Why CO. is better than anywhere else for legal cannabis!

[monsoon]

CO is better 'cus...

No budtang
Both A20 and A64 are enshrined in our state Constitution
Every individual over 21 can grow 6 plants in their home.
No possession limits in house
1 oz or less (includes hash/hash concentrates) can be carried outside the home without penalty
It is legal to gift 1 z or less (includes hash/hash concentrates) to friends/others who may deserve it

You can step up and play hardball if you have the cash and the hardballs to play with

The cops are too busy with the big boys to look at you (unless you budtang it)

I can honestly say I've never felt SAFER (LOL) growing this plant in CO than I do now.

 

[Jhhnn]

CO is better 'cus...

No budtang
Both A20 and A64 are enshrined in our state Constitution
Every individual over 21 can grow 6 plants in their home.
No possession limits in house
1 oz or less (includes hash/hash concentrates) can be carried outside the home without penalty
It is legal to gift 1 z or less (includes hash/hash concentrates) to friends/others who may deserve it

You can step up and play hardball if you have the cash and the hardballs to play with

The cops are too busy with the big boys to look at you (unless you budtang it)

I can honestly say I've never felt SAFER (LOL) growing this plant in CO than I do now.

Indeed. CO law denies the authorties many of the tools used to bust growers of any scale simply because growing, using & possessing cannabis are legal activities.

Smell pot smoke, officer? No problem.

Smell green growing marijuana? No problem.

See a bong on the coffee table when the occupant comes to the door? No Problem.

Observe people toking at a back yard barbeque? No problem in Denver, anyway. It won't get a warrant anywhere in the state, either.

Unusual heat signature? No problem.

Big power bill? No problem. Well, maybe if you're running 20,000 watts. Even then, they could easily end up with egg on their face with a gettogro setup of 6 legal plants.

Little bits of pot debris in the trash? No problem.

Occupant observed at a grow shop? So what?

Subject gifted pot to an informant? Perfectly legal wrt 1 oz or less.

All of that is just gone wrt the police. They have to build an entirely different kind of case against anybody they suspect of growing black market cannabis. They have to make a case based on actual sales or off property transfer of amounts exceeding 1 oz. That's much more difficult.

Everybody's purposes are different, and we all make different judgments about how to fulfill those purposes. I'm really quite amazed that I can have what I want & remain legal at the same time. There are undoubtedly a lot more people just like me, too. Our worst case scenario is that the cops terrorize my family to find a perfectly legal # of plants. I'm pretty sure that scares them more than it scares me, so they just avoid the whole thing unless something big gets shoved under their noses.

 

[monsoon]

they just avoid the whole thing unless something big gets shoved under their noses.

That pretty much sums up what I've been saying all along and was trying to get through to Jr. DEA. If you don't have traffic/don't piss your neighbors off/don't beat your wife/get drunk and exhibit STUPID all over the place/etc...there's little reason for them to show up. Do as you please, smartly. No worries.

Another thing that CO has going for it is privacy. I was at a guys house this weekend who has 50 7' tall x 4 ft wide bushes growing in smart pots around his house. He's on 75 acres at the end of the road/base of the mountains and up a very nasty driveway that's about 1/2 mile long. Nobody just "drops by" this place...even the County Sheriff, who knows this person well. LOL. You...um...could be mistaken for a bear and easily get shot showing up here unannounced.

I kept thinking of butlick and how he'd be going off at such a site and ranting about "6-30" and how we were all going to prison...

 

[barnyard]

Monsoon is right CO's laws just didn't happen.

Regulation has worked here in CO because of the hardworking people of high integrity who literally put their asses on the line to make it work...the irony here is that success has not occured because of the enforcement of the state but because of innovative business people who manage to "build the plane while its flying" and follow the regulations more closely than the state itself

Even a cool dude named Marc (amazing how a few years hanging out with the U.S. homies can change a person), even says CO is doing a "terrific" job! :blush:

So to all the hardworking people who started out working two jobs but now only have to work their grow job THANK YOU!

CO is better because we're HIGHER!!!

 

[Jhhnn]

That pretty much sums up what I've been saying all along and was trying to get through to Jr. DEA. If you don't have traffic/don't piss your neighbors off/don't beat your wife/get drunk and exhibit STUPID all over the place/etc...there's little reason for them to show up. Do as you please, smartly. No worries.

Another thing that CO has going for it is privacy. I was at a guys house this weekend who has 50 7' tall x 4 ft wide bushes growing in smart pots around his house. He's on 75 acres at the end of the road/base of the mountains and up a very nasty driveway that's about 1/2 mile long. Nobody just "drops by" this place...even the County Sheriff, who knows this person well. LOL. You...um...could be mistaken for a bear and easily get shot showing up here unannounced.

I kept thinking of butlick and how he'd be going off at such a site and ranting about "6-30" and how we were all going to prison...

Considerations here in the city are somewhat different. Much higher population density means somewhat more depersonalization, particularly when dealing with the authorities. That's true out into the 'burbs, as well, with some departments being more asshole-ish than others, for sure. If I have to deal with cops, I much prefer real Denver cops to their suburban brethren.

Security considerations vary enormously even within neighborhoods, even block to block & house to house here near the urban core. Our place has too much public reveal & too much public going by to not have max stealth, even with 100% legal plant counts. You'd have to see the place to understand.

 

[mr.shiva]

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[mr.shiva]

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[aridbud]

CO is the poster child of the "times, they are a changin". Even before residing here (in the mid 70's and now)....never had a problem growing in 2 other states for decades. Kept it low key, no reason to arouse suspicion. That's what others are doing in semi-legal, illegal and MMJ states.

Common sense.

However, it's good to have statutes to back up hobby/need for growing medicine.

It'll be an interestng election, many states and individual cities allowing voters to decide. Woot-woot!

 

[monsoon]

You'd have to see the place to understand.

LOL Jhhnn. I understand FULLY. Such is why when I moved here in the early 80's I kept right on driving...past DENVER! Um...no thanks.

Another reason CO rules is that the 6 plant rule is per individual per household. Some of us are old and own more than one home!
Can you say >>>Bonus grow(s)<<<??? WOOT!

Sorry, can't help myself. Growing this plant is damn addictive!

 

[Jhhnn]

LOL Jhhnn. I understand FULLY. Such is why when I moved here in the early 80's I kept right on driving...past DENVER! Um...no thanks.

Another reason CO rules is that the 6 plant rule is per individual per household. Some of us are old and own more than one home!
Can you say >>>Bonus grow(s)<<<??? WOOT!

Sorry, can't help myself. Growing this plant is damn addictive!

To each their own. I kinda fell in love with Denver proper when I moved here in the early 70's. If they scraped off much of the netherlands suburbs & planted prairie grass it wouldn't hurt my feelings much at all.

I very much like the fact that we can just grow our own (really!) & remain 100% legal, bust-proof, irreproachable in the eyes of the Law. I'm too old to do time or to rebuild financially if I had to defend myself in court. Few people understand just how ridiculously expensive that really is. If you don't have at least $50K, resistance is pretty much futile. Even that mostly just gets you a better plea bargain.

I also like the fact that it's completely free of official paperwork bullshit, incognito, anonymous. No medical justification required. It's every Coloradan's civil right.

 

[stasis]

One thing for sure. When a Market gets so bad that even friends start to chew on each other, it's time to seriously consider quality-of-life issues, and open one's vistas.

 

[monsoon]

Unless you and your friends have a lot of cash, no worries. In the new marijuana world, most folks and their friends growing at home/etc. aren't gonna have a place at the table to chew from in the first place.

Make it now, kids. It's a fleeting game at best these days. At its worst, it's a done deal.

 

[mr.shiva]

if the craft weed industry is anything like the craft beer industry

 

[stasis]

Unless you and your friends have a lot of cash, no worries. In the new marijuana world, most folks and their friends growing at home/etc. aren't gonna have a place at the table to chew from in the first place.

Make it now, kids. It's a fleeting game at best these days. At its worst, it's a done deal.

Duh. If everyone was flush with cash they would never chew on each other, that is the point of my post.

Clever Clever, maybe one is a trustafarian..! Like the denizens who can still afford MendoMarin. Or if the snark factor is too high, or your friends turn out to be aquaintances at best.

I say it is better to be around good solid people, and Mendo does not specialize in that.

 

[stoney917]

Co is better for 1 reason only... they were the test state... allows alot of things other states now r eliminating (home grows)...

 

[Jhhnn]

Co is better for 1 reason only... they were the test state... allows alot of things other states now r eliminating (home grows)...

Not exactly. Legalization proposals in Alaska & Oregon feature home growing. Oregon's is screwy, Alaska's is modeled on CO.

I'll agree that some states are trying to create no growing MMJ for its own sake & as a bridge to no growing Legalization a la WA. That's turning into a real stinker.

In lots of places, unfortunately, the legislatures have the power to dictate terms to the people if they'll allow it. We were lucky to get ahead of 'em.

 

[stoney917]

Oregon we will have to wait n see what actually passes... alaska ???? Who cares they are so far out on there own nuthin that happens there matters or get noticed...

 

[shaggyballs]

Will Co. lose it right for home growing?????

I think this is inevitable.

What if this language is use in CO. as it has in other states?
It's time to scrap and rebuild the system.

I hope not......but I don't think you can fight corporate greed.
If it can be done let's do it!

But I believe the writing is on the wall!

 

[theJointedOne]

interesting thread.

thanks for sharing

can anyone grow in CO or do you need to be a resident of the state?

 

[Jhhnn]

Will Co. lose it right for home growing?????

I think this is inevitable.

What if this language is use in CO. as it has in other states?
It's time to scrap and rebuild the system.

I hope not......but I don't think you can fight corporate greed.
If it can be done let's do it!

But I believe the writing is on the wall!

We've been over this before. Only a vote of the people can rescind A64. Personal growing is here to stay in CO.