What are the requirements to sell to a dispensary in California
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cuddlesthesheep
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You don't "sell" to a dispensary.
Jeremy Pivens
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Yes you do sell to dispensaries, that's why you have to have what's called a "sellers permit", get one of those... That's the requirement
Jeremy Pivens
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From what I understand, you have to be a real medical patient, not just a doctors note but registered with the state, and you have to have a nonprofit business license, for the new prop 64 they are doing "marijuana seller's permits".
Odin*
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No.
In CA, a grower can “donate” their “overage” (that which is beyond your personal needs, beyond those of your patient network as a “caregiver”, beyond that of your “collective” as designated grower, etc) to a legal medical dispensary and expect to recieve appropriate compensation for time, power/water consumption, and other related expenses.
Now that the “Legal” is covered, you either have to have beyond exceptional product, or nice smelling “mids” that you let go for “bargain basement prices”. All dispensaries grow for themselves and have an established network of “suppliers”. In order to get your foot in the door you have to “knock their socks off” with some super buds, or undercut the next guy with “mids” on the super cheap. Generalized.
Come 2018 this changes. Licenses available/required will be for Medical Dispensaries, Retail Distribution, Transporting, and Cultivation (various).
Jeremy Pivens
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I am just quoting what I have read about the new prop 64 laws, It seems you have a better understanding than myself though. Up here in Washington it is WAY more strict than Cali, hopefully they don't move that way with the new laws passing there, alot of people would be out of a job.
a mongo frog
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If you have something you think is worth being vended then go get it tested. Tons of labs here willing to test. Pay for the potency test and the safety screening and mold and fungus screening.
If you know for a fact your meds have the bag appeal and your lab results are worth bragging about, then start making rounds. First check dispensary menus making sure they don't have what you have, then either just go in or make some calls some have days that vendors come in on. Super easy process. It can turn into a grind though.
Odin*
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It’s going to be heavily regulated. CA wants to eliminate the “under the table” black market, every taxable sale counts.
Dr. Who
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MI is doing the same.
Going lic. grows to sell to disp. NO caregiver overage anything!
Next step will be the reduction of plant counts for caregivers and patient growers.
I suspect that in the future (considering the strangle hold the religious FAR right has on state politic's). They may down the road, simply phase out any caregiver/patient growing.
I laugh at the narrow minded that say they "can't"....."We passed a law." Yeah, so what?
As long as the state has a way for patients to get meds. The law is honored and they can change the rest of the content of the law as they see fit!
Yodaweed
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Welcome to Colorado style laws, everything is tracked from seed/clone to final sale, black market area is gone. Grow for yourself , home grows aren't suppose to be a business anyway.
Dr. Who
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And there it is!
cuddlesthesheep
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Grow for yourself, your family, and your closest friends.
BigmanBud
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You still have prop 215 it doesn't just go away or does it?
a mongo frog
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Im sure most people are going to keep their 215's current. California still has no idea how they are going t handle this. What less then 2 months away? Where are all the legal pot shops? Reports from Northern California is the fires ruined everything. License "applicants" are now asking for more time to get the payments out. Its in the news every day.
I probably didn't answer your question, but as of now no one can. Its as grey of an area as it has ever been.
Odin*
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No, but Yes. What I’ve heard is that CA is going to make it extremely difficult to qualify for “Medical”. Why? “Medical” is exempt from a tax (or two). Lower tax, less money for the State, cheaper for the consumer. Right now, damn near anyone (of age w/ID) can get a rec. My back is kinda fucked (not proper fucked, but close, good as long as I stay strong/in the gym). When 215 first came about, I grabbed all of my X-rays, MRI’s, Drs/Orthopedic surgeons diagnosis’/prognosis’, proof of “minor surgery”, and headed to a rec Dr “far from home”. Shitty building, unmarked offices, trying to find my may, when Inpassed a door and heard “Man, I smoke so much fucking weed...”.
Only State approved “legitimate” patients will be awarded “Medical recs” as needed. Meaning, it will be close to prescription, monitored, and limited. They do not want anyone circumventing the new taxes.
This is where “smokers” failed themselves. It was essentially legal before, now the State can tax as they see fit, incarcerate as necessary.. It was not the “non-smokers” voting “Yes”.
xtsho
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To get as accurate information regarding California's marijuana laws as possible you would be wise to start at these websites.
Bureau of Cannabis Control
http://bcc.ca.gov/
California NORML
http://www.canorml.org/
Bureau of Cannabis Control
http://bcc.ca.gov/
California NORML
http://www.canorml.org/
Daveindiego
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What if....
You took an entry level position with a dispensary with an understanding of bringing in ‘occasional’ ‘overages’?
You took an entry level position with a dispensary with an understanding of bringing in ‘occasional’ ‘overages’?
xtsho
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No dispensary in any legal state is going to risk their licensing by allowing an entry level employee to provide product that they sell. Anyone that has gone through the licensing process and other requirements to provide marijuana to dispensaries is not going to be working an entry level job at a dispensary to begin with. Dispensaries already have access to all they need. There are over 150 licensed dispensary's within a ten mile radius of where I live. They have so much that they're almost giving it away. At any given time there are numerous promotions and discounts going on. In fact it's cheaper to just buy it when you take into account the cost in time and money to grow it. Which in my case is minimal because I use the KISS method. For some like me it's a hobby more than anything else.
It's tough to get started in any business and the cannabis industry has many more obstacles, potential pitfalls, and an unknown future. There is nothing stopping the feds from overnight deciding to enforce federal law "cannabis is a schedule 1 drug" and conduct raids across the country in legal states. Seizing assets and shutting businesses down. They show up with tow trucks ready to seize your vehicle. You might prevail in court and recover your assets but that could take years. In the meantime you're livelihood is put on hold. Nothing I'm putting my money into. I wish anyone the best if they decide to try and make a living off of cannabis. But for me I just don't see the reward/risk ratio I need to. Once you're all registered legally to do legitimate business your name is on a list that the feds have access to. That's a list I don't want to be on.
To the OP's original question. I posted the links to the California Bureau of Cannabis Control and California NORML. It's a much more complicated and expensive process than many people think. Click here to get it straight from the horse's mouth: http://bcc.ca.gov/
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