Medical Marijuana

[Leta]

I was watching this old show called "Pot of Gold" about farmers growing marijuana as a cash crop. Considering that 16 states have medical mj statutes now, and that are some fine gardeners here, I was wondering if this might be a viable economic sideline. In my state, compensation to "caregivers" (that is, growers) is permitted, though dispensaries are in a legal gray area, at least right now.

I am only interested in completely legal situations, of course. (If it were up to me, all illicit drugs would be decriminalized if not fully legalized, but I am not willing to take any risks that come with jail time.)

 

[colowyo0809]

I was watching this old show called "Pot of Gold" about farmers growing marijuana as a cash crop. Considering that 16 states have medical mj statutes now, and that are some fine gardeners here, I was wondering if this might be a viable economic sideline. In my state, compensation to "caregivers" (that is, growers) is permitted, though dispensaries are in a legal gray area, at least right now.

I am only interested in completely legal situations, of course. (If it were up to me, all illicit drugs would be decriminalized if not fully legalized, but I am not willing to take any risks that come with jail time.)

were they growing it for the MJ or were they growing it for the hemp? The problem is that waaaaay waaaay back in the day people grew it for the hemp, and you really didn't get anything out of the MJ because they didn't have high enough levels of the right oils for it. But, because hemp was pushing out timber as far as a cheap and viable paper product went the timber industry managed to make all marijuana illegal, thereby making sure that timber succeeded and hemp crashed (at least in this country) trying to get the general populace to see the difference between growing it for hemp and growing it for MJ is a real struggle.

 

[curly_kate]

I think we've had this debate here before, but personally, I'm with you Leta. I personally think that, as I am an adult, no one should tell me what I am and am not allowed to put into my own body. That said, I have to be ready to accept the consequences of those actions! Anyway, it does seem silly to continue to fight this battle when there are a lot bigger things for law enforcement and government in general to be worried about right now. And talk about buying American - think of how many prescription drugs are produced overseas that American's wouldn't need to buy.

 

[Leta]

That's a good question- the show was incomplete (YouTube). I presume it was marijuana for recreational use.

You know, I am not sure if it's legal to grow hemp here. My g. Grandpa Lamely grew hemp in this state during both world wars, but I am not sure if it's legal now or not. It's legal to buy things made of hemp, though- I have a bunch of hemp diapers that work great.

In any case, medicinal quality marijuana and hemp aren't the same thing. I was just wondering if anyone had done this as a sort of second job.

 

[Beanie]

I understand that the law must be upheld but I will say this...

My cousin contracted AIDS in the late 80's. There was no treatment, no help, nothing. They still hadn't discovered enough about it to know how to keep a person comfortable.
My cuz had so much trouble eating and taking in calories. The ONLY thing that helped give him a feeling of wanting to eat and stopping the nausea was MJ. Towards the end of his life his pain and nausea were intense. Again, MJ gave him relief....the Morphine and heavy drugs just zonked him out and he wanted to spend the little time he had with his family in an alert state.

 

[Neko-chan]

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[Marianne]

I understand that the law must be upheld but I will say this...

My cousin contracted AIDS in the late 80's. There was no treatment, no help, nothing. They still hadn't discovered enough about it to know how to keep a person comfortable.
My cuz had so much trouble eating and taking in calories. The ONLY thing that helped give him a feeling of wanting to eat and stopping the nausea was MJ. Towards the end of his life his pain and nausea were intense. Again, MJ gave him relief....the Morphine and heavy drugs just zonked him out and he wanted to spend the little time he had with his family in an alert state.

So sorry...

When we bought this place, the back two acres was nothing but low grade MJ (ditchweed) that was 8' tall. We kept joking about it being a cash crop. We finally got most of it killed out by burning it after it dried (I didn't even get a decent headache and I did inhale once or twice - LOL). Too bad it can't be utilized for something positive.

 

[Emerald]

Okay-Michigan just legalized it recently and there are so many restrictions on who and how and where it can be grown it just isn't feasible to do so yet and many of the people who do get 6 legal folks to grow for(you have to have members with prescriptions to be able to grow it) have been burglarized for it.
They can grow inside with grow lamps and such but if you want to grow it outside it has to be fenced in, locked fencing and you can not be able to see it growing from the road or other yards.
Personally I have indulged a few times since my car accident and the nerve damage and it does seem to help with how the other (non narcotic) meds work for me.. but not worth going thru the hoops to get not only the license and the license to grow and the cost of over $500 for them both. And truly not worth going to jail for not having the license !!!!

 

[sunsaver]

I was watching this old show called "Pot of Gold" about farmers growing marijuana as a cash crop. Considering that 16 states have medical mj statutes now, and that are some fine gardeners here, I was wondering if this might be a viable economic sideline. In my state, compensation to "caregivers" (that is, growers) is permitted, though dispensaries are in a legal gray area, at least right now.

I am only interested in completely legal situations, of course. (If it were up to me, all illicit drugs would be decriminalized if not fully legalized, but I am not willing to take any risks that come with jail time.)

were they growing it for the MJ or were they growing it for the hemp? The problem is that waaaaay waaaay back in the day people grew it for the hemp, and you really didn't get anything out of the MJ because they didn't have high enough levels of the right oils for it. But, because hemp was pushing out timber as far as a cheap and viable paper product went the timber industry managed to make all marijuana illegal, thereby making sure that timber succeeded and hemp crashed (at least in this country) trying to get the general populace to see the difference between growing it for hemp and growing it for MJ is a real struggle.

It wasn't the timber industry, it was Dupont and his nylon rope. Ranchers were skeptical of the new plastic rope. "Give me a good hemp rope any day!" Big money can fix that. Dupont started a propaganda campaign that included films like "Reefer Madness".

 

[curly_kate]

Sunsaver - that's really interesting! I had no idea! But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Any time a useful, cheap product is driven out of existence, you can count on big business to be behind that.