Got to the grow this afternoon to find my partner working away. I went to the veg room to see if I had any thirsty girls that needed immediate attention. While I am touring about my partner comes in to tell me the cops and an inspector are at the door. He answered, told them to wait and came and got me. I opened the door and invited them in. It seems they knew we were building and wanted to "Check our permits". I offered to show them to the grow, but the inspector asked to be taken too the panel. I took him there. He looks at me all puzzled "There's nothing going on here." I told him we were just getting started. He asked how many lights I had and I told him 3.
He asked to see the veg room. I took him there. He looked in "There's only 3 lights". I said that's what I told you. He looks, "They are all plugged into the wall. I said ya and he replied "Ok I am done here. It's hot in here, alright if I leave?". He looks at the cops. They tell him ok. He tells me not to forget to apply for electrical permits. I told him no problem I want to do it right and off he goes.
This leaves the 4 cops. One of the lady cops was kinda grumpy. She looks in veg and asks, "How many do you have in there?" I said about twice as many as the permit says. She argued she could have me hack down 1/2. I told her the license says in production. I also let her know that the vegging plants were not medicine till they were flowered and therefore were not production. She denied the word production was present. She said she had spoken with HC and they told her it was up to the discetion of the cops, as to if the numbers were culled or not. I said the fact that the grey area existed showed it would not be prudent to cut them down. I told them in any other farm situation the farmers plant 10 times more than they need, to pick the choice plants to harvest. I was only doing twice the necessary amount. Not all cannabis plants are good enough to be medicine. Only the choicest would be used. They re iterated their position and told me they would be back to make sure I was compliant. I told them I would speak with a lawyer first and see what he thought before removing anything, then escorted them to the door.
All in all they were quite tolerant. I gave them my cell number so no more cop knock. We will be setting up appointments from now on.
On another funnier note one of them asked me if I had had another grow in Vancouver. I said not that I was aware of. One of them mentioned the last house I was in. Another says oh ya you were the guy with all the different strains and then they were all like oh ya that was you. Oh that house I smiled and winked.
All is well and safe. Slowly we move onward. Peace GS
ps. I will be hearing back from one of the lady cops next month. I will let her know that the grumpy lady was wrong and in fact the word production is used in the same paragraph as the plant count at least twice
He asked to see the veg room. I took him there. He looked in "There's only 3 lights". I said that's what I told you. He looks, "They are all plugged into the wall. I said ya and he replied "Ok I am done here. It's hot in here, alright if I leave?". He looks at the cops. They tell him ok. He tells me not to forget to apply for electrical permits. I told him no problem I want to do it right and off he goes.
This leaves the 4 cops. One of the lady cops was kinda grumpy. She looks in veg and asks, "How many do you have in there?" I said about twice as many as the permit says. She argued she could have me hack down 1/2. I told her the license says in production. I also let her know that the vegging plants were not medicine till they were flowered and therefore were not production. She denied the word production was present. She said she had spoken with HC and they told her it was up to the discetion of the cops, as to if the numbers were culled or not. I said the fact that the grey area existed showed it would not be prudent to cut them down. I told them in any other farm situation the farmers plant 10 times more than they need, to pick the choice plants to harvest. I was only doing twice the necessary amount. Not all cannabis plants are good enough to be medicine. Only the choicest would be used. They re iterated their position and told me they would be back to make sure I was compliant. I told them I would speak with a lawyer first and see what he thought before removing anything, then escorted them to the door.
All in all they were quite tolerant. I gave them my cell number so no more cop knock. We will be setting up appointments from now on.
On another funnier note one of them asked me if I had had another grow in Vancouver. I said not that I was aware of. One of them mentioned the last house I was in. Another says oh ya you were the guy with all the different strains and then they were all like oh ya that was you. Oh that house I smiled and winked.
All is well and safe. Slowly we move onward. Peace GS
ps. I will be hearing back from one of the lady cops next month. I will let her know that the grumpy lady was wrong and in fact the word production is used in the same paragraph as the plant count at least twice
