This your fear, that you will be out of business, plain and simple.
Not that I know much about all these Cali props, but when reading letitiapepper' analysis it seems very much like it can and will be used against growers, small or big timers.
Give it some thought, the way it's formulated, being a regulation act “This Act shall be known as the “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.”) and "Permits Local Governments to Regulate and Tax Commercial Production, Distribution, and Sale of Marijuana.", and the CUA left out, makes it sneaky.
Where will the line be drawn? Can you risk getting jailed or jacked by DEA or locals, if you have a smaller commercial dispensary caring grow going?
It's seems like a open opportunity/loophole to jail or criminalize growers. These will most likely be commercial growers, making "too much" money for someones liking.
I can imagine (don't know, 'cause I'm not in Cali, so many will properly tell me to shut up because of that) that the person supplying disp. is more likely open to attacks from law enforcement with this bill. I can imagine that someone high up doesn't like a lot of socalled patients growing a lot and getting a lot of money. This properly why it will be getting taxed at the same time. It doesn't seem hard to get a med-card, how hard is it getting a suplly-card?
Yes, it's fear-based questions. But the way this whole thing is formulated is just off. Where does the regulation and control stop? Who will take over supply if bigtimers or many smalltimers is taken down? Will the selfsupplying grower and non-selfsupplying patient be hit by this? If one supplies a couple of patients? All these questions may be pointless and based on fear. Just needed to get it off...
The dispesaries already pays a lot of different taxes, I can see it may be fair to contribute so the community by taxing, but it's kinda expensive enough as it is for those not able to grow or doesn't have a good connect, dispensary or not. It's not like it's a 6-pack or a pack of smokes, it's medicine, but maybe I'm way off...
Prop 19 may be good for something though. Letting the pieces fall where they may, taking down those whose gonna be taken down. Tightening the whole thing up. Hopefully it leave more self-growers and smokers in peace. Like many says, there will properly not come a better solution in good deal of time.
Small steps?
Edit: Hm , should've read the 3rd page seems like it will be a positive thing. We can't have it all at once, as said above^^ baby steps...