Quote Originally Posted by canadianhemperor
If mj was legalized could anybody grow it or you would just have the right to grow for personal usage?
It could end up being any number of models at the federal level.

In 2012 Colorado will have a 'Regulate marijuana like alcohol' bill on the ballot that will use the current regulations for the medical marijuana industry and extend them to include all adults over 21 years of age.

Dispensaries would become similar to liquor stores (ID required) and the state would have oversight to ensure safe products are being sold to adults of age.

Personally, pharmacists do not have in depth knowledge into the effects of different strains, some of which are much more effective in treating pain, others better for nausea, etc.

Even though good growers have been treated like criminals, cannabis really does require expertise to produce at the medicinal level. Budtenders in our shop answer a lot of important questions that patients have, and that is something you wouldn't find in a pharmacy.