Can u help a brother out?

[MMAMark]

Hi guys. I'm new to the dailybuds forums and was curious if anyone out there can lead me in the right direction to get an honest deal in getting my MMJ card. There are SO many ads out there tellin ya... go here! Go there! I have no clue where to go! Some ads say the exam costs $150. And some even say as little as 60-70. I'm on a very fixed income due to my disability and want to make sure I'm not wasting any money by going to the "Brown Palace" of MMJ clinics! Any help, Brothers and sisters?!

MMAMark Reviewed by MMAMark on 07-24-2010. Can u help a brother out? Hi guys. I'm new to the dailybuds forums and was curious if anyone out there can lead me in the right direction to get an honest deal in getting my MMJ card. There are SO many ads out there tellin ya... go here! Go there! I have no clue where to go! Some ads say the exam costs $150. And some even say as little as 60-70. I'm on a very fixed income due to my disability and want to make sure I'm not wasting any money by going to the "Brown Palace" of MMJ clinics! Any help, Brothers and sisters?! Rating: 5

[TheReleafCenter]

The best deals used to be if you assigned a center as your primary caregiver, but I don't know if anyone is still doing that. Most of the places you see advertised are actually legit, so it's about pricing it out. Make sure to ask if they will be taking your caregiver/primary center rights.

[MMAMark]

Thank you! I just have so limited funds, I wanna make sure I don't get hosed! Thanks:thumbsup:!

[cologrower420]

Thank you! I just have so limited funds, I wanna make sure I don't get hosed! Thanks:thumbsup:!

Make sure you know what you are signing, especially at discount places.

Basically, semi-ethical places are paying your fees and having you sign a contract to have them and only them be your caregiver for a year. That's crappy to do, so it's generally frowned upon.

I'm not sure, but weren't places like cannamed selling blocks of 'patients' to dispensaries so the dispensaries could increase patient count/inventory?

[TheReleafCenter]

They were, but SB109 changes how dispensaries and doctors can operate. No remuneration, etc.

[cologrower420]

They were, but SB109 changes how dispensaries and doctors can operate. No remuneration, etc.

Please tell me if I am wrong, because I'm not sure, and you most definitely have experience with this.

Pre 1284, if I was a large scale caregiver, I could simply pay a company for a block of patients.

As a patient, you can find places that will pay the state fees and such on your behalf, but you have to sign a contract with them, that you are designating them as your sole caregiver for a one year period.

These places will then sell your rights to someone like me, for $350 per patient. So I could buy a hundred patients whom I've never met, and immediately start growing for a hundred patients day one.

I have a problem with places such as this selling patient 'rights'. It screams of maximizing profits while screwing the state. Again, I don't think many large scale caregivers paid the state any tax on that revenue generated.

After 1284, these large scale caregivers are now illegal (like meth labs!). I think that's why there is so much anti-MMC vitriol here, because most of the audience here are the types of people likely to be affected by plant limits. I would assume you all are pissed that MMC's don't have a patient cap.

Or something. I could be totally wrong on everything I've posted, but this is how I understand things.

[TheReleafCenter]

It was always a dicey thing to do pre-1284, and those patients they purchased are basically worth nothing now if they don't do the change of primary center form.

Here's an article Westword did on us regarding NOT selling our patients and helping people out with bad caregivers:
Medical marijuana prescription: The Releaf Center offers a cure for patients with caregiver complaints - Denver News - The Latest Word

[cologrower420]

It was always a dicey thing to do pre-1284, and those patients they purchased are basically worth nothing now if they don't do the change of primary center form.

Here's an article Westword did on us regarding NOT selling our patients and helping people out with bad caregivers:
Medical marijuana prescription: The Releaf Center offers a cure for patients with caregiver complaints - Denver News - The Latest Word

I designated you as my primary on my first visit, and I didn't get my clone! Are you still doing that?

Also, I think the cannamed thing sucks because their business model thrives on low income patients, who need good access. Oh well.

[SprngsCaregiver]

Please tell me if I am wrong, because I'm not sure, and you most definitely have experience with this.

Pre 1284, if I was a large scale caregiver, I could simply pay a company for a block of patients.

As a patient, you can find places that will pay the state fees and such on your behalf, but you have to sign a contract with them, that you are designating them as your sole caregiver for a one year period.

These places will then sell your rights to someone like me, for $350 per patient. So I could buy a hundred patients whom I've never met, and immediately start growing for a hundred patients day one.

I have a problem with places such as this selling patient 'rights'. It screams of maximizing profits while screwing the state. Again, I don't think many large scale caregivers paid the state any tax on that revenue generated.

After 1284, these large scale caregivers are now illegal (like meth labs!). I think that's why there is so much anti-MMC vitriol here, because most of the audience here are the types of people likely to be affected by plant limits. I would assume you all are pissed that MMC's don't have a patient cap.

Or something. I could be totally wrong on everything I've posted, but this is how I understand things.

LOL gotta keep it up with the meth comment because you know it gets under people's skin being compared to tweakers? Real mature.

You keep caliming that caregivers with non compliant grows are no better than meth labs. Using your logic lets take a closer look at this under federal law. MMC's are now required to grow 70% of their medicine. You will attract federal attention at over 98 plants. So to stay compliant under federal law a MMC could only serve 16 or 17 patients. Otherwise MMC's are no better than a meth lab operators. Do you think any MMC's are only serving 16 17 people?

It's not the MMC's that people on here have a problem with. It's the government walking all over the constitution.

Oh and it was mainly big dispensaries buying patients (probably the same ones now lobbying for 1284) not private caregivers. Caregivers with good gear dont need to buy patients they come looking for you.

[copobo]

comparing growing herb to a meth lab, on any level, is complete bullshit.

be careful that the statements you make don't demean cannabis with false innuendo, perpetuating false stereotypes... especially if favoring your license and profit.