http://www.npr.org/2014/12/02/367767955/colorados-pot-industry-looks-to-move-past-stereotypes I just have to vent here. This chick sounds like a greed monger who wants it all to herself. She's not helping the cause at all. What? we are suppose to trust her more because she is smartly dressed in a business suit and carries an ipad and briefcase? And she is a dispensary owner that doesn't believe in folks growing in their backyard? WTF? Really ticks me off.
yeah fuck her, hope the feds crash her party! she is a business woman, obviously she is going to care about pot flooding the scene and reducing her profits. kinda bullshit that she is writing the rules and wreaking the benefits. but oh well. good for npr on the article bringing her more attention than she probably wants!
No I'm also perturbed. This lady is a prime example of why I would rather have 1000's of micro grows compared to her "legal" crop
*devils advocate steps in* As undesirable as it is, this may be what it takes to get legal cannabis here to stay for everybody. Beating the conservatives at their own game. Making it a legitimate, but more importantly, profitable business is going to get our capitalistic society to accept cannabis more readily than pictures of a heavy cloud of pot smoke hanging over Denver. I would love to see millions of micro grows, but fear that will have to be Round 2 of the fight. The first round of legalization is going to be heavily controlled and regulated. Uncle Sam smells "sin tax" money to be had. There are still powerful forces out there who want to push back against the legalization movement because it effects their profits, (i.e. law enforcement, private prison industry, and big pharma.) Beware what happens when Obama leaves office. In the end, the briefcase toting moneyheads may be needed to take the fight to them on their level. Do I like them? No, I don't. A briefcase is more dangerous than a gun sometimes. Are they needed? Quite possibly so. Just offering another point of view. Smite if you must.
This is what the MJ industry will turn into. If you think she is the only one like this please pass what you are smoking on. It's legal right. Who cares.
The pic shows a plant that's "ready to be harvested". The pistils don't look anywhere near "ripe", and the plant is already yellowing from what looks like a nitrogen shortage. I've seen better in the grow journals on this site.
Where did you find that in the article? I read it twice and couldn't find it. From my reading, she is against the black market, not folks growing for personal use. Well she may be, but it is not stated in the article. And she should be against the black market. As should everyone who wants legal pot to thrive (covers head and runs). The whole point of legalization was to remove the black market, so if it still exists, then those who oppose legalization can say it has failed. And they would be correct.
She has been on the news and at some cannabis reform discussions over the last 4 years. She is not against personal grows nor does it say that.....she is against over production by a state that like Washington, has a very experienced culture of cannabis cultivation. Over production and illegally selling surplus undermines everything we fought for in Colorado over the last 10 years. She is in favor of personal grows. One of the previous posters had it right....if you want it legalized, you will have to put up with the government controlling the industry. This is what you will get... High taxes on cannabis New laws regarding driving under the influence Intrusive background checks for industry workers Packaging regulations Cannabis testing which drives up the cost of cannabis Necessary evils if you want legal weed. Another thing....it is people like her that were able to change the laws...get the topic mainstream...put together the ballot initiatives that made this our law. Without people like her, we wouldn't be where we are today.
I will pass on a that. DC got it right. No shops no taxes no bother. Just stop sending people to jail for weed. We don't need all this hope la.
Yep...shes exactly the kind of person asscociated with OUR culture to attempt to regulate and control what we grow in our own homes for our own use....and even IF we wanted to sell the surplus to our friends or even total strangers, I can see where she would have a problem with it....it means she isnt getting a cut.
This argument about "necessary evil" is a red herring...Yes, I agree that IF you agree with the current system of government oversight, taxation, regulation, control etc etc..is what you WANT, then people like her are necessary...but what if you DONT want a system where everything is looked at under a microscope...we just want to be left alone..to not be put in JAIL...so, We have already agreed in many States, Colorado in particular that marijuana/cannabis has legitimate medical value and is practically harmless..then by virtue of that already agreed upon understanding just stop there.....if she wants to make zillions of dollars in the Marijuana business then by all means do so..but dont drag us all under the watchful and controlling eye of Uncle Sam under the guise of "If not, then nothing".
True statement indeed. As a Libertarian, I hate the government regulation and I have taken big heat on this forum for being an advocate for de criminalization vs legalization however the upside is that legalization has created 10,000 jobs in Colorado plus the excess taxes have to be given back to the residents in the form of tax refunds. It isn't people like her that want 'the cut'...don't fool yourself...it is the state government that wants the tax revenue. This is why they trained 200 new cops to be able to recognize stoned drivers and why selling penalties are more strictly enforced now than before Amendment 64.
Well let's hope thats the case since she's in there helping craft the new laws. The article sure doesn't bring out the best in her and the fact that she hasn't responded to my personal letter to her doesn't give me a lot of faith but I hope you're right.
The individual home grow is part of the amendment and can't be changed unless the voters decide to change it via the ballot initiative. I think BloodBooger has it right...you get what you ask for and if you become an advocate for legalization, you have to take the good with the bad but ultimately, decriminalized cannabis is the way to go. The other problem with what we did in Colorado is that the personal grower has so much cannabis surplus at this point, he/she couldn't find a buyer anyways. Growing is my passion and I am only a weekend smoker. I have 10 ounces curing now and another tent ready for harvest. All of my growing friends and local breeders are dealing with the same issues. I end up giving my bud away to people that's can't afford to buy at the rec shops.
I read the article twice. I think she was referring to the black market undermining her grow operation. Cartels buying her weed wholesale and selling it elsewhere retail. If i were president, I would legalize seeds and teach everyone to grow thier own.
I read an article over here about the caregiving community..people, growers who give their excess away to medical patients in places where it is still illegal...thats doing good and gives me hope.
Ed Rosenthal thinks Marijuana should follow the Tomato example. Tomatos, are taxed...the Dept. Of Agriculture oversees (barely) their safe processing and sale and yet people are free to grow their own, trade between friends and family and keep and trade seeds....I like that.
May the powdery mildew and spider mite gods spite her with every harvest. Making her crops unsaleble after they are tested mwahahahahahah