OGEvilgenius
Well-Known Member
I agree with this. I also think it's worth mentioning the courts have consistently been on our side of the issue. It is far cheaper for a patient to buy a bunch of seeds from whatever breeder and grow their own medicine outdoors (or even indoors) than it is to buy from some company that may or may not be growing the genetics that work best for you and probably is growing complete crap (and all of it will be irradiated which I suspect isn't the best for you either) because the competition does not exist. Literally you can have a years worth of medicine for a few people with a few hundred dollar investment if you go the DIY route (outdoors). The method proposed puts undue pressure on citizens who might be considered among the most stressed given that this is a vital medicine for many just to function day to day.Problem is, the "6 plants" law is only addressing manditory jail time. 5 plants isn't legal, and you can even get jail time, it's just not mandatory.
From what I have heard recently (reliable legal source, but I can't name it so take it for what it's worth) no major changes will happen until 2013, and H.C. plans to give licence holders 13 months from the changes to observe them. That means nothing for at least 3 years to grow, and knowing our government ANYTHING can happen in 3 years, but most likely nothing will happen at all!
I read up, and follow all the news about this stuff just like everyone else, but really, I take it all with a whole lotta skepticism until it actually happens. I'm optimistic that things will remain as they are for quite a while before any licencing changes happen.
......but that's just me.
I expect the Supreme Court will remain on our side on this issue, but anything is possible.