Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
In the alcohol industry you have different legislation for micro breweries and the giants. A completely different level of licensing, a completely different level of investment money required.
I, and many of you around the world, would like to see sensible legislation in the cannabis industry regarding boutique cannabis shops. Mom and pop cannabis grows, and possibly shops as well.
The most obvious changes I see would be:
Significantly lower plant limits. Boutique grow numbers should top out at the minimum plant number for a commercial license. In Colorado this is 5,000 plants I think? So licensing would start in the hundreds for plant counts and go up to 5,000.
Significantly Less Oversight. The seed to sale program in Colorado is a stupendously overpriced system with a limited return in value. Not having to implement such ridiculous systems on small scale grows would significantly cut down on licensing costs.
Significantly Lower Licensing Fees. I'm sure there are other areas of legislation where fees can be cut, such as lowering the percentage of taxes generated to law enforcement and putting more of it toward the agency responsible for licensing.
What others can you think of?
I would like to see mom and pop grows supplying cannabis which has IPM that includes non-systemic treatments and ZERO spraying during flower. There are a lot of places on the planet which could use some truly clean and medicinal 'Top Shelf' products. (The smell in the Medicine-Man dispensary in Cortez, CO is disheartening. Gross smelling cannabis I want to protect people from. lol)
Is there any spot on the planet where Mom and Pop cannabis shops still exist? What legislation differences do they have vs. the large commercial operators?
I, and many of you around the world, would like to see sensible legislation in the cannabis industry regarding boutique cannabis shops. Mom and pop cannabis grows, and possibly shops as well.
The most obvious changes I see would be:
Significantly lower plant limits. Boutique grow numbers should top out at the minimum plant number for a commercial license. In Colorado this is 5,000 plants I think? So licensing would start in the hundreds for plant counts and go up to 5,000.
Significantly Less Oversight. The seed to sale program in Colorado is a stupendously overpriced system with a limited return in value. Not having to implement such ridiculous systems on small scale grows would significantly cut down on licensing costs.
Significantly Lower Licensing Fees. I'm sure there are other areas of legislation where fees can be cut, such as lowering the percentage of taxes generated to law enforcement and putting more of it toward the agency responsible for licensing.
What others can you think of?
I would like to see mom and pop grows supplying cannabis which has IPM that includes non-systemic treatments and ZERO spraying during flower. There are a lot of places on the planet which could use some truly clean and medicinal 'Top Shelf' products. (The smell in the Medicine-Man dispensary in Cortez, CO is disheartening. Gross smelling cannabis I want to protect people from. lol)
Is there any spot on the planet where Mom and Pop cannabis shops still exist? What legislation differences do they have vs. the large commercial operators?