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Originally Posted by minddust
100$ a 8th is fucking ridiculous. they make money off people that needs med. fucking crooks. |
When I was running my co-op in norcal before the feds went medieval on my ass the local sheriff whom I was on good terms with asked me to make sure I kept my prices near street prices to ensure I was not supporting a black market as a favor. Since our initial plans where to start it off in the 5.00 a gram range which still would of made it pretty damn hard to stay non profit without inflating peoples salaries and that is even with compensating others who could not even afford those prices.
Since technically still by law you can not sell it for a profit and can only be reasonably compensated for your costs.
These machines are going to open up a whole new can of worms though. As it stands technically in CA right now you must have the official state issued card which by the way this year they just raised the prices on and you must renew it each year via the state. Currently it is just a doctors prescription filled out on a state form that you take to a county office whom takes your money and takes your picture, then has your card available to be picked up in a few days (2-4 days usually, fastest state turn around I have seen on anything). Oh and if you have medi-cal you only pay half the price.
Though on the same form it also states how many patients a caregiver can have at one time. Caregivers also get an identical card though as the patients. Minors need caregivers or parental cards as well. Now if I recall the state program said that a caregiver can only have 3 patients. Then they must of course follow health and safety code 11362.77 which means like a half pound per patient at any given time of dried marijuana, and 6 mature plants or twelve immature plants. Now this would be a total of 24 ounces of dried pot, and 18 mature plants of which one would be a mother. Now of course a county can enact a law or regulation that alters the amount a caregiver may posses but not how many patients according to the current laws.
Now of course there is nothing at all stopping the Federal Government from subpeoning the records of those who maintain a state card, sure the state could try to fight it but that shit wont fly. Yet my little form I filled out has very little personal information on it aside from a DOB and my name. Sure they check your id but they do not scan it and so forth. However as I understand it those nifty machines charging a bundle acting as caregivers for more than 3 patients also require finger prints and your card. So I would see no problem with the Feds just picking up or I guess arresting the machine itself.
Sorry just having been one of the few who faced the giant known as the United States of America Vs your ass, I really would be fearful of those damn machines. Not to mention the fucking prices, hell I felt sick as shit selling it for almost 20.00 a gram to sick people. I actually wished I would of forgotten to get my official stickers on my scales so I could dispense more than I was supposed to but hell it was all so damn new and I was crossing every t and dotting every i, even had my ass file for a state resell license and when they rejected me I went down there and would not leave until they put it into writing why they would not issue me a resell permit so that I could collect sales tax. Even being a NPO.