Vending?

[kingminus]

it's a lemming I think... or a baby mole...

[senorx12562]

doh.

[senorx12562]

We can start off with accountability of product that is destined for sick people. A good number of dispensaries would buy from random vendors that brought product to the back door. It was paid for with cash, got marked up, and then went out the front door.

What if there was a problem with the product from contamination... how could you identify the source it if everything was paid in cash and nothing was tracked ?

Your challenge was too easy...

Why do you need the government forcing you to do what you should be doing anyway, both as an obligation to your patients and as good business to see that they come back. Fail.

[senorx12562]

What the heck IS that thing in your avatar pic? It's been driving me crazy for months!!!!! A baby bird? A mouse? An obscene body part? :what:

Its a mole, signifying my determination to remain underground as a protest against the whole concept of "medical" marijuana and the government interference it has brought down on our heads, not to mention a lot of holier than thou posturing

[Kartel]

I'm curious about your statement that the industry "needed" regulation. Based on what? The potential danger of the product? How about bicycle shops? Do they need regulation?
What about hair-braiding? Ice skating rinks? I challenge anyone to come up with justification for government interference with cannabis, medical or not, at any level.

I challenge you to come up with another agricultural commodity that is not heavily regulated.

Your examples are not relative to mmj... something closer would be tobacco, and maybe foodcrops that are sold fresh.

[SoCoMMJ]

Why do you need the government forcing you to do what you should be doing anyway, both as an obligation to your patients and as good business to see that they come back. Fail.

Because the industry was not doing it on it's own. I'm pretty sure that you could see that based on my example. Meds came in the back door, then went out the front door with no accountability.

Even if you get bad Tomatoes at the grocery store, they can track it back to exactly which farm it came from. Why should Medical Cannabis be any different ?

Should shops have tracked the source? Yes
Did they ? No

Welcome to government intervention.

[Ocotillo]

Wow, that is a bizarre looking little critter. I love the symbolism though.

Its a mole, signifying my determination to remain underground as a protest against the whole concept of "medical" marijuana and the government interference it has brought down on our heads, not to mention a lot of holier than thou posturing

Here is an even more scary pic of a mole:
Note, people who are easily frightened may NOT want to open the pic.
Holey Moley!

[senorx12562]

I challenge you to come up with another agricultural commodity that is not heavily regulated.

Your examples are not relative to mmj... something closer would be tobacco, and maybe foodcrops that are sold fresh.

The tomatoes and strawberries and cukes I grow in my backyard aren't regulated at all, so why should the cannabis I grow in my basement be regulated, or worse yet banned outright. I didn't ask for a list of other things that are needlessly regulated, I asked for a reason why this particular commodity cries out for regulation. I see no reason why tobacco should be regulated either

[senorx12562]

Because the industry was not doing it on it's own. I'm pretty sure that you could see that based on my example. Meds came in the back door, then went out the front door with no accountability.

Even if you get bad Tomatoes at the grocery store, they can track it back to exactly which farm it came from. Why should Medical Cannabis be any different ?

Should shops have tracked the source? Yes
Did they ? No

Welcome to government intervention.

The market regulates that kind of shit all by itself. If you sell contaminated "medicine," don't you think people will find out? Don't you think that would affect your business? That's the feedback loop that works, at least when the government stays out of things. Isn't the threat to your livelihood enough to make you want to keep track of your sources on your own? That is real accountability.

[colagal]

The tomatoes and strawberries and cukes I grow in my backyard aren't regulated at all, so why should the cannabis I grow in my basement be regulated, or worse yet banned outright. I didn't ask for a list of other things that are needlessly regulated, I asked for a reason why this particular commodity cries out for regulation. I see no reason why tobacco should be regulated either

Give me an example of how this industry could successfully regulate itself as a free market. Would there be absolutely no government interference? Certainly there will be those who will try to manipulate the market...