I think the law is not aimed at us growers anymore. A family that paid everything out on pharma meds and operations would certainly support price drops for a severly ill child to gain some relief. Med cannabis seems poor to the real cocktail in the plants cannabinoids.
I find the questions that legality has generated quite intresting, is there a line and if so where is it drawn.
If i had a three year old in pain from cancer and all else failed would i consider marijuana if i knew getting them stoned would increase quality of life. Not saying id give them smoke but edibles and oils maybe.
It wasnt sarcasm but the flip side of the coin seems that the laws are not aimed at us small timers and others will dominate the vote and law for their reasons and not just so we can grow.
I think cases will come up where the laws are tested to their full extent at some point. When mj is aimed at med relief and patients is there an age limit or is it more to do with the illness. Seems unfair that an adult can use this drug but a child with the same illness couldnt.
As to rock bottom prices and mass markets of scale, that was always my main concern and worry and its happening fast, not enough growers to ever sway the vote in our favour against all the non growers who simply want access. One might say this was the worst case scenario.
More debates in my country to pressure the medicinal properties of weed on the goverment but we fear the outcome so safely im still black market and not a legal grower because at a buck or two a gram i am certainly not making the effort to grow. Eventually it will happen but till then im safe and in the majority.
I wasn't actually talking about the legality of cannabis as a treatment nor whether children should be allowed to be prescribed it, I firmly believe that that will have to be the choice of parents as well as doctors. I meant the 'last bit', "How can growers not support price drops to rock bottom".
I'm certain it's not an issue that prices come down SOME with legalization, but when they hit ROCK BOTTOM, in the worst case scenario, it will drive all the small growers and even those considered large growers today, out of business.
That doesn't include the "hobbyists" who make a little money on the side while supplying themselves and friends with quality MJ, but those whose livelihoods depend on the business side, I believe will suffer, some may eke out a living, but mostly all that will be left will be the massive commercial operations, most of which don't even exist YET, but I'm certain will and probably soon, as the social/political climate quickly adapts to the new normal.
I think this is probably a decade away, more or less, but that does not bode well, imo, for those who consume it (but don't grow), because we've already seen how big agro places profits ahead of the good/health of consumer where our food is concerned. That's my main point, and btw not a rant aimed at you, Kingrow1. Just the inevitability that this "gold rush" will not end well for many people unfortunately. BUT, I could be wrong, lol ;?D
