Quote Originally Posted by boaz
My guess is that if these laws are actually implemented and legal 'over the counter' cannabis is available, that the medical coops would just evolve into OTC medical outlets, not requiring a doctors rec and the whole doctor rec/med card system would become obsolete and no longer used. but I'm just guessing, I have no clue really.
It seems likely, and it would interesting to get dispensary owner's viewpoint. I don't think dispensaries are happy with this amendment because, like you may have implied, many so called patients are probably recreational users. I asked one of my patients if they would bypass the mmj/caregiver route and just buy from the retail store. The answer was that they didn't think so for a couple of reasons: 1) quality and 2) cost, i.e., the quality not will not be as good and the costs higher. We'll see.

As far as places where people can partake together, I don't know. Maybe private type of clubs will pop up where partaking is possible,,,? Nonetheless, expect the money people to start rolling into the state again.