Quote Originally Posted by Zedleppelin
During the 1284 fiasco I spoke to Romer for over an hour and presented a plan to him about issuing ID cards with barcodes to caregivers and any dispensary transaction would require the card be swiped and the transaction would be recorded, that way they could keep track of all meds coming in and the caregiver would pay taxes. I explained the state would make a lot more taxing 10,000 growers than a few hundred dispensaries, not to mention keeping more people employed and more money being pumped into the economy. He flat out told me he wasnt interested in any plan that included caregivers surviving and his intent is to put them out of business.

I don't know why you constantly defend the actions of these tyrants but I can only surmise that you are out of touch with the reality of the situation or you have an agenda.
I'm not defending them, and I feel that's important to point out. 1284/109 limit my access to medicine, and I don't like that. I will likely be in a better position to grow in 6 months to a year, and I don't like the idea of keeping track of plant counts, wondering when my cuttings are considered plants etc. Please don't say that I am defending 'these tyrants'. I'm not out of touch either, please explain yourself if you're going to criticize me. Thanks.
Quote Originally Posted by SprngsCaregiver
So you dont think they could have made more money & took care of public concerns if they required a caregiver over x ammount of patients to be licensed through the state and move into a commercial zone?

[edit] Or the example from ZedLeppelin above would probably work even better
It seems like you are saying that this industry needed reform, but the reform we got wasn't the right kind. I would agree to that I guess. That doesn't change that it's still on the books moving forward.

You (the proverbial one) seem to criticize dispensaries/MMC's and those who were willing to pay to play and actually get recognized as a legit business under the eyes of Colorado law, regardless of what's going on at the federal level.

Grandma and Mom and Dad and the general voting public saw the barkowitz arrest, they saw the undercover stories on how easy it is to obtain a card etc, and they called their legislators. It's my opinion that this legislation was created to reform the industry, and put the state in a better position to collect the revenue it was 'missing out' on. I'm sure there are lots of reasons for the language that this legislation carries, but I'm just sharing my opinion, and people are happy to point out if my logic is flawed.

I will absolutely agree with you that this legislation sucks, but it's just weird to me that you seem to be blaming large scale bankrolled MMC's for this legislation, and I fail to see the connection between those large MMC's (or whoever you seem to hate) and the 5 patient cap, for instance. I have yet to see any MMC's taking the position that they are 'in favor' of it. If you use the logic that since they don't have a cap then they are responsible for those who are affected by the cap, then I counter that they paid for that right, what did caregivers do? I don't feel that growing for profit, and not paying taxes, is a fundamental 'right', and a patient. I don't mind that there are rules and regulations in place. I vote, and I regularly contact my elected officials (and the unelected ones) if I have an issue on something. I can't do much more than that. Complaining on an internet forum is useless, instead we should be discussing how we can remain compliant moving forward. Calling this new legislation 'bad' doesn't change it, let's work on dealing with it until it changes.

Or something.