I know several growers who sell exclusivly (well almost *lol*) to clubs. They get $3000 a pound for really nice pot. The exception would be $4000, but that would be for something really rare, or maybe a nice, pure Sativa that takes 120 days to finish flowering.

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oh, wow! i thought the whole idea with the clubs was to debase the black market, not justify/enforce it.

i'm with you med, i thought the purpose was to drive the street dealers off into antiquity. i guess this country boy just doesn't understand California's way of doing stuff... and that suits me fine!




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Well, few country boys understand the California MMJ marketplace. And that makes your opinion about it mostly meaningless. Several guys have posted a partial list of the expenses and risks of running a dispensary, but you've decided not to consider any of those in your mindset. They didn't mention the potential for huge losses, as well as jail time.

And you seem to have forgotten that California has the highest cost of living in the country. Everything is more expensive, and so, everything is more expensive.

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And you seem to have forgotten that California has the highest cost of living in the country. Everything is more expensive, and so, everything is more expensive.....................................Well I think you've hit on something Ollie, That's why I moved back to Vegas 18 years ago. The problem is half of California followed me and 500,000 mexicans along with them, Now we are Calif. No., or Mexico No., either way, it's a lot more fucked up than when I grew up here, when the mob ran Vegas, then it was a great place to live, no street crime, the Mafia didn't allow street thugs that weren't on their payroll. If you got caught ripping off little old ladies, you spent a night in jail, and when you got out, you dissapeared, lots of shallow graves in the desert. Even now as the town expands they are finding bodies with no teeth, and no flesh as they used quicklime which ate your ass up. Cheaters at the Casinos, dissapeared. If you played it straight, this was a Mormon paradise, BTW I'm Not Mormon.

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that's your first error. the whole idea with the clubs is to supply medical patients with pot that they can't grow or get themselves.

no not everyone can grow pot. some people can't water a house plant. some people HAVE money to spend on weed. you can raise your own cow but you buy beef at the store don't you. why? it's cheaper to raise your own.

it is legal.......but...... 3 'drug-endangered' kids taken from Windsor home | Santa Rosa Press Democrat // News for California's North Bay and Redwood Empire

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see, this why Cali appears so insane from where i'm at... you voted to legalize medical. the state/county cops (not feds) are still arresting people for medical. what's going on over there anyway?

despite the perpetually conflicted state of government and laws there - i know everyone can't grow but there have to be people around who can; a friend, relative, good neighbor, someone. that's one reason why the co-ops seem so shady to me. another reason is the pricing, if it's black market prices/suppliers why not staple a list of pager numbers for dealers to a telephone pole instead of going through the trouble of opening a place of business?

people still go to jail and the government is taking kids... so you got this legalized medical law but it's really useless, amiright?


potroast, let's assume that most growers don't have access to sunshine and that they use imported premium bottled water; still seems a bit like rape to me if the intention was to replace expensive pharmaceuticals and/or crime. my opinion is meaningless because i have common sense and it's safe to say that Cali has provided the 49 other states a great example of what not to do...





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if you noticed he was on probation. probation for domestic violence, not tolerated at all in this county. he was over the limit. he pissed off the wrong person and they snitched him out. there is more to this story then we are getting. as far as taking the kids, i have NO IDEA what that was about. i will keep an eye open for the follow up.

let's try vegatables. why not grow your own. or get them from a neighbor. nope grocery store. once again, WHY? some people don't want to deal with dealers. they want a safe secure places to purchase Quality meds at a fair Market price. quick and easy. if the clubs sold it for cheaper they would have to pay less for it. people sell it for what they can get. if they get $4000 on the street why sell to the club for 2, or even give it away. people start to take advantage. show me 1 thing in this world that is not sold.

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while i do have a pile of squash that was given to us by a friend of a friend, and i do have a fat tomato that i picked day before yesterday... i still get your point, sort of.

i give stuff away myself. a z here, a z there... it's just my way of putting a small dent in the black market when i can.

maybe it's different in your case because the state has ok'd mass profit from prohibition, but do laws really make everything right or wrong or is there something else we should listen to.. i just think this stuff should be shared, spread out all over the place for everyone who wants it, whether it makes me rich or not.






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