Well done indeed! I like how you touched upon the new trend of self regulation, it really is becoming a hot issue, as clubs up north and in the bay area only accept state id cards, putting everyone in a state data base of cannabis patients. While such cards protect the carrier from state law enforcement and act as an accepted verification of patient status, it seems like the social stigmatization that comes with being a cannabis patient follows when one is placed in a giant pool of self-identified potheads. For example, I was informed that once you are registered with the system, you can not have a government job? That it comes up in any background check reports during the hiring process? Crappy, and feels like discrimination just because I choose to treat my condition naturally than with detrimental and expensive artificial pharmaceuticals.
A few years ago in SC you could cruise into any one of the numerous clubs with a doc's rec and your id and come out with some of the dankest weed this country has to offer. However, because of the same abuses of prop 215 and sb 420 that occur from the same type of unregulated club activity happening in Santa Barbara and LA, most were raided, leaving a few "super clubs" or those dispensaries that not only had super weed but super particular regulations in order to receive care.
It feels like the same kind of regulation cycle is happening here down south, and its good to see that clubs are actively trying to self-regulate for the long haul, rather than making a few extra bucks over the next few years in exchange for leaving their loyal customers at the mercy of some ambiguous state data base.
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Well done indeed! I like how you touched upon the new trend of self regulation, it really is becoming a hot issue, as clubs up north and in the bay area only accept state id cards, putting everyone in a state data base of cannabis patients. While such cards protect the carrier from state law enforcement and act as an accepted verification of patient status, it seems like the social stigmatization that comes with being a cannabis patient follows when one is placed in a giant pool of self-identified potheads. For example, I was informed that once you are registered with the system, you can not have a government job? That it comes up in any background check reports during the hiring process? Crappy, and feels like discrimination just because I choose to treat my condition naturally than with detrimental and expensive artificial pharmaceuticals.
A few years ago in SC you could cruise into any one of the numerous clubs with a doc's rec and your id and come out with some of the dankest weed this country has to offer. However, because of the same abuses of prop 215 and sb 420 that occur from the same type of unregulated club activity happening in Santa Barbara and LA, most were raided, leaving a few "super clubs" or those dispensaries that not only had super weed but super particular regulations in order to receive care.
It feels like the same kind of regulation cycle is happening here down south, and its good to see that clubs are actively trying to self-regulate for the long haul, rather than making a few extra bucks over the next few years in exchange for leaving their loyal customers at the mercy of some ambiguous state data base.
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