You have misinterpreted nearly everything i said in previous posts , as allready said we accepted 2 type patients to grow for , the prefered patients were those afflicted with 1 of the top 10 diseases that mj is proven to work exceedingly better than opiates , again FYI your the afore mentioned brain disorder would of qualified for Free med's from us , the 2nd type patients we took were those who wanted their doctor fee & card application fee paid by us , out of that group all patients knowlingly entered into a contract where they were " Owed zero med's " & that their plant count was to be used for the greater good of terminal patients or those with doccumented chronic pain issues , nobody was used for their plant count to line my pockets , you cant use a person who wants nothing more than a free med card & agree's their plant count would be better used for REAL PATIENTS who must have help .
I didnt get into the business of bank rolling a true co-op , it's grow rooms or the daily mnmgt of the biz to get rich , we gave away 2lbs a month at a minimum to approved patients & multiple lbs monthly of discounted meds to those who were unable to pay & were disabled according to Mich SSD laws , you call me a hypocrite without allowing exception for our mission statement which was allways to help SERIOUSLY ILL people ,NEVER TO SUPPLY WEED TO ALL , it dont take a rocket scientist to see that a card holder who pulls up on a crotch rocket , then run's into the shop & ask's for help in finding something to fill in the questionaire so he'll qualify for a card is a faker , im happy people like that can smoke legally but to compare that card holder to a real patient is assanine , im not a hypocrite but i am a realist & any patient taken on by us who recieved no monthly meds free of charge did so of his free will & knowing the terms & conditions from the jump , i never used anybody for personal greed , unless you think me shelling out nearly a quarter mil ( My life savings at 60 yrs old ) was being greedy , or where i used a building i own to house the co-op's grow free of charge for 2 yrs when i coulda charged rent legally , or where i alone operated 8 seperate 4 x 8 flood tables by myself with no pay , or how i oversaw the harvesters who were paid $20 an hr when i took zero compensation for my time .
After bank rolling everything , setting up the co-op's non profit status , personally growing 5 to 6 lbs a week for the co-op's supply , overseeing trimming as well as day to day operation of the storefront for 20 months i walked away with $40,000 profit , thats less than $1,500 a month return now how is that greedy , i could of made 10 times that in my real estate ventures but you say im greedy , the weight DONATED to the co-op's members who recieved med cards at our expense is what made possible the large weights distributed to real patients free of charge or greatly reduced prices , call bullshit anyway you like but that's how a true class b non profit co-op should operate , as for deciding patient status you must of missed where i explained we had our own doctor , the doctor , myself & the 2 partners decided TOGETHER what to give & who to give it too not me alone & the doctor had final say on the matter , it isnt hard to give a patient a zip a week when his 12 plants bring the co-op 24 to 32 zip's every 8 weeks in a 8 table perpetual sog style grow where clones aren't used in plant counts .
Since selling my 51 % back to the co-op's 2 other partners they have changed everything , no more free meds to anybody or reduced prices for terminals just a straight per gram price , all employees i paid $20 an hour were replaced with family who act as the co-op's providers , sell their weight to the co-op at $2,000 a lb so there's less profit shown then split all profits amongst the family as a salary , the doctor on staff was replaced with a script pusher who allows anybody a card without ever seeing them in person , my 2 partners have became millionaires since my departure & it's now a full service dispensary operating as a class b non profit , i walked away with $40k & you say im greedy .
Ive gave dearly to the Mich MMJ cause & recieved next to nothing in return , that afforded me the right to have a say on who i think is a true patient vs a mere cardholder , you youngsters call bullshit on something you have zero experience with , you might operate a successful grow where you see maybe 10 people a day which dont make you an expert on operating a co-op , i saw 50 to 300 people a day with atleast 25 a day applying for free meds just for shits in giggles so they could take advantage of my generousity , when you get dozens of card holders a day lying to you in order to take advantage of your hard work you'll get a real perspective on who constitues a true patient .
Save your self rightous bs for a grower who does nothing to help truly sick people because ive seen the greed from all sides & walked away from the business because of greed , card holder & grower alike .
I was the president of a chapter of Oregon Green Free and revived it by providing 1 1/2 lbs of quality medicine and 50 - 150, 10 - 12" plants for patients, caregivers, and growers each months for about a year and a half. After beefing up the membership from 30 to over 120 per month (as you said give it and they will come....God will they come 
) and upping raffle proceeds from $300 per month to $800+, the greedy stepped in. Now my vice president is running the chapter and selling meds to the local dispensary as well as picking up patients at the doctors office and chumping them for part of their grow. Contacting them through the doctor was a program initiated by my daughter the membership coordinator to help folks get growers. Me, I just walked away and now I make oil for very sick people. Good luck to you and thanks for helping, many do appreciate it. BTW I eventually adopted the position that even if 9 out of 10 were scamming me that getting meds to the 1 that needed it was worth it and that helped me considerably. Again 
