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There is a big battle brewing here in CA. Prop 215 did not 'legalize' MJ, it 'decriminalized' it for personal, medicinal use. You need a 'prescription' and the amounts are suposedly restricted.

Of course, this niche has exploded into totally unlicensed 'dispensaries' popping up everywhere. Obama said he would not prosecute at the federal level but rather follow local and state regualtions. The states and the counties are scrambling to play catch up.

It's a mess in CA. Every zombie out there suddenly has 'back pain', and that and $20 gets you a 'presciption' for MJ, sometimes even over the internet. Once you have this non-standardized form, you spend your time and whatever funds you can 'rustle up' to go to a 'dispensary' and buy your kush.

Here's the rub, pardon the pun. The dispensaries have no legal way to purchase/obtain the MJ, so they are still an outlet for the Mexican Cartels National Forest-Grown cash crop. The growers are already at the best possible economic solution to the demand-supply equation. Low-cost (illegal) labor, stolen water in a Federal Forest, armed security to scare away hikers and swat teams. A mess. Several wildland and forest fires started by campfires at these grow sites so far this year (and we are just now coming into fire season).

It's what we all have to look forward to.