It's not just Richard Lee. It's a coalition of big clubs from Oakland/Berkley. One of those clubs is my primary source of income at the moment, so I'm not super thrilled about that, but at the same time I find progress is exciting.I'm glad that Oakland is pot friendly, but I don't like it. I wonder who is behind it...smells like Richard Lee.
It was gonna happen sooner or later. like RJ reynolds or other big company this industry is going to move away from the street.
Yep. Good or bad, it's the future. Anyone who's not thinking and preparing for that future right now will get shut out of it.
I agree, but it's still going to drastically change the supply/demand curve. It'll most likely drop wholesale prices across the board...Good for the end consumer, bad for us, the small scale growers.They might be going large scale but I will be interested to see what kind of quality they turn out over the long run, such as the next 3 or 4 years. Hopefully it will remain consistent or improve over time but usually when this happens peeps start cutting corners and then quality suffers.
I still think there will be plenty of room for small growers seeing as how there are sooooo many strains out there and most peeps have preferences for certain strains or hybrids. I do see this form of growing being popular though if Prop 19 passes this year since the demand will increase somewhat.
As always peace out!
I beg to differ. We DO need a real corporation to get behind this. Corporations don't like taxes. Taxes cut into profits, therefore corporations fight is for the consumer. The tobacco industry is the only industry in this country with enough pull and resources to accomplish full scale rescheduling. Or would you rather have Merck or Bayer controlling this?
we do not need corporations for rescheduling, just need people in the government with common sense.
That's just not true. Hydro is DIFFERENT than indoor organic, not better, not worse. There is no one right way to grow. Saying it's better is just like saying pepsi is better than coke. It might be better to you, but that's just your personal preference. Many people like hydro better too. I'm a big fan of variety, so I like a little of both.
You do realize that there is nothing stopping you from forming a corporation and growing corporate bud that is made to your own specifications and tastes right?
I hadn't thought of that. That will be interesting. The DEA generally does not approve of such things. But then again, the cannabis clubs in Santa Cruz have been permitted to do warehouse grows for 6 months and the DEA hasn't touched them. But they are also size limited.
That is a very good point that I myself had not really thought about. If it goes this could set up a showdown between the state and feds over this issue, which might be what they are trying to accomplish, possibly pushing this to SC0tUS.
They also want control of the plant and their goal isn't quality it's profit and I would rather have the people of America be able to grow marijuana as freely as they want. Why do we feel that corporations are the way to go, why completely sell out before we even try to make things right? When these marijuana corporations get big enough they are going to do what every other corporation does and take there buisness oversea's when Americans need jobs more than ever. I really don't care if someone starts a corporation, my problem is they are the ones writing the bills which regulate every day citizens while deregulating themselves. I know I'm idealistic but this is a plant and no one should have control over it except mother earth.
The taste of the finished product from hydro will never compare to the taste of properly grow organic weed, I'm not saying hydro wont taste good just not the same. I compare marijuana to a fine wine and hydro will never compare to the all around quality of organics. It's not like compareing Coke and Pepsi, it's like comparing a Swisher to a Cuban.
Once you form a corporation you end up with a board of directors that over time will change their vision for the company. No matter what intentions you start the company with, eventually the focal point will come down to the bottom line and your initial concepts will be pushed out for the "greater good" of the company by the board with or without you. It basically comes down to ethics which most Americans don't have. These corporations don't fully understand or care about the consequences of their actions.
