norkali i reside in redding,ca to get a idea of the MMJ climate here read this: denny vs DEA Fred Gardner: Will Snoops Get Stopped?

psycho4bud i missed the link,but have gone back and looked at it
sounds like they are focusing on things todo with it not the lagal aspects of opening a MMJ place i will look into it more i found thier main link
Oaksterdam University

there is also a group in southern california offering caregiver classes: http://.org/caregiver_training.lasso

i will continue my quest for the info on opening is it you just need to start a non-profit and that does'nt require a business liscence??

if you know how but don't want to say here hit me up on msn

cannabis should be grown because you love the process of growing it. or because you want to help other people

its not good thinking of ripping people off for such high prices for a beautiful plant. if you want to start a business and profit do it on something else other than cannabis. thats what gives cannabis a bad name

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psycho4bud hey i checked them out and they have classes
teaching the legal aspects thx you rock!!

texasgrass hey is it legal in texas ?? i thought it was'nt
and i also thought like you and many others that people were price gouging and prices were just crazy high but i looked into opening up a store and i found out why prices are so high
don't expect price's dropping anytime soon caregivers/growers
want too much for thier product then you got all the bills to run a business, then the fed can come #@$ you at anytime! so nobady is gonna risk 40yrs for pennies!

Go for it man!! we live in a capitalist society! you best believe all of the hydroponic stores are getting their money's worth.Hell it's a risk to run mmj service.You should have something to fall back on.

Probably the best advice. You know that either two things are going to happen - 1 that your going to get raided and probably lose everything or mostly everything - or 2 - that you dont get raided and the elections change something for the better...

2 is not likely, and personally i think that you wont get arrested just shut down and everything taken

maybe with the cuts more dispensaries is a good thing - overgrow the government

Its up to you, but GL with the business, and keep it 100% legal

That's impossible since it's still illegal according to the Feds. There will always be problems until that goes away.

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yes, i meant 100% legal according to state

Are you serious, how can people afford NOT to grow out there. What do pounds go for 7k? $75/ eighth thats coke prices.

no what; I THINK IF THAT GUY HAS ALREADY BEEN IN JAIL IT WOULD BE ONE STRIKE AND HE IS RISKING AS SECOND FOR "GETTING RICH" GOING TO JAIL FOR A SHORT TERM--THEN WHAT! STRIKE #3 FOR A DWI OR WHAT? The only Co-op's I've seen that work are by the workers themselves; they produce and share! Heck, it is just a weed we are talking about! A weed, some of us need! Our current President has a history of drugs and hasn't done anything about medical values, in fact, made things worse for legal medication. Even that is outrageous now! Better to grow something if you aren't a chemist! In Eureka, they do have food Co-op's and they are reasonable to the members. IT SEEMS A CO-OP WOULD BE A MEMBER ONLY ORGANIZATION! Just a thot!

Wow, so glad Im up near Northern California....Couldn't afford to smoke down south...wow $70-90 a 1/4 retail here...top end gdp,royal purp, sour d, and kush.

I have looked into opening a co-op just recently. There is a moratorium on opening one that was just extended until next May. What you have to do is buy somebody elses license which starts at $50,000 (so much for capitalism)

The DEA has no interest whatsoever in busting the co-op owners, in fact they usually do nothing but trash the place and intimidate. I know a few that have been busted and they don't even take their product or cash most of the time. They are looking for untaxed cash and guns for the most part. I don't know any dispensary owners that have been prosecuted so far. The Venice dispensary operates across from the Venice Police Dept on the boardwalk. It's brilliant...
Jerry Brown is trying to pass legislation that all dispensaries operate as a non profit organization which means you would need a 501C I believe it's called to operate a co-op. Good luck man...

this probably is the best thing about mmj in texas, YET!
Texas Patient Wins Landmark Acquittal in Medical Marijuana Case : NewsLI.com - Long Island News, News Long Island
such a shame, we are far far behind on mmj and i think tx will mot likely be the last of states to approve such measures!

EDIT: police got more to say than legislature around here
Texas

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another words you're in it only for the money? Because if that is your intention, then you're not helping the medical marijuana community at all! You just become one more burden instead of a plus, and one more nail in the coffin for decriminalization of cannabis!

I want to open a medical dispencerary also. Where do you live at? I have product and knowledge to grow and supply a shop. Let me know where you want to start.

I don't think this is the place to be looking for the "hookup" to start this kind of business venture. who exactly are you addressing your post to? if you hadn't noticed the other posts within this realm are now gone.

what you dudes have to remember is how far the st of calif has come in relation to MJ and take what were given and run w it.

everyone who runs a store front knows and readies themselves to fight a legal war someday because we all know that WHO the FEDS want - are those who have made the real bread and those who are shooting off their mouths in the media (not to mention those assholes who are so fuckin greedy they cant stay within the paramaters of the current law). because of that i believe that those who have made the real bread and abided by the law deserve the big profits their getting from their sales.

lots of you dudes are talking about how to go about setting up co ops and stores BUT i dont see anyone doing any legal research to see WHAT the govt wants.....like they arnt saying you cant make any money they are just wanting you to do it in a certain way and basically from what i see and in my opinion they want to see the money SPRED around as far as possible - ive been reading a lot of your posts in this thread and the others and i dont see an reference to the AG (atty general) guidlines published last Aug/Sept....

watcha homies..... http://www.americansforsafeaccess.or...Guidelines.pdf

remember KNOWLEDGE is POWER

what u see below is being cultivated by a collective who "donates for adequate compensation" their surplus to a local co-op to cover thier expenses pursuant to calif law. the members of the collective are all card carrying MM patients

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You're not allowed to grow "for profit" in California. People do it but it's not legal under MMJ laws. If you don't care about the law then don't call it a co-op nor try to hide behind MMJ laws.

Good luck...

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