I am by no means any sort of legal counsel, but I feel it prudent to share what I have observed happening here.

You are not allowed to buy or sell mj, but you are allowed to provide it for free and request a donation for your efforts and overhead. Hence all the crazy verbage, people selling rocks that come with free weed, and countless other "loopholes".

As far as between cardholders, all is fair game, provided you don't exceed the 2 oz limit. My advice is stay away from anything or anyone claiming an extended plant count. There is no formal recognition of "extended" counts by the state. They will however allow a physician to testify on your behalf to state your case on why you needed more.

The irony of the medical card is that Colorado isn't prosecuting any adult over 21 in possession of an ounce or less, and any resident of the state is allowed to grow 6 plants. The same threshold that was created for medical use.

So, is it legal? Depending on how you go about it, yes.

Is it being vastly abused? Without a doubt.

Have heard many stories of setups on CL. Not necessarily with LEO either. I'm talking about unscrupulous individuals taking others hard work by force.

Be careful out there, hope this at least helped a little.

Iry