[oneofus]

I have had about enough of the mmrsa and auma crap. They're trying to destroy the lives of the patients and put all of us in cages and take everything we've all worked so hard for all our lives.

It's time to take a different approach.

I want to drive a stake through the heart of auma and at the same time have the mmrsa declared an illegal amendment to Prop. 215 in the same way that People v. Kelly did to sb420.

If, almighty god forbid, auma does pass...and if the mmrsa is either left unchallenged in the courts or is found by the courts to not be unconstitutional for whatever reason then we have got to do something.

The lives and health of the patients that depend on us to provide them the medication they need to deal with life on their own terms in their own way or to just simply to stay alive is at stake here to say nothing of our entire way of life.

What is happening here is beyond unconscionable.

It is criminal.

Can you think of ideas for an "end-run" around these POS pieces of legislation?

First thing that comes to my mind is some type of an underground railroad network of a grower-to-patient union or co-op or collective.

What ideas do you have to make this work?

What other ideas do you have as an alternative to this idea?

Guys, we have got to figure something out both for the sake of the patients that depend on us as well as for ourselves.

We can't just sit here and take this in the shorts.

Don't post why it can't be done.

We must figure out a way it CAN be done.

Too much is riding on this to just let it happen and have it either go unchallenged or fail to come up with with some kind of work-around.

What are your ideas to make useless the efforts of the legislature and the big money interests to try and take away everything that we - both patients and growers - have struggled and suffered and some of us have died for to build for the last 20 years?

We have GOT to find a way and we must do it together.

Gentlemen, I put it to you thusly - "We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."
- Ben Franklin

Put forth your best ideas because we need them now.

oneofus

[weedaholic721]

Get growers to unite and pool financial resources. Take that money, start a better intiative and hire lawyers to fight mmrsa. Cannabis growers collectively make much more money then Sean Parker or any source fighting cannabis.

[oneofus]

Get growers to unite and pool financial resources.

^^^ok, good idea...now fill in the details of how you would do this,please.

[_tessarecting]

SuperPAC

Step 1: keep Zeke far away out of the picture

[weedaholic721]

Find lawyer who would be will to take case of mmrsa and also build team to write a new initiative. Collect as many growers and dispensaries together for a large meeting with lawyer to hammer out options. Then spread word of mouth, though internet, through however, show steps taking to local growers. They can then donate funds through various legal means and sign on to mmrsa suit anonymously.

[MJPassion]

The ONLY vote that matters is the vote you make with your dollars.
Boycott any & all businesses that support legislation you dont agree with. Hit 'em in the pocketbook!!!

Lawyers are easy... They love money & the growers pooling a legal fund is an awesome idea.
Growers could also pool some money for the purpose of educating the general public. Flyers could be developed & handed out to potential voters explaining the pros & cons of passing such legislation. CO & WA would make excellent examples of what has & has not worked so far.

Last but definitely not least...
Politics is as much a psychological game as it is a political one.
GET INTO PEOPLES MINDS IN A GOOD WAY!
Get the older crowd to speak to their peers rather than the younger crowd just making entitled demands.

The last is probably most important, imo, & is applicable to any State making decisions for their Constituents.

[oneofus]

@tess,

lmfao @ keeping zeke out....good one man...

ok,pooling money to buy a lawyer...how do we reach out to growers...?

[oneofus]

in other words...what are the actual words we say to growers that will cause them to open their wallets and give their money to an attorney like Omar Figeroa to take this case and win it?

[subrob]

Don't forget the black market infrastructure...they couldn't root it out of Cali if they tried...oh wait...they did...6 decades of trying and I haven't met anyone in years who couldn't score a sack in five minutes

[Vernalization]

so in a legal market. people would still prefer the streets?