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That isn't what has happened with amendment 64 in Colorado. You can grow up to six plants for personal use, no licence required. Funnily enough, the current sit

That isn't what has happened with amendment 64 in Colorado. You can grow up to six plants for personal use, no licence required. Funnily enough, the current situation of having legalised personal use without legalising trade is very similar to what was proposed by Hunter S. Thompson when he was running for Sheriff of Aspen.

bdcravens 13y ago
I'm only responding to the article, and the comptroller's proposal, which is independent of actions taken in Colorado. 4th paragraph: under my proposal, only adults age 21 and over would be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana – which would be grown, processed, and sold by government-licensed businesses for recreational or medicinal purposes. As written, this seems to imply those licenses won't be issue arbitrarily to individuals.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  I am not familiar with the Colorado system, but that sounds similar to the Washington system. In order to grow or sell you need to buy a license (available in November I believe). This system is not going to restrict strains or products in any meaningful way. No more so than government issued licenses for medical grow ops have restricted strains... As most here are probably aware, the existence of government licensed growers has had the opposite effect as what you are hypothesising. I believe Colorado has commercial growers obtain a license as well, though I cannot say that for sure.
  - moocowduckquack 13y ago
    As far as I am aware, Colorado has not changed the law on anything commercial, so there is no commercial growers license yet. I think they are intending to though from what I have read. edit - on the other hand, after reading zevyoura's post, evidently I may be talking rubbish.
    - jlgreco 13y ago
      I'm not sure if legal commercial selling is up and running there yet or not. It kind of thought it was. Legal non -medical weed won't be available until next March or so in Washington (end of November until non-medical growing can start, plus a few months for those non-medical plants to mature.)
  - zevyoura 13y ago
    There's an excellent overview of Colorado's system in this Fresh Air interview: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/13/164981433/legalizing-and-regulating-pot-a-growth-industry http://www.npr.org/2012/11/13/164981433/legalizing-and-regul... Colorado has the most strictly regulated system anywhere, including the ability to trace all retail sales back to the plant they were grown on, 24 hour video surveillance of all legal growers, and background checks that should eliminate most of the criminal element in the trade (which is a huge problem in California).
    - jlgreco 13y ago
      Gotcha. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the pot scene is diverse and thriving despite this. Certainly not a "government growers only selling shitty government cheese^W^W ditch weed" situation.

bdcravens 13y ago

I'm only responding to the article, and the comptroller's proposal, which is independent of actions taken in Colorado. 4th paragraph: under my proposal, only adults age 21 and over would be allowed to possess up to one ounce of marijuana – which would be grown, processed, and sold by government-licensed businesses for recreational or medicinal purposes. As written, this seems to imply those licenses won't be issue arbitrarily to individuals.

jlgreco 13y ago
I am not familiar with the Colorado system, but that sounds similar to the Washington system. In order to grow or sell you need to buy a license (available in November I believe). This system is not going to restrict strains or products in any meaningful way. No more so than government issued licenses for medical grow ops have restricted strains... As most here are probably aware, the existence of government licensed growers has had the opposite effect as what you are hypothesising. I believe Colorado has commercial growers obtain a license as well, though I cannot say that for sure.
- moocowduckquack 13y ago
  As far as I am aware, Colorado has not changed the law on anything commercial, so there is no commercial growers license yet. I think they are intending to though from what I have read. edit - on the other hand, after reading zevyoura's post, evidently I may be talking rubbish.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    I'm not sure if legal commercial selling is up and running there yet or not. It kind of thought it was. Legal non -medical weed won't be available until next March or so in Washington (end of November until non-medical growing can start, plus a few months for those non-medical plants to mature.)
- zevyoura 13y ago
  There's an excellent overview of Colorado's system in this Fresh Air interview: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/13/164981433/legalizing-and-regulating-pot-a-growth-industry http://www.npr.org/2012/11/13/164981433/legalizing-and-regul... Colorado has the most strictly regulated system anywhere, including the ability to trace all retail sales back to the plant they were grown on, 24 hour video surveillance of all legal growers, and background checks that should eliminate most of the criminal element in the trade (which is a huge problem in California).
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    Gotcha. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the pot scene is diverse and thriving despite this. Certainly not a "government growers only selling shitty government cheese^W^W ditch weed" situation.