You think every dispensary will get their hands on Cali's last years harvest???? FAIL..... Everything is awarded to the highest bidder if you are a business man you know that. I understand your argument but you really think everyone will play by the rules? I'm not that naive. It's gonna be a "get rich scheme" for the first couple of years until the solid good dispensaries get their feet cemented in AZ. Very few dispensaries will be in it for the long haul..
What you just said contradicts itself: Get rich quick scheme, first couple of years... followed by others getting their feet cemented....
Our politicians openly disapprove of the medical marijuana program. When they get one whiff of corruption not involving them getting paid, its over. There will be no "years" as you have put it.
The powers at be are just waiting for the Madoff's to come out of the wood work, believe me, look at MT....
DEA does has a headquarters in Flagstaff, just saying...
Legit businessmen play by the rules and make the same amount of profit if not more due to longevity.. Fly by nights are exactly that and they will disrupt the AZ industry for everyone. What businessmen are you talking about? Risking their hard earned money to play drug dealer by importing product.... Not the circle of business people I would associate with. It would be more lucrative for those you speak of to continue to sell on the black market and avoid taxes, risk would be the same except it would not be documented like a dispensary.
Im talking real business operators who can take the risk and wait for legal product.. Not glorified drug dealers shipping weight around the US. Have you looked at NJ lately, the big 6 are still around solely because they are financially sound not because they are selling illicit product (They cannot sell anything yet, some NJ business plans indicate a $15mil backing, public knowledge). Who is to say AZ wont pull the same bs and not award operation certificates? The ones who plan on getting rich quick will not last if they cannot sell something.. I can only imagine the microscope the winners of the registration certificates will be under as well, any sign of illegal activity and that cetificate will get stripped and possibly passed around until it reaches a LEGIT applicant.
Another Perfect Example: The 25 mile rule and AZCS/ Bill Hayes. How can you try and fight the 25 mile rule when you have been caught with over 900 plants? The 25 mile rule is never going anywhere because of these individuals; the ones were supposed to be fighting the rule violated it thoroughly in the first place. Same will apply for dispensaries, esp with only >126 in the state. One serious screw-up will only make it harder for the program to survive.
As you have put it there will be multiple screw ups and the the illustrious Janice Brewer, if you have not noticed, will crack down on the AZ initiative.
