Maine Gov unleashes the LAW....well a draft...

so yeah that 4x4 tent in your spare bedroom or basement will be subject to these measures........
3.3.1 Mandatory Requirements for All Classes of Licensees. All marijuana establishments shall enact security measures to prevent the diversion of marijuana or marijuana products that are being cultivated, manufactured, tested, processed, stored, displayed, or transported. A. Lighting a. Any gate or perimeter entry point of a marijuana establishment must have lighting sufficient for observers to see, and cameras to record, any activity within 20 feet of the gate or entry. b. A motion detection lighting system may be employed to light required areas in low-light conditions. B. Doors and windows a. Commercial grade locks, appropriate for facilities requiring high levels of physical security, are required on all perimeter entry doors and on all doors separating limited access areas from areas open to visitors and customers. b. All external entrances to indoor facilities on the licensed premises must be able to be locked. c. All perimeter windows must be in good condition and lockable. C. Alarm system a. Monitored sensors are required on all perimeter entry points and perimeter windows. b. Alarm systems must be monitored by a licensed security company capable of contacting the licensee and, if necessary, law enforcement. c. The system must include an audible alarm, which must be capable of being disabled remotely by the security company. D. Video surveillance a. Placement and coverage of cameras shall be sufficient: i. Cameras must be permanently fixed inside each entry/exit point (perimeter and limited access area) to allow identification of persons entering the premises and limited access areas. ii. Cameras must be permanently fixed outside each entry/exit point (perimeter and limited access area) to allow identification of persons exiting the premises and limited access areas. iii. A sufficient number of cameras must be permanently fixed to allow the viewing, in its entirety, of any area where marijuana, marijuana plants, immature marijuana plants, seedlings, seeds, marijuana concentrate, or marijuana products are cultivated, processed, manufactured, stored, prepared for transfer or sale. iv. A sufficient number of cameras must be permanently fixed to allow the viewing, in its entirety, of any area where marijuana waste is stored before being made unusable, or where marijuana waste is made unusable. v. A camera must be permanently fixed at each point of sale to monitor the identity of the purchaser and ensure facial identity. vi. A sufficient number of cameras shall be permanently fixed to allow recording of all areas outside of the premises within 20 feet of the exterior fence and gates of a cultivation facility with outdoor growing. b. Video surveillance shall meet the following minimum requirements: i. Minimum camera resolution is 720 pixels. ii. System storage and cameras are internet protocol (IP) compatible. Page 35 This preliminary draft is a working document that is subject to further revisions. iii. All cameras must record continuously twenty-four hours per day and at a minimum of 15 frames per second. iv. All recorded images must clearly and accurately display the time and date. Time is to be measured in accordance with the U.S. National Institute Standards and Technology standards. v. The surveillance system storage device must be secured on the premises in a lockbox, cabinet, closet, third party server, or secured in another manner to protect from employee tampering or criminal theft. c. All surveillance recordings must be kept for a minimum of ninety days on the licensee's recording device. d. All videos are subject to inspection by any Department employee or law enforcement officer and must be copied and provided to the Department or law enforcement officer upon request. e. Licensees shall maintain a list of all persons with access to video surveillance recording and procedures for controlling access to recordings.

so your cost to provide your own piece of mind will be not cheap......
 

92x7000/5150

Well-Known Member
so yeah that 4x4 tent in your spare bedroom or basement will be subject to these measures........
3.3.1 Mandatory Requirements for All Classes of Licensees. All marijuana establishments shall enact security measures to prevent the diversion of marijuana or marijuana products that are being cultivated, manufactured, tested, processed, stored, displayed, or transported. A. Lighting a. Any gate or perimeter entry point of a marijuana establishment must have lighting sufficient for observers to see, and cameras to record, any activity within 20 feet of the gate or entry. b. A motion detection lighting system may be employed to light required areas in low-light conditions. B. Doors and windows a. Commercial grade locks, appropriate for facilities requiring high levels of physical security, are required on all perimeter entry doors and on all doors separating limited access areas from areas open to visitors and customers. b. All external entrances to indoor facilities on the licensed premises must be able to be locked. c. All perimeter windows must be in good condition and lockable. C. Alarm system a. Monitored sensors are required on all perimeter entry points and perimeter windows. b. Alarm systems must be monitored by a licensed security company capable of contacting the licensee and, if necessary, law enforcement. c. The system must include an audible alarm, which must be capable of being disabled remotely by the security company. D. Video surveillance a. Placement and coverage of cameras shall be sufficient: i. Cameras must be permanently fixed inside each entry/exit point (perimeter and limited access area) to allow identification of persons entering the premises and limited access areas. ii. Cameras must be permanently fixed outside each entry/exit point (perimeter and limited access area) to allow identification of persons exiting the premises and limited access areas. iii. A sufficient number of cameras must be permanently fixed to allow the viewing, in its entirety, of any area where marijuana, marijuana plants, immature marijuana plants, seedlings, seeds, marijuana concentrate, or marijuana products are cultivated, processed, manufactured, stored, prepared for transfer or sale. iv. A sufficient number of cameras must be permanently fixed to allow the viewing, in its entirety, of any area where marijuana waste is stored before being made unusable, or where marijuana waste is made unusable. v. A camera must be permanently fixed at each point of sale to monitor the identity of the purchaser and ensure facial identity. vi. A sufficient number of cameras shall be permanently fixed to allow recording of all areas outside of the premises within 20 feet of the exterior fence and gates of a cultivation facility with outdoor growing. b. Video surveillance shall meet the following minimum requirements: i. Minimum camera resolution is 720 pixels. ii. System storage and cameras are internet protocol (IP) compatible. Page 35 This preliminary draft is a working document that is subject to further revisions. iii. All cameras must record continuously twenty-four hours per day and at a minimum of 15 frames per second. iv. All recorded images must clearly and accurately display the time and date. Time is to be measured in accordance with the U.S. National Institute Standards and Technology standards. v. The surveillance system storage device must be secured on the premises in a lockbox, cabinet, closet, third party server, or secured in another manner to protect from employee tampering or criminal theft. c. All surveillance recordings must be kept for a minimum of ninety days on the licensee's recording device. d. All videos are subject to inspection by any Department employee or law enforcement officer and must be copied and provided to the Department or law enforcement officer upon request. e. Licensees shall maintain a list of all persons with access to video surveillance recording and procedures for controlling access to recordings.

so your cost to provide your own piece of mind will be not cheap......
When money is involved, it's never cheap.
Butler you can ask for a donation of a 100 bucks for a pencil and receive a free bag of weed
 

Rob Roy

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The "legal" cannabis industry will work to outlaw home cultivation either outright or thru massive fees
You are correct.
Sort of reminds me of something I read in a book long ago.

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” G.Orwell
 

hotrodharley

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Wait until you read the section about odor control because I’ll bet it’s in there. THAT ends up dominating the discussion in legal states. Because that is almost impossible to control totally. The smells we love are hated by many others. This was the key factor in one county in legal Washington that caused voters to vote to ban cannabis operations. One guy alone lost $9,000,000.
 

captainmorgan

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Most people think things are going well with legalization but most people are gullible idiots. I've said for years that these greedy bastards won't be able to help them selves and things are going to get worse for anyone that wants to grow. My state is a perfect example,at every stage of so called progress arrests have gone up not down. Every time I would tell people what was coming they looked at me like I was wearing a tinfoil hat,but it's all coming true. Full legalization at the fed level will be great for the idiots lining up at dispensaries to buy the states crappy poisonous weed but anyone that wants to grow will have to go deep underground again.
 

92x7000/5150

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What makes you think Big Tobacco is not already heavily involved? Typical capitalist scheme. Wait until the biggest of the big are ready to go and any legislation passed is friendly to them.
They are Altria bought a big stake in some Canadian pot stock. But that's meaningless right now.
It was either CHRON or canopy growth
 

hotrodharley

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Most people think things are going well with legalization but most people are gullible idiots. I've said for years that these greedy bastards won't be able to help them selves and things are going to get worse for anyone that wants to grow. My state is a perfect example,at every stage of so called progress arrests have gone up not down. Every time I would tell people what was coming they looked at me like I was wearing a tinfoil hat,but it's all coming true. Full legalization at the fed level will be great for the idiots lining up at dispensaries to buy the states crappy poisonous weed but anyone that wants to grow will have to go deep underground again.
In Washington cops are going after “unauthorized” growers. Legalization there didn’t allow home grows. In Alaska we used to keep it under 25 plants. 25 or more was a felony. Further the Supreme Court of the state interpreted our constitution as allowing a person to commit a misdemeanor in their own home. Strange but true. Legalization? Now by law you can have 6 with 3 in flower. A household can have double that but no more even if 10 adults are living there. Anything more and you are committing a felony. Legal weed here sucks for the most part. Drier than a popcorn fart. No odor or taste. Only 3 years in now and still expensive.
 

hotrodharley

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Money people are money people and growers are growers. Invariably these are not the same people. It’s capitalism in a microcosm. But the state takes the tax money. In cash only. Paid in person. No bank accounts allowed yet. There’s businesses delivering pot to stores, taking samples to labs for analysis and delivering cash in every direction. Bonded, licensed and insured.
 

Budley Doright

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The federal legalization of weed here has been a gift to the black market growers with legal prices in the $10 a gram range for so called top shelf, not even close. It’s fucking ridiculous to think it’s going to stop the people that were growing to stop growing when they can under cut the legal weed by 50% and still make a decent living. Wish I was young again lol.
 

Rob Roy

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Prohibition of alcohol never ended, and prohibition of marijuana won't end when it becomes "legalized".

If you think prohibition of alcohol ended, brew up some 55 gallon barrels of beer and open a tavern in your barn without sucking the giant dick of the state and see what happens.

If you think because you're in a "legal state" that marijuana prohibition ended, grow 80 nice plants on your back 40 and set up a pot stand in your front yard selling weed.

Laws purportedly designed for "safety" or some other horse shit excuse will be what happens. It always is.

Your job is to consume weed, obey and pick the cotton, their job is to make the money.

Meet the new boss...same as the old boss.
 

92x7000/5150

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Prohibition of alcohol never ended, and prohibition of marijuana won't end when it becomes "legalized".

If you think prohibition of alcohol ended, brew up some 55 gallon barrels of beer and open a tavern in your barn without sucking the giant dick of the state and see what happens.

If you think because you're in a "legal state" that marijuana prohibition ended, grow 80 nice plants on your back 40 and set up a pot stand in your front yard selling weed.

Laws purportedly designed for "safety" or some other horse shit excuse will be what happens. It always is.

Your job is to consume weed, obey and pick the cotton, their job is to make the money.

Meet the new boss...same as the old boss.
Try that same experiment with to tobacco you grow yourself.
 

Rob Roy

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Try that same experiment with to tobacco you grow yourself.
Or anything you grow but haven't gotten permission from the nanny state to grow, sell or trade in.

The problem has never been how to "craft a fair law". It's been that there IS a law. A persons relationship with weed is up to that person, nobody else. Grow no plants, one plant or a zillion plants, your choice.

If you don't have that choice, you're being oppressed. Fuck that.
 

92x7000/5150

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Cronos Group(NASDAQ:CRON) announced on Friday that tobacco giant Altria(NYSE:MO) is buying a 45% stake in Cronos for around $1.8 billion (2.4 billion in Canadian dollars). It's the second-biggest deal in the history of the cannabis industry, trailing only Constellation Brands' $4 billion investment in Canopy Growth
 
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