Are MMJ patients paying illegal prices?

[can.i.buz]

I also have a problem with dispensaries charging street dealer prices. The common street dealer doesn't come close to moving the weight the dispensaries do. I have no problem with the dispensaries making good profit because they should, but the weight they move should bring the patient discounted prices. 25$ ounces just isn't realistic.

I'm also concerned that maybe dispensaries are tampering with the product. The website that I'm starting will also do reviews on the dispensaries in southern California. We will show up with their permission, take pictures, sample product and give our review on the site. Hopefully we will become popular enough that the dispensaries will want to be reviewed. Then we'll start coming in with a microscope and testing equipment and make sure that the medicine is what they say it is. If I'm paying organic prices, I want organic medicine. If I'm paying for weight, I want it to be natural and not added to the medicine to make it heavier. If everything is as advertised and everyone is still dealing with legal issues, I'm ok with $75 an 1/8. I've paid it many many times but now I'm growing because I'd rather not pay that.

 

[conwaytwitty]

25 a ounce would be nice but lets get real its the dispensaries that are screwing over patients.. 260 a half at most clubs in my area. i would like to see the price for mmj patients be the same as street prices and i would be happy

 

[can.i.buz]

25 a ounce would be nice but lets get real its the dispensaries that are screwing over patients.. 260 a half at most clubs in my area. i would like to see the price for mmj patients be the same as street prices and i would be happy

Conway you are HOT! jk. I hope that's not really you. What are the street prices near you? I haven't paid street in a long time. What area are you in?

 

[conwaytwitty]

no i am not the real conway twitty although i firmly believe that if conway was alive today he would be a member of rollitup.org lol .i am in san bernardino street prices here are usually 50 a 1/8th 150 a 1/2 and 250-300 for a whole zone. at the shops in the i.e top shelf is 70-80 a eighth with no price breaks for quantity.. i have no problem with co ops and vendors making cash but i do feel that patients are taken advantage of by the shops and for that matter so are vendors. does anyone really think that if vendors lowered the price clubs would too? i dont think so it would just put more money in the owners pocket

 

[can.i.buz]

no i am not the real conway twitty although i firmly believe that if conway was alive today he would be a member of rollitup.org lol .i am in san bernardino street prices here are usually 50 a 1/8th 150 a 1/2 and 250-300 for a whole zone. at the shops in the i.e top shelf is 70-80 a eighth with no price breaks for quantity.. i have no problem with co ops and vendors making cash but i do feel that patients are taken advantage of by the shops and for that matter so are vendors. does anyone really think that if vendors lowered the price clubs would too? i dont think so it would just put more money in the owners pocket

I agree with you. I thought the dispensary that I've been talking to was one of the coolest places and maybe they are but that comment about "re-hydrating" the buds has me worried. I have to get more information.

Are you going to the KROQ smoke out in SB? I got tickets for the pit in front of the stage!

 

[nickfury510]

wtf is everyone bitching about? it still is possible to get herb at $25 an ounce. its called mexican brick weed, $600 a pound kids it dont get no cheaper than that. unfortunatly most people dont want to smoke the mexi they want the high quality top genetics that takes alot of time,money and experience to grow. you see i will help out a legitamite "patient in need" but the fact of the matter is most of the "patients" out there are able bodied people with jobs and a personal life that dont want to be bothered with growing or are to lazy and unmotivated to learn how. now answer me this. why should i donate my time and money to supply an able bodied patient that has the time, money and ability to grow their own medicine but choos to go to a dispencery instead because they dont want the risk, headache and financial burden that goes along with growing. and anybody that thinks highgrade should be $25 an ounce has never had to hand trim a few pounds in 2-3 days time.

 

[opium grower]

wtf is everyone bitching about? it still is possible to get herb at $25 an ounce. its called mexican brick weed, $600 a pound kids it dont get no cheaper than that. unfortunatly most people dont want to smoke the mexi they want the high quality top genetics that takes alot of time,money and experience to grow. you see i will help out a legitamite "patient in need" but the fact of the matter is most of the "patients" out there are able bodied people with jobs and a personal life. now answer me this. why should i donate my time and money to supply an able bodied patient that has the time, money and ability to grow their own medicine but choos to go to a dispencery instead because they dont want the risk, headache and financial burden that goes along with growing. and anybody that thinks highgrade should be $25 an ounce has never had to hand trim a few pounds in 2-3 days time.

Exactly

 

[conwaytwitty]

600 a lb more like 350 but maybe i just know folks anyways i smoke mexi and i aint ashamed to admit it.

 

[can.i.buz]

wtf is everyone bitching about? it still is possible to get herb at $25 an ounce. its called mexican brick weed, $600 a pound kids it dont get no cheaper than that. unfortunatly most people dont want to smoke the mexi they want the high quality top genetics that takes alot of time,money and experience to grow. you see i will help out a legitamite "patient in need" but the fact of the matter is most of the "patients" out there are able bodied people with jobs and a personal life that dont want to be bothered with growing or are to lazy and unmotivated to learn how. now answer me this. why should i donate my time and money to supply an able bodied patient that has the time, money and ability to grow their own medicine but choos to go to a dispencery instead because they dont want the risk, headache and financial burden that goes along with growing. and anybody that thinks highgrade should be $25 an ounce has never had to hand trim a few pounds in 2-3 days time.

Well said Nick. I wish you would go to the ASA forum and comment there too. It's astounding the whining that's going on there. I like the fact that you mentioned trimming. I hate it. That's where we need a co op. I'll help you trim if you help me trim. I can't hire it out and I really don't trust anyone that hasn't grown and trimmed themselves. I trimmed my bud 3 times. Once before I hang it, once when I break them into smaller buds, and once when they have cured for 2 weeks in glass jars. No stems and no leafs in my jars.

 

[can.i.buz]

Exactly

seriously man, get off my thread or I'll post the PM's that you sent me. hater

 

[opium grower]

600 a lb more like 350 but maybe i just know folks anyways i smoke mexi and i aint ashamed to admit it.

It's good weed if you mix it with coffee cups and chilli and knights of the round sir camelot did exidt maybe you should do some research and not kill me for dribing a nail for a living then do you see what you have done the fields are littered with weasles and yet im here typing when i hsould be attacking pimps with booze bottles it all adds up you are alt and i am caps of the great white fly no one can stop us if we come together as one

 

[can.i.buz]

It's good weed if you mix it with coffee cups and chilli and knights of the round sir camelot did exidt maybe you should do some research and not kill me for dribing a nail for a living then do you see what you have done the fields are littered with weasles and yet im here typing when i hsould be attacking pimps with booze bottles it all adds up you are alt and i am caps of the great white fly no one can stop us if we come together as one

whatever you're tripping on, I don't want it

 

[conwaytwitty]

speaking of trimming i got to trim tomorrow all day for free bud.. dont get me wrong i am glad to have the chance to get buds for work but i aint exactly happy about trimming

 

[opium grower]

whatever you're tripping on, I don't want it

it's gone on too long dont you see the allsops flying thorugh the brain and mind of hawaii and see plam trees blowing in the wind like friends of your previous life and i will bring back the life to man you can not kill me or hurt me i am 1 now and wyou will nevert yet you deads are trying to do me in and i see right through you

 

[strangerdude562]

Yes, clubs charge up the ass nowadays and they call themselves compassionate at the same time. They can all go to hell for all i care, that's why I started growing my own. My local club charges $25 a gram where is the compassion in that?

 

[can.i.buz]

Yes, clubs charge up the ass nowadays and they call themselves compassionate at the same time. They can all go to hell for all i care, that's why I started growing my own. My local club charges $25 a gram where is the compassion in that?

at least we're learning the metric system!

 

[nickfury510]

Well said Nick. I wish you would go to the ASA forum and comment there too. It's astounding the whining that's going on there. I like the fact that you mentioned trimming. I hate it. That's where we need a co op. I'll help you trim if you help me trim. I can't hire it out and I really don't trust anyone that hasn't grown and trimmed themselves. I trimmed my bud 3 times. Once before I hang it, once when I break them into smaller buds, and once when they have cured for 2 weeks in glass jars. No stems and no leafs in my jars.

im lucky enough to have a trusted trim team but that can still run me $400-$600 just keeping them smoked up well feed and comfortable.

 

[nickfury510]

and thats another thing Imo the clubs have driven the price down. a few years ago zips were going for $350-$400 on the streets all day long. since the introduction of the clubs and the conveinence they provide for people it has driven the underground prices down. i dont know anybody paying anymore than $250 for zips nowadays of the best coming out of the north, qps and lbs are $750-$800 $2400-$3200 makes the prices lower even more.

 

[Katatawnic]

“Under my plan of a Cap and Trade system, electricity rates would NECESSARILY SKYROCKET.” -BARACK OBAMA

(Not Mcgician's post; his/her signature. )

That got my attention! Albeit not necessarily on topic, but perhaps it is quite related as we're discussing compensation for expenses & labor.

To which plan is this referring? No need to go into an explanation and discussion of said plan; I can Google it once I know what it is.

 

[Katatawnic]

You can give or sell for reasonable compensation anything that you grow that is extra as long as you stay within your limits and you verify that the other person has the required written documentation. You must verify with their doctor. I'm working on a website right now that will enable dispensaries and cultivators to verify patients online.

Thanks for the clarification, hon! I've got four MMJ status friends who are very interested in obtaining what I'm growing; whenever I yield over what I need and/or what is within my legal dried bud limit. (Which should happen, as I've worked hard on maximizing yield for my space; I'd rather harvest extra than not have enough for my daily needs.)

I'd told them that I'll give them whatever I can spare, but they won't hear of it.... not only have they insisted they pay me, but three of the four told me they hope I won't be giving them any "friend discount" because that wouldn't be fair to me. (They're fully aware of the vast expense this has been for me, both financially and physically.) If we weren't so broke, I'd insist on giving it to them. But I did tell them that I'll give them any "friend discount" I wanna give them, dammit! Just enough to help my incurred expenses, though. They are very dear friends, they pay a lot more than they can afford for their MMJ, and their spouses/kids/etc. have all helped me immensely several times; especially when my fiance was deployed this last year and I was alone and unable to do much of anything to take care of myself or my home, etc. The least I can do is give back by giving them MMJ at a price they can afford, while they'll still be helping me out with the utilities and supplies for which I've had to pay.

I figured (again, being able to give them clones, seeds, etc.) that this wouldn't be illegal (feds not included!), but thought I should check since legalities are being mentioned in this thread.