but it was all about the wrong people making money.
Zedleppelin Reviewed by Zedleppelin on . we need patients + caregivers advocacy there needs to be a political action group with just the patients and small caregivers interests in mind. it doesn't seem like anyone is doing that. it's the businesses that are represented... cuz that's where the $$ is. Rating: 5