No, however the sheriffs association, attorney general, and MSP suggested that the caregiver model be removed. If amendments are going to be made they will be made today....Are there bills out there that remove an individual's ability to grow?
I'm curious whether or not a group called the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) was lobbying the senators/ $$ in your state?
I believe that would be our MCC..I'm curious whether or not a group called the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) was lobbying the senators/ $$ in your state?
I'm not going to throw that out there yet. However, I'm an activist and those folks gave us a few dollars for our MMJ campaigns. However, we were all non-profit. Some new folks came around and gleaned what they could from us, and I use the term gleaned loosely, then they started for profits on the side and a new non- profit that excluded many people. That new non- profit was given a million dollars by MPP for our new law. Just to be clear, MPP is the Progressive Insurance People. I would say do some homework and find out exactly who is supporting you. We got screwed (kinda) by letting our liquor Control Commission run things. Full disclosure, I did not get screwed. I have came out on top of the situation because I was already dialed in. sadly though a lot of people are getting screwed.I believe that would be our MCC..
Big money parasites?
Yes, I believe there was some Soros money floating about as well. However, I have no facts. I was was going to the meetings and hearings at first. They posted the audio on the OLCC's website and there were changes going on in the MMJ which is ran by our Health Authority. I needed a staff to keep up with it all. This is my only dedicated staff member. However he helps mostly in the garden. He he really not that into politics.Also they are largley funded by George Soros. A known and admitted nazi collabotator who quote goes on 60 minutes and says " he has no remorse for what he did".
Yes Mr. Stroup is basically telling the truth. However the main point that was missed in the article, Was the people who become the executives in these non- profits (almost all) have set up for-profit businesses on the side and (as a volunteer) the thing I most resented was the outrageous salaries that were administered. I already touch on that in my last post, when I mentioned the gleaners.Concern About the Industry Influence In the Legalization Movement
http://blog.norml.org/2015/12/07/concern-about-the-industry-influence-in-the-legalization-movement/#sthash.J7iHxyv4.dpuf
The good old Marijuana Mafia, they've been a topic of conversation for years now and it's only gotten worse
I like that, I think I am going to use it on somebody I will however, give you full credit.Regulatory capture is a form of political corruption that occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. Regulatory capture is a form of government failure; it creates an opening for firms or political groups to behave in ways injurious to the public (e.g., producing negative externalities). The agencies are called "captured agencies".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture