As a participant in the industry I have to say that the benefit I have seen the retail model provide far outweighs any concessions we have made. People who would otherwise not have access have it because they can google a shop and go purchase meds.

You can't google a caregiver and all caregivers on here will not register because they don't want to be found or listed.

It is also my opinion that a successfully regulated retail model will be major factor in the future legalization of marijuana.

While I appreciate the feeling that we shouldn't have to ask the government's permission for what we consume and the medicine that we choose to use, it's just the way it is. They have the power.

If you are waiting for them to just give that up, you'll be waiting in your grave.

Cynicism often feels right, but rarely makes political or social progress.

We have to be active in forcing the conversation on our culture and in our society so that perhaps one day, people who grow in their house don't have to feel like they are doing something wrong or that they are criminals, and those who choose to use marijuana are doing just that, making a choice, not committing a crime.