April 21, 2008

Marijuana 101 - Wanna become a licensed California cannabis dispensary? Here's the class to take.
  • wow, miss 420 by a single day and it's nothing but crickets in here.
  • Will this, like, be on the final, man?
  • In Oakland, which has the most lenient stance toward marijuana in the state, each person is permitted to grow 72 plants indoors, far higher than the 12-plant maximum state guidelines recommend. Lichter said if a grower in Oakland gathers three friends, all of whom are entitled to 72 plants, they can grow 288 together. Each plant yields about 2 to 4 ounces, which sells for anywhere from $200 to $400 an ounce, depending on the strain, potency and demand.
    Even at the 72-plant limit, there's a good amount of money to be made. Taking the mid range, 72 X 3 X $300 = $64800 over an 8 or 9 week cycle -> $388K per year.
  • so, roryk, you know i live on an island next to Oakland right? same county, same laws... wanna take some classes together?
  • I can offer some seed capital.
  • Anyone else? :)
  • I can do QA.
  • already covered, r88... you good with scissors?
  • Well I just bought a big bag of this stuff you people like to call 'marijuana' and am smoking it just to test what the fuss is about.
  • I'd be happy to do some consumer testing as part of a focus group, because you wouldn't want to merely rely on just rocket88 as excellent a judge of quality he may be.
  • SMT, if you can post a follow-up later, that would be great...
  • There's a blog out there that had comments from a couple people who attended yesterday's trial opening. I'm hoping they might give some insight into today's proceedings. Will post a linky shortly.
  • Thread here and here. There's not a whole lot, but hopefully there will be some new info posted later today. Looks like this trial isn't getting a lot of press coverage as of yet, which is a shame. I don't "partake" myself, but I would definitely go out to support if I were in that area.
  • I don't "use quotes" much, and definitely would not around the word "partake" if what I meant by using the word was, in fact, "partake". Instead, I would have used the tag if we only had a decent admin around here.
  • Right on! Tehdead for admin!
  • Maybe the script kiddie can fix that for us??
  • heh!
  • Fix what?
  • Or maybe he could punch me in the face to helpfully point out that my osteoporosis has gotten worse. Then, of course, bill my insurance.
  • Cool, trac! NOT FAIR!!
  • Update from my link above: July 23, 2008 Jury Selection began in the Federal Prosecution of Charles C. Lynch. Most jurors sat jaw dropped not understanding what was going on. One potential juror noted that he had a dispensary right in his Los Angeles neighborhood with a big green neon marijuana leaf sign. Another potential juror noted that he was a card carrying patient and didn’t even know it was against federal law. Another health care professional said her friend’s son worked at a dispensary in Los Angeles. Another nurse said that she had administered medical marijuana to patients and it helped them. Many other jurors were confused about the laws saying that it is legal under California State Law. All of these potential jurors were dismissed ‘for cause’. They were basically dismissed because they believed or at least understood California State Laws regarding Medical Marijuana. The judge was still trying to decide today whether to force the Defendant Charles C. Lynch to disclose his defense to the prosecution. The prosecutor told the judge ‘It is not right to deny the Federal Government of a fair trial’ by not forcing Lynch to disclose his defense before opening statements. Yet the government has successfully blocked the jury from knowing that Lynch was operating a city sanctioned business that is legal under state law. Also the prosecutor has provided patient receipts as evidence that have any reference to ‘medical use only’ blacked out so the jurors cannot see it. Also the jurors will be directed when they deliberate they cannot consider state law in their decisions.
  • Why worry? Elaine McKellian vomits three to four times every day. When she sits, her legs knock together uncontrollably at the knees, a condition she apologizes for offhandedly... Her frame may be petite and frail but McKellian is capable, and matter-of-fact about her circumstances. She is sick and, in accordance with California law, wants her medicine. She also wants her medical records returned with an apology from Sheriff Patrick Hedges, who solicited federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents to raid the home of Charles Lynch and his Morro Bay business Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers, in March last year.
  • Maybe I'm being naive, but it strikes me that making the medical stuff available via prescription through mainstream pharmacies rather than specialized dispensaries, with the same sort of monitoring that occurs with narcotics (or Lunesta, for that matter, whcih my doctor can't even phone or fax but has to be on a tamper-proof, hand-signed prescription slip), would reduce or eliminate the abuse that people are afraid will happen in specialized dispensaries.
  • Too damn much common sense there, TUM. I hope everyone of these idiots that are criminalizing legal MJ are in a position one day to know what it means to be denied a (fairly*) innocuous drug that could help immensely. Just legalize the damn stuff all across the board. Asshole wankers. *All cancer drugs have side effects--MJ is NOTHING compared to most.
  • It's all about the $$$, GramMa.
  • yes, it's too late to get pot regulated/taxed like alcohol or tobacco, so it must be stopped. now. morons. at least around the bay area, unless one is egregiously flouting the law, it's tolerated and not persecuted
  • (with a few ugly exceptions, yes...)
  • Lynch received an email from a supporter today that mentioned the following information to him: “…I recently came across the fact that the US Govt. holds a patent on the medicinal use of cannabis (patent #6,630,507) for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of diseases including stroke, trauma, auto-immune disorder, HIV dementia, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. It was based on research done at the NIH, and the assignee is the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. This patent, awarded, not by, but TO the US Government completely contradicts the official stance that cannabis has no current medical applications.” This was certainly a surprise to Lynch as he thought the federal government didn’t see any medicinal purpose for the use of marijuana, yet they have a patent on it? Lynch’s attorneys confirmed this information and will comment on the discovery in the near future. ... And this was pure gold as well: ...prosecution continued its case against Lynch by bringing in more and more Sheriff’s deputies and detectives from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. One officer, John Blank, had infiltrated the dispensary and had a fake driver’s license and a real doctor’s recommendation issued to the fake name. The prosecutors inadvertently opened the door to cross examine the informant on how he got into the dispensary using his ‘physicians statement’, his fake id and lying when he filled out membership and caregiver agreement forms. And in related news... US Rep. Barney Frank said announced a proposal to end federal penalties for Americans carrying fewer than 100 grams of that funny green stuff.
  • ^ said
  • I could be mistaken, but don't lots of people hold "just in case" patents for things that someday MIGHT prove to be useful?
  • Well, just it case it ever does get legalized, they want to profit.
  • Meet California's Lawless Sheriff Charles Lynch is facing up to 100 years in Federal prison (his sentencing is days before Obama takes Oath... lovely). My outrage meter has been off-the-scale in regards to his entire case.
  • I believe wendell is from SLO. Get him in here with details on this guy.
  • Good on him!!! Now, if we can just dump this war on drugs crap and go after the big guns that are importing the stuff instead of the lil' guys.