Speaking of people I wouldn't trust to run a dispensary........! I've known too many big pharma cats to want them anywhere near cannabis if I can help it. Just watch what happens to the prices people think are crazy right now if big pharma gets involved.
I want to know where the money we curently pay is going. The website says how many patients are registered and that's 25 or 100 every person, every year. The website (when I last read it a while back) was complaining basicaly about being understaffed. looked like to me close to 100,000 patients times $100 since 2009. now....my math is not the greatest but I think that should afford us some sort of staff and speed in the processing which I just don't see. Not to be a hippie freak tripping on gov but they have a knack for making loot disapear into a cloud of bullshit and promises. in short-keep it free as free can be and out of the hands of the gov IMO. Put it up on the shelf at meijer like booze but not some state run liquor store like in Canada (I can't ever remember to buy my 10pm beer before 10pm when I'm in town)
If they can come up with a down payment, they may get FHA..
The difference is that big pharma would be running something whrere the cost to produce is already know. They can't artifically run up cannabis prices. It's a crop, and the cost to grow is too easy to figure. No R and D to bury...not inventing anything..why do you think they keep working on synthetics? Morinol, Sativex
The dispensary program is up 8 million over it's three years. That's no money to the State of Michigan. Barely buys an new bridge. You do expect drivable roads don't you? States annual budget is in the 50 BILLION range. Where's the money going? to pay back the 1 Billion in INTEREST, on the unemployment the State's paid out. Get over the State's money. State's have no money unless someone pays taxes, or they profit on something they do. lotto makes 750 MILLION a year. The 2.5 Million per year that the mmj office makes is nothing. Quit thinking about only yourself.
That's a pretty legit gripe. In the big picture it's just shifting money for accounting purposes....freeing up tax money, and replacing that tax money by forcing the usps to raise prices..a tax increase that wasn't approved is the result to the average citizen. Pretty shady on the higher ups in GOVT, but not directly the post office doing anything wrong.
They bury advertising into R and D, that's all the fuck they do is bury sht in R and D to cover up the sick amounts of money they don't actually use to research and develop.
kinda like what the state of washington is/was thinking about.They were talking about putting it in the liquor stores! Washington has state run liquor stores (Washington state seal on the door), you cant by vodka or anything like that at a regular grocery store there are a few (maybe 10 in the whole state) that are private and run under a special license that are run and look the exact same as the other stores! thay aren't open Sundays, only 10-9 m-t and 10-10 friday and saturday! Here in Cali. I can go to my local grocery/corner store and pick up a bottle of liquor until 2 am! If I needed a place to get my meds I would trust the state! They would most likely be cheaper than the clubs and have high quality stuff. like you were talking about demanding testing and such, the state wouldn't want the backlash from selling bunk shit! I don't live in your state so you can ignore me, just letting you know other states were kinda thinking the same thing and most patients I've talked to in washington were totally up for it on the thoughts that the state wouldn't have to worry about keeping control of the clubs selling to people without permits, It would be a state verified thing and the state would bring in all the profit and tax money helping the budget!
thats not entirely true. research the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. CAFR the government has a lot more money than they tell you about. A annual budget has nothing to do with how much cash you have, its just what you plan to spend.
That's true. Pharma spends twice as much on advertising as they do R and D. Just so they can run commercials, convince you you have a problem, and tell you exactly what to ask your Doctor for. Learned that when I was buying advertising.
Washington and Colorado are doing the best so far with dispensing regulations. Thanks for the post.
Yes, budgets ARE about how much you plan to spend...and they usually spend MORE than they budget.But I don;t think we are treated like slaves. I think many people expect too much for free. People feel ENTITLED to good roads, and public infrastructure. People want healthcare, protection from harm (both military and local police) Fire departments...yet don't want to pay taxes.
