I live in Denver and have a MMJ card. Should the dispensaries be regulated? Absolutely, just like the pharmacies are. Its about quality meds being made available to the public, after all. If we're really doing it for medical reasons though, why are we going through dispensaries (aka growers/dealers) to get medication. A lot of the medications we take today or derived from plants but we aren't smoking them or buying them from unknown local dealers. I live in a residential area and there is a dispensary on my block. There is also a school on my block. There is also a pharmacy on my block. The dispensary (run by an acquaintance of mine) will be forced to move though. For the business owner, that's a horrible scenario. Especially since he is very "by the books" and everyone gets carded and all of his inventory is kept track of. I'm sure its just a sign of the times and is just another tribulation that must be suffered in order to even have the opportunity to buy/sell/grow legal pot but its incredibly unfair. I'm not saying "don't regulate the dispensaries" because they clearly need it. As patients WE clearly need it. Dispensaries aren't selling pot to kids at/near schools/daycares and pharmacies sell far worse drugs within those same limits to people with the less credentials (a script instead of a license) but are seen as a boon instead of a bane. If we're doing it for medical purposes then treat it like medicine but what we have now are legal unregulated pot dealers and they really are literally sprouting up on EVERY farking corner in the city. Most of them have shit inventory with nappy looking buds that weren't cured/cultivated right. There are no safeguards in place either. Its ridiculous from a patient's perspective. Basically, im all for regulation but don't make arbitrary demands of businesses as a means to push your agenda. If you want to be taken seriously and you have a legitimate concern/request then use a legitimate argument and remember to play fair =)
