If you plan on moving here and are planning on being apart of this mj industry

You may want to read this



http://finance.yahoo.com/news/colorados-marijuana-industry-legal-not-150207280.html

Decent read.
As to be expected, bureaucracy and officiousness.
Time will see the greybeards and conservatives dropping of heart attacks, arteries clogged thick and fat stomachs, to be replaced by people of more relevant, forward thought.
Everything has a time clock ticking, even this system and its oppression.
Even greed, and the corruption it spawns.
To everything a beginning, and to every beginning an end.

HeadieNugz said:

Decent read.
As to be expected, bureaucracy and officiousness.
Time will see the greybeards and conservatives dropping of heart attacks, arteries clogged thick and fat stomachs, to be replaced by people of more relevant, forward thought.
Everything has a time clock ticking, even this system and its oppression.
Even greed, and the corruption it spawns.
To everything a beginning, and to every beginning an end.

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Let's hope that the time clock speeds up as we get closer to the end of prohibition. The tax revenues seem to be a main focus in the regulations. That draws attention away from the facts about the medical uses and the basic violation of human rights by making this plant illegal or over-regulated.

Unless I receive a job offer for something I applied for out of state, I am hoping to find an opportunity to get involved and make a difference.

Im sure the first few years will suck but it wont get better unless peeps like us step up and try. I hope to do my part as green pioneer!

Thanks for the read zubey looks like the price will be high to own a shop. Good for caregivers though.

I'm not seeing a big opportunity for small scale investors or employees, but I am quite often wrong. As more people grow the price goes down and there is less profit made by the businesses. But, as consumption goes up (demand), there will be pressure for a price increase. Sounds like time for the big operators to step in, operate on a margin that is smaller than what will float a small business, and dominate the industry. There are a couple things in the recent laws that will delay the entry by the bigs, but it seems to be inevitable. As far as home grows, as long as there is a way to legally grow at home then the price will be held down. Expect the big players to try to outlaw home growing, like they did with booze. Try not to let the love of the herb cloud your judgement regarding a career choice. A job should be as pleasant as possible while generating as much money as possible, even if you don't love the work. You can do what you love IN ADDITION to what you do as a career. (good advice from a parent)

The system for medical to own a shop and grow on premise was 14K and 18K plus other fees each year. If you wanted to have foods that was another big expense as is offsite warehouse growing.
If you don't have 250K to start then you are not really in the game to begin with. Looking at it that is probably the minimum unless you partner with someone. Retail would be very similar and you cannot even get into the game until 2015 or 2016 because the medical locations have the first year monopoly on shops and anyone else will be late to the game.

As far as prices go they will go up alot at first because the demand will go way up when anyone over 21 can walk in and purchase. Think you will see alot of the places cannot handle the demand and will be sold out. Think it will take longer to ramp up everything and chances are on January 3rd very few places will have opened and those that have will be sold out.

Side businesses will have a market. Cannabis friendly business's not in the actual cannabis sales. Eateries, hotels, motels. Less regulation than selling it.