collective gardener
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It's great idea. So much so that I emailed it to my lawyer...who shot it down. We need to be just a tad more under the radar in the current legal environment. His saying is "you be the grower...I'll be the activist".
Maybe what I'm looking for is just impossibe. More likely, it will be one patient at a time until a network is built around some crazy grower who's giving the shit away. Another thought I have is to get a few grow ops together, and then find a third party volunteer to do the distributing. He would be the "weed fairy". The Weed Fairy would have nothing to do with any of the grow ops. We need a weed fairy. I'm sure there's someone out there who wants to promotye the cause while making some people feel better. Just the fact that a few ops are giving weed away would do wonders for our image.
The dispensaries are on the front line. But, us growers are the real life blood of this industry. The only time people even hear of us is when an op burns down or is busted. It's always in a negative light. The discussion over whether to allow dispensaries in a certain area rarely includes the grow ops that supply 95% of the meds to the dispensaries. We are forced into the shadows. I may be as legal as I can be, but if I got raided I'd probably have to shut down. A group of grow ops pooling their resources to help out those in need would be a wonderful way for us to show our face in a positive light. If we could find the right Weed Fairy (shit, we could even call him/her that in public), we could say "Hey, we're out here, and we're doing good stuff", without having to actually give our names and grow op locations. I could get my local press to cover the Weed Fairy in a hot second.
Guys, I'm willing to take the first step and toss out the first few ounces to the cause. But, I can't go it alone. Should I post in the California Patients section? What ideas do you crazy fuckers have on this? I know alot of you are not from Cali. Do we attempt a national Weed Fairy program? I know that if I ever found myself in front of a jury, having the weed fairy testify on my behalf as a giver would make a conviction all the less likely. Are there any other grows that would want to get involved in such a thing? I know it's tempting to just keep on growing and moving meds the way we all have for years. But the time is approaching when we'll need to band together and have a voice. If we don't, when this shit goes mainstream, Big Daddy Fuck Em All Coorperation will steam roll us flat as piss on a plate. By something as simple as donating some meds together, we can begin to establish a positive public opinion about the small/medium grow ops. We do the work, yet the storefront dispensaries get the glory (and, to be fair, sometimes the heat).
Done right, we can do this without a security risk. That is why a third party is so important. I personally don't feel safe with a booth at a "run for the cure" event. But, I would kick in some $$$ for pamphlets and the like. I can just see the fine print: "Sponsered by Local Medical Marijuana Growing Operations". or: MMGA (medical marijuana growers of america).
Gang, I'm just tossing this out there. If someone has some different ideas, throw em out here. Most of you know how I feel about the need for us to give away meds to those in serious need without the means to buy it themselves. We are NOT like the drug companies. We will NOT let poor people suffer when we have the power to help them without affecting our bottom line more than a couple bucks. I think most responsable growers feel the same way. It would be nice if we could reach out and help some people, and, at the same time, let the public know that we are doing it.
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