One Brown Mouse

[SprngsCaregiver]

We're cross posting at each other, lol. The thread is so off topic, but we should continue this.

Would you be willing to accept increased regulation as the size of your business increased? Zoning is only part of the pie: health and safety inspection, occupational licensure, taxation, building code compliance would all have to apply.

Of course, and I can guarantee most would as long as we're not waiving our right to confidentiality. I don't think that most caregivers want to fly under the radar of the state and local law inforcment. It's that most are afraid of the DEA.

Of course, you realize also that at some point, as your business grows, we have to pull the trigger on local government regulation and oversight as well. Currently you don't need the town or county's permission to be a caregiver.

What do you mean?

I'm sympathetic to the argument that the business cannot be grown organically. There seems to be quite a disconnect between a caregiver operating at maximum capacity and a center. That sucks. Maybe you're right and we need some kind of ladder for your business to climb.

However, here's another perspective I use most of the time: The point of the law, all our medical marijuana laws, is to protect the integrity of the patient: to allow her to access medicine free of legal consequence, to maintain her confidentiality, to insure her safety. That's why centers face regulation: to make sure they aren't scumbags rigging the scales, misusing her personal information, or selling her moldy medicine. She could also grow for herself, or find a trusted person (you) to grow for her. If you want to operate not merely as that trusted associate, but as a business, then you should accept the same regulations centers do and offer the same guarantees.

Who in the state is qualified enough to know if a dispensary is selling moldy, bug infested goods? Or how about those dispensaries that get these things and use harsh chemicals to get rid of them. How would your average inspector know what to look for?
I've worked in construction for 20 years and believe me some of the state/city inspectors dont give a crap. So the whole bad medicine thing works both ways.