Another Reason for legal to grow and possess, illegal to sell

[ChesusRice]

This is what happens when you get goverment involved. And it is only the tip of the iceberg.

The medical marijuana industry is on a growth track. Arizona’s first dispensary opened about two years ago in Glendale. It reaped a windfall as all patients within a 25-mile radius had their personal plant-growing rights revoked, which essentially forced them to go to the dispensary if they wanted to continue using the drug. As other shops have opened, the industry has experienced a boom, hiring everyone from growers to retail workers.

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/startups/2014/09/14/where-theres-smoke-medical-marijuana-brings.html?page=all

 

[ttystikk]

It amazes me how a country that's so over the top pro business can make it so hard for individuals to do so.

 

[bud nugbong]

The people in charge have to direct the money flow up to them. No way WE the people are going to make/save money without uncle sam getting his fair share. And if that means manipulation of the laws well....politicians need yachts too.

 

[Antidisestablishmentarian]

Why just Arizona?

Things are less restrictive in Colorado.

I still think its a horrible idea to make selling illegal. Prohibition will remain. Not everyone can grow and not everyone that grows will be nice enough to give it away for free.

And why would you want to put your friend out of a "job"?

 

[Harrekin]

Why just Arizona?

Things are less restrictive in Colorado.

I still think its a horrible idea to make selling illegal. Prohibition will remain. Not everyone can grow and not everyone that grows will be nice enough to give it away for free.

And why would you want to put your friend out of a "job"?

DukeAnthony wants go ensure he can keep growing for himself.

 

[ChesusRice]

DukeAnthony wants go ensure he can keep growing for himself.

Wouldn't full legalization be great if you couldn't grow your own? And had to buy only from government approved sources?

It will only get worse

 

[ChesusRice]

Why just Arizona?

Things are less restrictive in Colorado.

I still think its a horrible idea to make selling illegal. Prohibition will remain. Not everyone can grow and not everyone that grows will be nice enough to give it away for free.

And why would you want to put your friend out of a "job"?

Who can't grow?
How many limbs do you need to be missing?

 

[Harrekin]

Who can't grow?
How many limbs do you need to be missing?

Dude, youre not going to win.

You can legally grow tobacco, fruit, veg, etc but I still see people buying them in the store.

Some people don't want to grow, and your version of "legalisation" would be just more status quo for those people.

 

[ChesusRice]

Dude, youre not going to win.

You can legally grow tobacco, fruit, veg, etc but I still see people buying them in the store.

Some people don't want to grow, and your version of "legalisation" would be just more status quo for those people.

Who can legally grow within a 25 mile radius of a dispensary in Arizona?

 

[sheskunk]

Hasn't it already been illegal to grow? Yet people still do it. What's going to change to cause people not to grow?

 

[Rob Roy]

Wouldn't full legalization be great if you couldn't grow your own? And had to buy only from government approved sources?

It will only get worse

Your "solution" to solve government interference and cronyism is more government interference via restrictive regulation.

Which of course makes no sense.

Weed is a plant. People should decide if they will use it, grow it or not and if they will trade it with others that want to engage.

The interested parties will set the terms, government should butt the fuck out.

 

[Antidisestablishmentarian]

Again, look to colorado. I know you won't because it doesn't make your point.

If that was law in CO, nobody would be able to grow in Denver.

Illegal to sell just continues the status quo.

No arguement you can make will change my mind on this particular subject.

You are ok with people going to jail for selling weed which is exactly what will happen if weed remains illegal to sell. I'm not.

 

[Antidisestablishmentarian]

Who can't grow?
How many limbs do you need to be missing?

I can't grow. Many people I know can't grow for one reason or another. In my case, it's due to having 2 kids 10 and under.

People without green thumbs don't really grow either though some do try.

Lazy people, rich people(opportunity costs), assholes, dickheads, nice people, philanthropists, people of all walks of life just don't grow for whatever reason and would prefer, like so many in Colorado, to go buy it in a store and be able to, if they like, grow some of their own.

 

[Rob Roy]

"The man of system…is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it… He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board. He does not consider that in the great chess-board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it." ~ Adam Smith

 

[ChesusRice]

I can't grow. Many people I know can't grow for one reason or another. In my case, it's due to having 2 kids 10 and under.

People without green thumbs don't really grow either though some do try.

Lazy people, rich people(opportunity costs), assholes, dickheads, nice people, philanthropists, people of all walks of life just don't grow for whatever reason and would prefer, like so many in Colorado, to go buy it in a store and be able to, if they like, grow some of their own.

Cant do that in Arizona
You say you cant grow becuase you have children under 10?
Who made that rule?

 

[Rob Roy]

Cant do that in Arizona
You say you cant grow becuase you have children under 10?
Who made that rule?

You continually demonstrate the folly of including ANY government interference.

Legalization can take on two modes. With restrictions and without restrictions. The kind with restrictions is simply another version of and a continuation of prohibition.


Pro tip - Sex with a blowup doll is not real sex

 

[AlecTheGardener]

The way around this issue is to grow for someone who DOES live 25+ miles away from a dispensary.

They keep leaving loopholes in their laws.

Wish they would just get sensible.

 

[spandy]

LOL, until someone tries to sell it, and then who's gonna enforce that, the Girl Scouts of America?

How about we limit government involvement to simply keeping it out of the underage users hands, and allow everyone else to buy and sell and will? Why does me growing and selling to my neighbors, friends or community require government involvement? You want to grow it and give it away, by all means. But a person shouldn't expect others labor for free just because it suits them for whatever reason.

This whole fiasco started with government involvement when prior to, it was a non-issue. I don't see how the same people who continue to fuck it up are gonna be of any use other than trying to get into everyone's pockets.

 

[NoDrama]

"The man of system…is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it… He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board. He does not consider that in the great chess-board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it." ~ Adam Smith

 

[ChesusRice]

LOL, until someone tries to sell it, and then who's gonna enforce that, the Girl Scouts of America?

How about we limit government involvement to simply keeping it out of the underage users hands, and allow everyone else to buy and sell and will? Why does me growing and selling to my neighbors, friends or community require government involvement? You want to grow it and give it away, by all means. But a person shouldn't expect others labor for free just because it suits them for whatever reason.

This whole fiasco started with government involvement when prior to, it was a non-issue. I don't see how the same people who continue to fuck it up are gonna be of any use other than trying to get into everyone's pockets.

Lol
And you don't think weed won't have more regulations than tobacco and alcohol combined?
Add in big weed trying to protect their markets with licensing and laws designed to keep you from growing your own