jesus, what I'm actually saying is that dispensaries are useful to seperate me the grower from the general buying public at large. I have 2 patients that are cool guys and we have an agreement and we both stick to it. It was HARD to find these 2 and I'd like to max out with myself and 5. The dispensary is useful in keeping me away from the straight up douche bags I run into at the dispensary. I'm talking rude, trash talking, loud-mouthed dudes you'd swear must have got a card for missing teeth. I go to dispensaries around town to see where my quality is and to taste new flavors and see what's the next strain I want to try and grow and it's a damn zoo in there. While I see them jacking up prices I can also see that most of these people paying for it are not really sick, and their attitude has probably been the thing keeping them there buying and not finding a caregiver like myself. That's why I want dispensares-I'll never say you're not sick enough for herb-I don't see that as my place; people who are in need should be able to get a caregiver like me that supplies for very cheap the people who are sick and in medical need or just can't afford it as medicine. These other cats, I say sell it to them at a jacked up price to subsidize those with cancers etc. cuz it's still their right, in my mind to use cannibis, but I am much less sympathetic to ther pricing issues. there is always the alternative for everyone with a card-grow your own. Guess what I'm looking for in this thread is how are new growers treated aproaching the dispensary to sell and how horriible are the prices they pay. End all for me on this thread would be a reply like "Go to xxxx on main st. in kalamazoo MI and they will pay well for good product and won't jerk you around" I'm getting the funny feeling I won't get that reply though.....