Indoor Looking to move to a medical state..Tell me about ur state

[AutoBlaze]

OK I'm confused about Colorado's laws regarding the cultivation of marijuana for the purpose of care givers. It states that the care giver cannot possess more than six plants with three in flower.. No problem there. However it says you cannot possess more than two ounces of usable product. That's where the problem is. If I grow one plant, once I cut it down I'm in possession of more than two ounces of usable product. What are you supposed to do, hang dry two ounces of bud and throw the rest out?

 

[YUMYUMSYRUP]

I guess im gonna have to choose between michigan, maine, and new jersey as they r up and coming and not so many loopholes as far as i can tell and its not over saturated with nuggets...

 

[surffreak23]

Of the three I would definitely go with Maine! Beautiful place and better weather than Michigan... Can't say I know much about Jersey, but everything I've heard puts me on the disliking side of things...

 

[YUMYUMSYRUP]

Yeah i dont like New Jersey for anything other than its only 4hrs away....Maine is about 6hrs and michigan is 9hrs....all together michigan i believe lets u grow more 12 per card, maine is only 6 flowering per card...I dont know............

 

[surffreak23]

Well I hope you find your relief in a nice state! (even if it isn't colorado, lol) Getting legal is the best thing that's happened to me since my injuries!

 

[YUMYUMSYRUP]

Surffreak=Is it hard to find an apt or house out there that allows u to grow ur meds??Cuz in cali it says NO 215 growing alot of places, in maine say no smoking and the landlord can be arrested if u grow...Now its like okay the state allows u to grow but u cant unless u buy a house and thats not an option for me, no credit always pay cash its the way i was raised...So now i need to find a state where u can grow in a rented house or apt and nothing can happen to the landlord...Is there a place??????

 

[Androth]

AZ
Pro's: Arizona MMJ law is part of the state constitution now due to prop 203 passing. Arizona allows 12 plants per patient to cultivate regardless of phase of growth. no limit on possession of finished marijuana for patients no limit on seeds for patients. also the state has no authority to monitor any individual patients grows or to even investigate them to make sure they are in compliance. technically you can own 100lbs of marijuana 12 plants and 1000000000 seeds legally in az. there is no need legal need to wory about harvesting heavy in az as you are not limited on possession only on the amount you can PURCHASE from a dispensary ( which are not open yet) is limited to about 2.5 oz every 2 weeks however this does not include any marijuana the person may already own or may have grown themselves. the patients and caregivers in this state are not over regulated here as they are in many other states. in az you can live in the mountains and have four full seasons or you can live in the desert. az has the most comprehensive MMJ laws yet to be passed in any state, the az law is very solid and will not need be altered revised or amended on a weekly or monthly basis due to loopholes and legal grey areas as the MMJ law does in other states due to the forethought that went into writing it. landlords are not held legally responsible in any way if a patient exceeds their legal growing limits while renting, however the patients can be prosecuted by law for going over their limits with plants. in az there is no legal difference between growing in a house or an apt. doctors can issue a recommendation to patients from as little as one visit and a review of patients prior medical records, and DOES NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOC. az caregivers can have 5 patients and can be a patient themselves allowing a legal maximum of 72 plants for a single person to grow( this can be a pro or con depending on what its being compared to). az dispensaries are not limited on how much product they can produce, they are simply required to document it all so it can be in compliance with the law. and you do not have to "pick your dispensary" as you do in some states where patients are tied to dispensaries as if dispensaries were caregivers.

Cons: no dispensaries open yet so everything is currently patient/caregiver. residency may take longer to establish than in other states, in some places in the state (the southern desert portion of the state) air conditioning costs can be very high during parts of the year due to temps outside topping 100 most every day during summer. landlords can legally refuse to allow MMJ to be grown on their properties however they cannot legally interfere with medication of a patient who is a lessee. there is no way to exceed 72 plants without becoming a dispensary agent and cultivating for a dispensary.

 

[Androth]

personally if i was moving to be a MMJ patient I would AVOID the eastern states where its new and all other surrounding states still persecute mercilessly, the west is safe for interstate travel per se as all the states respect each others patients rights AZ NV NM CO OR WA HI AK and CA and others are all legal and all touching each others and all respect each others cards for legall posession with patients. its safer out west for anything regarding MMJ. Of the newly legal states I would have to say AZ is a winner by a long shot.

 

[The Medicine Man]

We've had medical cannabis legislation since '99, so it's not that new to us in Maine.

 

[Androth]

true but as in CO, in AZ its in our constitution and it aint goin anywhere ever. and having no limit on how much finished product you can posess is bad ass,I can posses 1,000,000,000,000,000lbs of herb if I could get that much in az legally as a patient.
gotta give this to Maine though, you got Canada right next door too, where the whole country is medicated. definitly the best east coast choice by far, but I would think that Oregon would have nearly the same climate as much of Maine would and has an ocean as well. I just perfer the safety of all the states around you being legal as well as is the case in the west.
but for security I would consider a state where is it part of the constitution of that state, as a correct reading of the US constitution allows for these state constitutions to prevent the feds from doing anything about it. and it cannot be changed simply by the political setting in the state changing from one party to the next.