Lucius Vorenus
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Other than the shooting, I went by today and noticed they no longer dispense meds and are by appt only.
They move shop?
They move shop?
What Happened to Top Shelf?
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1337hacker
Active Member
I got an e-mail that they are doing deliveries only for a while
BeaverHuntr
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man that place was always popping. I've only went there a few times but everytime was like a 30 -45 min wait and this was during the middle of the day. Motherfuckers in work uniforms waiting just a whole lot of people. They always had some really good meds they just charged too much.
Lucius Vorenus
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240-270z is going rate IMO. and reasonable for high quality meds.
BeaverHuntr
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Top Shelf taxes big time a zone there is 350-400. Even their 1/8's go for 60-75.00, last time I was there was during the summer.
That question has to be answered by each patient.
Lucius Vorenus
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I wasn't saying Top Shelf charged that. I was saying that's reasonable for someone who is delivering.
swaggersDlite
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personally 250 is cool with me and gas if there outside 5 miles. Just put your car info in to mapquest and it gives you a gas price using current gas prices.
BeaverHuntr
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I know dude just comparing the prices I bought from Top Shelf before
BeaverHuntr
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Owner / Operator was arrested today
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130129tempe-police-crack-down-on-marijuana-compassion-clubs-abrk.html
Tempe police targeted the operator of two “compassion clubs’’ Tuesday, arrested him, serving a series of search warrants and seizing a garage full of mature marijuana plants.
The months-long undercover investigation started before an employee of Top Shelf Medicine, formerly known as the AzGoGreen Co-op, was shot and critically injured on Oct. 25.
The employee survived the shooting, but police also served a search warrant a few days later and seized marijuana, Tempe police Commander Noah Johnson said.
Because the clubs have money and cash, police are investigating whether the motive was robbery, he said.
Compassion clubs opened in Valley strip malls and office parks when medical marijuana advocates became frustrated by the long delay between the state Medical Marijuana Act passing in 2010 and dispensaries opening.
Arizona has more than 35,000 residents with medical marijuana cards, but only six dispensaries where card-holders can legally obtain the weed. The only Valley dispensary is in Glendale.
While the dispensaries are tightly regulated, the compassion clubs are not regulated in any manner, although they generally require members to have state-issued medical marijuana cards to obtain marijuana.
Before the shooting, the club had been investigated by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but it continued to operate after a grand jury decided not to indict the operator, Johnson said.
“What I hope is that people will get the message that operating in this manner is illegal,’’ Johnson said.
He said the Arizona Medical Marijuana law allows people to grow a limited amount of marijuana and to share it, but they cannot exchange anything of value for marijuana.
Sgt. Mike Pooley, a police spokesman, said the investigation started when other business owners in a strip mall near Southern and Mill avenues complained about traffic, customers smoking marijuana in the parking lot and the smell of marijuana.
On Tuesday, a strong odor of marijuana filled the crisp, early morning air at a rental house in north Tempe, just east of Papago Park, where police found an estimated 50 to 60 mature marijuana plants that were more than five feet tall.
Pooley said the hydroponic grow involved high-grade marijuana, in high demand. He said each plant was capable of generating five to 10 pounds of marijuana, selling at $2,000 to $3,000 a pound.
Police seized plants from two houses across the street from each other, valued at several hundreds of thousands of dollars, Pooley said. Police SWAT team members wearing ski masks cut down the plants with saws and loaded the leaves in large plastic bags.
The suspected operator of two compassion clubs was arrested in an Ahwatukee neighborhood near Desert Vista High School where residents said they shocked by the early-morning raids.
Top Shelf Hydro College, which police identified as a compassion club, had a yellow and green banner hanging from its roof in a warehouse building near McClintock Drive and Curry Road. It also was raided by SWAT team members who broke down a door to enter.
No one was inside the grow houses near Papago Park or the compassion club on McClintock Drive. In all, six search warrants were served, three at houses and three at businesses.
Clubs have been raided and shutdown in unrelated cases in the past in Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert and Phoenix. Two cases have been prosecuted, with defendants placed on probation but hit with stiff fines.
Club operators interviewed by The Republic prior to Tuesday’s arrests argued they are doing nothing illegal.
They said the Arizona medical marijuana law allows for “patient-to-patient transfers’’ of marijuana, and that card-holders are sharing the marijuana with each other.
The operators said smoking marijuana helps cancer patients combat nausea from chemotherapy and a wide range of other ailments.
“I’ve seen herbs work in miraculous things,’’ said Craig Scherf, a former compassion club operator in Tempe and Mesa who lost everything after he was arrested.
He said his patients often had cancer and other life-threatening diseases and that marijuana helped them get off addictive painkillers.
But police contend the clubs are illegal, whether they charge a membership fee or if the patient makes a “donation’’ based upon the strain and quality of the marijuana.
Johnson said there are many compassion clubs located throughout the Valley but it is difficult to tell how many are operating.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/20130129tempe-police-crack-down-on-marijuana-compassion-clubs-abrk.html
Tempe police targeted the operator of two “compassion clubs’’ Tuesday, arrested him, serving a series of search warrants and seizing a garage full of mature marijuana plants.
The months-long undercover investigation started before an employee of Top Shelf Medicine, formerly known as the AzGoGreen Co-op, was shot and critically injured on Oct. 25.
The employee survived the shooting, but police also served a search warrant a few days later and seized marijuana, Tempe police Commander Noah Johnson said.
Because the clubs have money and cash, police are investigating whether the motive was robbery, he said.
Compassion clubs opened in Valley strip malls and office parks when medical marijuana advocates became frustrated by the long delay between the state Medical Marijuana Act passing in 2010 and dispensaries opening.
Arizona has more than 35,000 residents with medical marijuana cards, but only six dispensaries where card-holders can legally obtain the weed. The only Valley dispensary is in Glendale.
While the dispensaries are tightly regulated, the compassion clubs are not regulated in any manner, although they generally require members to have state-issued medical marijuana cards to obtain marijuana.
Before the shooting, the club had been investigated by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, but it continued to operate after a grand jury decided not to indict the operator, Johnson said.
“What I hope is that people will get the message that operating in this manner is illegal,’’ Johnson said.
He said the Arizona Medical Marijuana law allows people to grow a limited amount of marijuana and to share it, but they cannot exchange anything of value for marijuana.
Sgt. Mike Pooley, a police spokesman, said the investigation started when other business owners in a strip mall near Southern and Mill avenues complained about traffic, customers smoking marijuana in the parking lot and the smell of marijuana.
On Tuesday, a strong odor of marijuana filled the crisp, early morning air at a rental house in north Tempe, just east of Papago Park, where police found an estimated 50 to 60 mature marijuana plants that were more than five feet tall.
Pooley said the hydroponic grow involved high-grade marijuana, in high demand. He said each plant was capable of generating five to 10 pounds of marijuana, selling at $2,000 to $3,000 a pound.
Police seized plants from two houses across the street from each other, valued at several hundreds of thousands of dollars, Pooley said. Police SWAT team members wearing ski masks cut down the plants with saws and loaded the leaves in large plastic bags.
The suspected operator of two compassion clubs was arrested in an Ahwatukee neighborhood near Desert Vista High School where residents said they shocked by the early-morning raids.
Top Shelf Hydro College, which police identified as a compassion club, had a yellow and green banner hanging from its roof in a warehouse building near McClintock Drive and Curry Road. It also was raided by SWAT team members who broke down a door to enter.
No one was inside the grow houses near Papago Park or the compassion club on McClintock Drive. In all, six search warrants were served, three at houses and three at businesses.
Clubs have been raided and shutdown in unrelated cases in the past in Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert and Phoenix. Two cases have been prosecuted, with defendants placed on probation but hit with stiff fines.
Club operators interviewed by The Republic prior to Tuesday’s arrests argued they are doing nothing illegal.
They said the Arizona medical marijuana law allows for “patient-to-patient transfers’’ of marijuana, and that card-holders are sharing the marijuana with each other.
The operators said smoking marijuana helps cancer patients combat nausea from chemotherapy and a wide range of other ailments.
“I’ve seen herbs work in miraculous things,’’ said Craig Scherf, a former compassion club operator in Tempe and Mesa who lost everything after he was arrested.
He said his patients often had cancer and other life-threatening diseases and that marijuana helped them get off addictive painkillers.
But police contend the clubs are illegal, whether they charge a membership fee or if the patient makes a “donation’’ based upon the strain and quality of the marijuana.
Johnson said there are many compassion clubs located throughout the Valley but it is difficult to tell how many are operating.
swaggersDlite
Well-Known Member
5-10 pounds a plant yea right not inside...
fatboyOGOF
Well-Known Member
they are the biggest liars. they have always used such bullshit figures and they wonder why we don't trust them. i think that many cops actually believe such nonsense.
this makes me nuts:
"Sgt. Mike Pooley, a police spokesman, said the investigation started when other business owners in a strip mall near Southern and Mill avenues complained about traffic, customers smoking marijuana in the parking lot and the smell of marijuana.
On Tuesday, a strong odor of marijuana filled the crisp, early morning air at a rental house in north Tempe..."
jaysus people, pull your fucking heads out of your asses. fuck. how stupid can you be? they should just put out a sign that says HEY OFFICER, PLEASE COME FUCK WITH ME!
just more assholes giving our little experiment a bad name, allowing soapbox politicians to scare the clueless.
fatboyOGOF
Well-Known Member
partly clueless, partly just another way to scare those who rely on these people for such information.
Bird Gymnastics
New Member
5-10 pounds with the pot of dirt attached to the plant. Fucking clueless fuckers
haha
thecoolman
New Member
By the looks of the plants in the newspaper maybe a couple ounces each.
SeedlessRyda
Well-Known Member
Ya with the pot of dirt lol these fools exaggerate numbers like crazy.
hiluxphantom
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lol 250 a oz is ridiculous I won't pay more than 200 for top shelf.
and I would never imagine chargung patients that sort of money they need meds you people are cruel
and I would never imagine chargung patients that sort of money they need meds you people are cruel