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fizz306 t1_j3ez5bo wrote

Why just medical patients?

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Anon-a-mess t1_j3f1dr9 wrote

I’m guessing it’s a foot in the door approach

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blastoisexy t1_j3f8a8r wrote

Was gonna say, just let everyone grow. Could happen but might take a while. MJ at the dispensaries are super overpriced and taxed heavily. Growing would undercut that pretty hard.

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AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren t1_j3h7ech wrote

Doubtful. That's a lot of work and it's expensive. Sure, some will try it, most will fail and it will be like anything else you could grow yourself.

How many people do you know that grow their own corn?

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bobbyamerica t1_j3h8pyf wrote

r/spacebuckets The initial investment is a little pricey, but once you’re set up you save a bunch. Corn requires a good sized plot of land and machinery to process. Additionally, how many people do you know that grow their own tomato, peppers, squash, etc?

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AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren t1_j3h9tvp wrote

That's literally my point.

Marijuana has specific requirements as well, you can't just grow any seed into a plant and just harvest when it's ready. You have to separate male from female plants to keep the female from being fertilized by the pollen and grow seeds. They need proper nutrients, humidity, heat and light in order to grow. Then there's all kinds of things you need to know bout properly trimming them etc...

I read an article years ago about this, the whole male female plant thing was a big surprise to me. I picked corn as an example, because it's not as easy as something like zucchini, which grows like crazy.

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IronSeagull t1_j3ft91x wrote

This petition is over 2 years old, we hadn't even voted on the recreational use referendum yet. OP is confused.

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CaptainTurdfinger t1_j3gzu8r wrote

What referendum you talking about? There's already recreational dispensaries open.

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IronSeagull t1_j3hcct6 wrote

We voted on it 2 years ago. This petition is 2 years old.

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5two1 t1_j3hq1g6 wrote

The answer is simple. NJ politicians, lawyers, and lobbyists have been making sure it’s hard for regular working class NJ residents be permitted to enter into the industry. The insiders are setting it up so there’s no competition, just giving the industry over to established companies that have the funds to produce at a large scale from the start. Eliminating small businesses from ever having a chance; and the insiders friends get the largest new industry in the 21st century handed to them on a silver platter. Often companies that lobbied to keep it criminal. Actually, they kept it criminal to grow for that very reason. Even though voters overwhelmingly clearly wanted and thought they voted for legalization.

Look at the ATF. Their reasoning is that making moonshine and weapons is dangerous. And they could try to claim they don’t want people to grow because molds can be problematic and cause health problems. There’s other real estate/ insurance related reasons too, because of fire hazards(hence states using 12 plant limit laws. But it’s really bullshit. They want to force everyone to buy from corruptly establishes companies/industries from “out of state” who’ve bribed the NJ politicians. That simple. They also want to keep the price higher than the highes5 black market prices to maximize tax revenue to further their pork spending. If they allow for patients then they have no justification for keeping it illegal for everyone else, because they can’t go claiming they’re trying to protect our health. Again, it’s all bullshit reasoning because the same issues that apply to tomatoes apply to growin* herb.

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