Quote Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
Couple things. First, you're not held hostage by an MMC, you can visit whoever you want. You may not get the caregiver benefits from the new place, but it is what it is. It's going to encourage people to be more judicious in who they select as their center/caregiver, which is a good thing.

Maybe it would have been better if 1284 had allowed for centers to pay a fee based on plant counts versus patient numbers, that way centers know what they can grow period, every day they would know, then when they decide they can afford to get bigger, buy the higher count license and move up, then the patients would be free to shop wherever the best deals are, kinda like every other business out in the world. I just do not get the whole picture on this patient count deal, aren't your patient numbers constantly changing?

Second, I don't think that this system is designed to go "Wow, John Doe bought an eighth on Monday and then ANOTHER on Friday!" They don't have time to do that. I think they're looking for people who are buying their maximum two ounces from multiple shops, changing their primary caregiver/center all the time, etc. There has to be some safeguard against those kinds of abuses.

Whatever the sytem is " designed " to do, that information they are planning on collecting is a violation of my privacy. What the system is " designed " for today, may totally change tomorrow.

Lastly, who do you think is going to release this information? There are steep penalties, not to mention the law suit you'd be able to file. I keep hearing people talk about this list as if it's going to be published in this Sunday's Denver Post. It's all still held confidentially. I'd jump for joy if the state leaked anything related to status as a patient, same for my lawyer.
There have been stiff penalties since the beginning of time, but they are not always a deterrent. A quick remimder of confidential data bases - wikileaks