05-16-2016, 03:06 AM
are you going to cry foul on the many backyard growers
Ironically, those backyard growers also have the only "legal" stock -- State can grant permits (or quietly ignore) activities within its borders, but nothing can be imported from off-island under the all-preempting Federal rules.
There are probably some amateur breeders making new hybrids, too -- criminals today, innovators tomorrow? State provides no guidance here -- under the current laws, anyone who invents a "signature strain" is liable for prosecution, not royalties.
Perhaps the State should sequence the DNA of all the marijuana they seize and compare it with samples from the dispensary operators -- you know, just to be absolutely sure that nothing passed over from the "illegal" to the "permitted". Can't be too careful with State-sanctioned violation of Federal law, you know...
Ironically, those backyard growers also have the only "legal" stock -- State can grant permits (or quietly ignore) activities within its borders, but nothing can be imported from off-island under the all-preempting Federal rules.
There are probably some amateur breeders making new hybrids, too -- criminals today, innovators tomorrow? State provides no guidance here -- under the current laws, anyone who invents a "signature strain" is liable for prosecution, not royalties.
Perhaps the State should sequence the DNA of all the marijuana they seize and compare it with samples from the dispensary operators -- you know, just to be absolutely sure that nothing passed over from the "illegal" to the "permitted". Can't be too careful with State-sanctioned violation of Federal law, you know...