/\ what's RSO? rosin pressed?
I haven't heard of Care by Design, but last time I walked into harbor side they gave me the grand tour and they kept talking about the new products in their edible section. Personally I'm not really a fan of edibles so I never really went to check it out, but from what you describe it sounds a lot like what she was talking about.
The thing about most dispensaries around here is that they come and go really quick. A lot of cities don't allow for store fronts and shut them down frequently even if the owners aren't busted or even fined. There are delivery services popping up left and right, I can go onto craigslist and literally find 5-10 different ads for delivery so long as I have my card every day. Almost none of them look even half-assed professional and almost all look like some dude in his garage with a camera phone. These guys, by definition are a "medicinal delivery service"... which IMO is a bit of an insult to the truly medicinal community and places like harborside that actually take time and spend resource to be compliant with the law.
A more prominent hydroponiv store in my area has recently been shut down after the owner got busted for tax evasion. According to news articles he had deposited over 1.5 million in less than 10k bank deposits, which was all unreported income. Supposedly during the years that he was starting his business lol... he is a few years older than me and I'm sure you can guess what the local rumors are. but these types of guys remind me of berner and more than likely operated under a medical card.
My city announced that it will not even allow cannabis to be grown if permitted and legal in 2016. I guess the way the bill was written it allows for individual cities to opt out.
RSO is ethanol-extracted cannabis oil. You add heat to remove the alcohol so it becomes activated during the production, making it orally active. Because of the extraction process, it seems to give the most complete reproduction of the starting material. This is what people say "cured their cancer." It's excellent for every chronic or inflammatory condition though, I take it every day for my stomach.
Yeah, when I lived in Orange County it was the same way, no regulation for the dispensaries so any storefronts are grey-area at best. As a community (as an industry?) we really have the take the blame for not educating the local populace about cannabis medicine. Some of the same counties that voted against Prop 215 voted against Prop 47 last year in the same proportion. The Central Valley really has not gotten the progress of the urban areas, LA and the Bay have just gained population faster. It's unfortunate but a lot of places are going to lose legal access to cannabis.
MMJ is already the most legitimate it will be currently in CO, that is until it's Federally legal.
MMJ is generally cheaper than recreational here in CO, that is if you don't want to do any shopping.
And just imagine how common it is everywhere, where it ISN'T tested.
These poor suckers who rely on someone's word to tell them it's 100% organic is just FAIL imo.
Test or GTFO
I think he meant "legitimate" as in people actually accept it as medicine. Most people outside the community fail to understand the statement that, "All use is medical." (Denis Peron) That every person using cannabis is making a positive health choice vs alcohol, tobacco or pharmaceuticals. Or honestly, that cannabis is medicine AT ALL. I've heard plenty of progressive people, people who might even support MMJ say it's a scam, just a step towards legalization. Hell, even the president of the ACLU said it a couple years ago, I was pretty pissed at the time (I looked, I couldn't find it in a quick google search).
Is medical taxed in Colorado?
And I'm totally with you on testing. I really have no respect for BHO companies especially that make good profits selling $100 grams or thereabout and make no effort to get lab tests... It's a little different for flower in CA currently but I'm glad they put mandatory testing in the new law.
The demand still must be off the charts, though, to support even today's prices. I mean, it's an herb, like parsley is an herb. It grows out of the ground for free just like so many other crops!
And smoking marijuana can be addictive, like so many other reinforcing activities. The only reason you don't go into withdrawals from it is that it's half life is so long, at least that's true if animal models are to be believed.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. To grow quality cannabis takes A LOT bigger investment in soil, water, nutrients, etc than parsley. Whether you're growing it for personal use or commercially. Cannabis is like Othello, "a second to learn, a lifetime to master."
Cannabis does not produce withdrawal symptoms because it's not physically addicting. I've never heard anyone claim it's because it has a long half-life. The best scientific argument for why cannabis can produce some discontinuation effects in users is because cannabinoids are tied so closely with proper functioning of the body.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241751/