I just wanted to say that I have been coming around here for a while now. It saddens me that some people are ruining the process by not playing by the rules. All things in good time. I never dreamed that I would be living in a world where patients could have their medicine without fear of prosecution. I was at the front of the line for the license when it was first made legal. The state sent me my renewal paperwork about a month before it was due and I got my new card in 2 weeks. I don't understand all the belly aching and complaining about the state taking so long to process information. The first time also took about 2 weeks. I would say they are doing a good job in my experience. As for all the pricing I have read in this thread - absurd. I guess these so called dispensaries have to charge so much to pay the legal & seizure fees when they get busted for operating an illegal business under the current structure of the law. - just my 2 pennies! As for me, I will grow my own and keep within my state appointed limit and nobody gets hurt - nobody goes to jail. Thanks RIU for teaching me to be self sufficient.
your two pennies are pretty much irrelevant concidering your experience was back when it first took affect. you dont understand all the bellyaching and complaining yet your reading the posts and you see that it currently (and for a long while now) takes four months to recieve your card. obviously nobody would complain if they recieved their card in two weeks.
dispensaries work well to get meds to people who dont have any other way of obtaining it. its pretty clear how it works, the growers (caregivers) sell their meds for an average of 300 an ounce, to their patients, to other patients and to dispensaries. now in order for them to make money they sell it for 500 on average. its pretty simple imo either grow your own or buy from a caregiver. if you dont know a grower then go to a dispensary and pay a butt load (your just buying it second hand, get it?) its the same or similar to buying from a friend who buys from a grower.
if their illegal under the structure of our written law then why arent they being shut down? why? because their not illegal. ive been going to the same places for six months and those places werent brand new when i started and their still going strong so....