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I may bite the bullet and enter some flower after all. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Anyone else entering any flower? Also, does anyone know when the judging will be happening? Don't see a lot of info on the FB page.

I think the dead line is the 23rd from Mary Jane's web site but there was an earlier posting of the 18th. I got the PCK entered yesterday and my Black Jack in today. I haven't decided if I want to go for a 3rd yet.
The Judging is 3 fold; 1st they send out a sample for lab testing. During the wait some is divided up among several chosen judges, then during the event the remainder is given out to all the attendees to judge the people's choice... I really doubt they have time for counting on Sunday, but maybe they learned something I missed while hosting car shows??? The awards are handed out on Sunday.
 

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half the dyring time, maybe less even, curing takes just as long, it happens in the sealed area (jar) where outside humidity is nearly irrelevant
 

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I think the dead line is the 23rd from Mary Jane's web site but there was an earlier posting of the 18th. I got the PCK entered yesterday and my Black Jack in today. I haven't decided if I want to go for a 3rd yet.
The Judging is 3 fold; 1st they send out a sample for lab testing. During the wait some is divided up among several chosen judges, then during the event the remainder is given out to all the attendees to judge the people's choice... I really doubt they have time for counting on Sunday, but maybe they learned something I missed while hosting car shows??? The awards are handed out on Sunday.

Thanks for the info. If anybody is planning on submitting anything I would be sure to contact the sponsor to make sure it's the 23rd or I would get it in by the 18th. I missed Harvest Fest by just a couple of days.
 

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Am I reading the club bill right that the club won't be able to provide product at all so like the dab bar at lazy lion is out a the question.

that's how i read it.

imo the lazy lion has always been super shady....
i mean, they SELL herb to ANYONE right off the street (21+) with NO license.
at least the speakeasy (right next door) does the whole buy tokens and trade the tokens for products like food, weed, dabs, snacks, etc.
but LL just takes your money, gives you herb, they will allow smoking inside, but really would rather you leave to smoke... which is a shame because i've always wanted to have a place to chill and puff w peeps. instead what we have are tons of stores and nooplace to partake "publicly"
 

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i have to share this, it's a repost from another site,
backstory: the organizers of bongathon opened a club last year called "potus" (people of the united states)
the club was inside denver city limits and DPD raided the place on 4/20 weekend and shut it down. all criminal charges were dropped, so that means the city just went in and shut down a club that was NOT breaking any laws (or at least no laws that the state felt it could prosecute on)
anyhow, here is a really really good read about what is going on in colorado concerning "legalization like alcohol":
It was regulate like alcohol, that’s how it was sold to the voters who passed amendment 64 regulating marijuana like alcohol. Regulations like laws are words, and words are important. That’s sound advice from the courtroom bench or your local attorney. Those regulations, those words are what we all follow after a new law, initiative, or constitutional amendment is made. Which is why I’m so confused on why the legislators in the State of Colorado don’t understand how to regulate marijuana, like alcohol.
I think it’s important to understand where current recreational marijuana regulations are, how they have been structured, and why they are not regulated like alcohol. First and foremost understand what the voters voted for in the State of Colorado. Regulate like Alcohol.

“Regulate”
1.control or supervise (something, especially a company or business activity) by means of rules and regulations.
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“Like”
preposition
1.having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.
"there were other suits like mine in the shop"
conjunction
2.(of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing.
"I responded in like manner"
synonyms: similar, much the same, comparable, corresponding, resembling,alike, analogous, parallel, equivalent, cognate, related, kindred; More

"Similar "
sim•i•lar
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adjective
1.resembling without being identical.
"a soft cheese similar to Brie"
synonyms: alike, (much) the same, indistinguishable, almost identical,homogeneous, homologous;
informalmuch of a muchness
"you two are very similar"
comparable, like, corresponding, homogeneous, equivalent, analogous
"northern India and similar areas

al•co•hol
noun
1. a colorless volatile flammable liquid that is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel.
o drink containing this.
"he has not taken alcohol in twenty-five years"
synonyms: liquor, intoxicating drink/beverage(s), strong drink, alcoholic drink/beverage(s), drink, spirits; More

Article XVIII, Section 16: Personal Use and Regulation of Marijuana, Colorado Constitution (1) PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. (a) In the interest of the efficient use of law enforcement resources, enhancing revenue for public purposes, and individual freedom, the people of the state of Colorado find and declare that the use of marijuana should be legal for persons twenty‐one years of age or older and taxed in a manner similar to alcohol.

Colorado’s current recreational marijuana code house bill 1317 was introduced and passed in the Colorado State Legislation in 2013. Nearly all of the code adopted was stripped right out of house bill 1284. House bill 1284 regulated the sale of medical marijuana in the state of Colorado. House bill 1284 elements include seed to sale tracking, byproduct tracking, transport, and child proofing restrictions among others adopted in the initial medical marijuana regulations enacted in 2010.

Since it was clear the voters of Colorado wanted marijuana regulate like alcohol why is it being regulated like medical marijuana in Colorado? For example; why does a marijuana supplier have to track their plants from seed to sale? There are no hops to sale tracking systems for any microbrews in the State of Colorado. There are no transportation manifests required for liquor companies to move alcohol across the State of Colorado. Why is it required for the transportation of recreational cannabis? Why do recreational cannabis workers have to have criminal background checks and be badged? There are no badges within in the alcohol regulations structured in the State of Colorado. Why are their strict childproofing and exit bag restrictions for cannabis dispensaries? Have you ever seen a child proof beer can or an “exit bag” at your local liquor store? Absurd huh?

When speaking about alcohol think about any major intersection in Denver, Colorado. Draw a ¼ mile circle around that intersection and consider alcohol. You will have two competing liquor stores on opposite corners. There will be at least one grocery store with alcohol. There are at least three convenient stores stocking alcohol. There are 4 or 5 bars serving alcohol, and as many restaurants in the same area serving alcohol. Take all that alcohol and put it in the middle of that intersection and you realize what a mountain of alcohol it is. Now, multiply that by every major intersection in the metropolitan area and all the cities in Colorado. You would realize there are rivers and rivers of alcohol being served in Colorado and abroad. I can even order a pitcher of beer at Chuckie Cheese or Elitches both of which cater as children’s venues. All legal and regulated under Colorado State Liquor Code.

But amendment 64 says no public consumption! I hear it all the time. Yeah, and drinking in public is illegal too! Ever heard of a public consumption or public intoxication ticket? It’s a real thing, but drinking in a bar is not public consumption by definition. So why can’t I order a piece of THC laced cheesecake at Chili’s after dinner? They should be able to apply for their recreational cannabis license to hang right next to their alcohol license in the bar and serve edible recreational cannabis products. At a taxed rate at over 25% depending on local tax, it’s probably the highest tax rate on any commodity in the Nation and Colorado isn’t providing one license for operating cannabis bars for tourists to consume in. Alcohol regulations in Colorado provide brewing, distribution, retail sale, and serving licenses for alcohol, along with special events permits.

Recreational cannabis in Colorado is being regulated like medical marijuana. That would be fine if the voters had voted in an amendment that was “regulate like medical marijuana” not “regulate like alcohol”. Is it even close? After all it’s not regulate “exactly like” marijuana, right? That I can agree to. But examine the regulations. Compare HB1284, HB1317, and the current alcohol regulations in Colorado and tell me which are the most “alike”. Put them in a word document and compare them word for word. I guarantee most of HB1284 is a direct match with HB1317, word for word. And when compared to the current alcohol regulations in Colorado you will find very little, if any, of the law that matches current Colorado Recreational Cannabis Regulations written and passed under HB1317.

We need to hold our legislators acvountable to Regulate marijuama like alcohol, not medical marijuana.
 
Lemme get some of those THC Chicken Crispers!

Am I reading the club bill right that the club won't be able to provide product at all so like the dab bar at lazy lion is out a the question.

Not really sure how these things are supposed to survive.

Can't sell Cannabis. Can't sell food. Who the fuck is going to pay more than 10 bucks to smoke weed somewhere?
 

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can't sell food that is prepared onsite, can sell food, just can't prepare it onsite. it could be as simple as renting a nearby commercial kitchen preparing food there and transporting it short distance to the club so that food can be sold there as "catering".
can charge entry fees, can sell ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT except for cannabis and food prepared onsite.
i just made a big post in the good rec weed in denver thread about this; cannabis AND ______
instead of just offering selling and consumption (separately of course), clubs and dispensaries could diversify, like a record store that has a weed room (there is one in FoCo, record shop/dispensary mix), or a mini golf place that has stoner days/nites, bowling and weed, swimming and weed, all kinds of OTHER options than just offeriing selling and/or consumption.
so they aint' paying just to come in and smoke weed.... paying for something else - how about a discount movie theatre, showing older films for cheaper AND you can smoke inside during the movie? or a weed carnival, ride the ferris wheel, hit the bong at the top :D
options are out there, and once the licenses exist and start being issued i'm hoping that someone has more $$ and ambition and better ideas than i do.... because i can't wait for cannabis clubs to exist similar to bars....
i'm ok with a "bring your own" situation, just because most herb available in dispensaries (legally licensed) is junk. but i can see the point of view of a potential business owner getting pissed that the state has divided consumption and purchases so far apart.
the whole onsite consumption thing is more and more rediculous as time goes on. when they finally strike down the consumption onsite rule in some way or another (eventually i believe there will be some LEGAL way to consume what you buy where you buy it) this whole thing is going to seem so absurd.

sure, it's a hard niche to fill without either lots of startup capitol OR being grandfathered in to avoid new licensing fees (which im being told is a big point of contention, many many legislators are against any grandfathering, that's what im told by peeps at the capitol, doesn't mean it wont happen)
but i think they have a very viable market potential... the cannabis clubs that is. when 1284 passed people said the same about dispensaries - that they would fail to operate properly underneath all the regulation, and in part that has proven to be true, many hundreds of dispensaries (2010 ish) consolidated down, big guys bought up the lil guys who couldn't hack it under the new regulations.
 
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Yeah, when are we going to be able to have a straight up "Coffee Shop" model in place? I'm not against any of the clubs at all but I just don't see the point? It just seems to me like a creative way to cash in on a loophole. Shit I see people ripping pens all the time while their driving along. You don't have to get too creative on where you smoke even though it's not in your house.
 

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can't sell food that is prepared onsite, can sell food, just can't prepare it onsite. it could be as simple as renting a nearby commercial kitchen preparing food there and transporting it short distance to the club so that food can be sold there as "catering".
can charge entry fees, can sell ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT except for cannabis and food prepared onsite.
i just made a big post in the good rec weed in denver thread about this; cannabis AND ______
instead of just offering selling and consumption (separately of course), clubs and dispensaries could diversify, like a record store that has a weed room (there is one in FoCo, record shop/dispensary mix), or a mini golf place that has stoner days/nites, bowling and weed, swimming and weed, all kinds of OTHER options than just offeriing selling and/or consumption.

sure, it's a hard niche to fill without either lots of startup capitol OR being grandfathered in to avoid new licensing fees (which im being told is a big point of contention, many many legislators are against any grandfathering, that's what im told by peeps at the capitol, doesn't mean it wont happen)
but i think they have a very viable market potential... the cannabis clubs. sure the regs kinda suck.... the whole onsite consumption thing is more and more rediculous as time goes on. when they finally strike down the consumption onsite rule in some way or another (eventually i believe there will be some LEGAL way to consume what you buy where you buy it) this whole thing is going to seem so absurd.

How do they get their cannabis that they sell anyways? Are they subject to all the same regulations as medical/rec dispensaries or are they way more Grey area since they are already operating kind of as an anomaly anyways?
 

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How do they get their cannabis that they sell anyways? Are they subject to all the same regulations as medical/rec dispensaries or are they way more Grey area since they are already operating kind of as an anomaly anyways?

they (clubs) wont be able to sell cannabis, it will be a "bring your own" scenario.
most likely they will provide (and/or sell) intake methods like bongs, fancy vapes, papers, blunts, glass.
and yes, operating a club currently is exploiting a loophole. but the bottom line is that there are hundreds of thousands of cannabis tourists coming to colorado yearly, and they can't smoke in their hotel rooms, not supposed to do it in public, cant smoke where they purchased it.... literally between a rock and a hard place with a bag of legal weed and noplace to go and safely, legally, smoke it.

so therefore, in my opinion, clubs currently operating are providing a MUCH needed environment that literally is essential for the entire cannabis market in colorado to thrive.

Wonder if I can hire strippers to work at mine?
:tiphat: potential million dollar + idea right there.
only hangup i see is that clubs probably won't be able to serve alcohol, so the herb and booze would have to be BYOB (buds/beer/Bho). imo strip clubs really do depend on the alcohol sales... but you can always charge entry fee (i believe ibake does now)
 

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Some one is going to have to sue the state, since the state is in violation of a64 that was passed by the voters, tax and regulate like alcohol.

The state has not been regulating like alcohol like they've been directed by the law that was passed, is how I feel.

It's like the elected people have never heard of the coffee shops that the Dutch have, so they
 

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suits against the state were issued WAY back when 1284 passed, iirc rob corry filed one of them at least.
 

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problem i see is no one wants to organize anything

the model that the spanish social clubs would hold some merit, when they decriminalized it someone made that then it was still illegal to procure it and there for growing and consumption clubs where formed. A similar idea would work here i think but it would be more a members only invite thing like a country club setup not a club open to the general public.
 
I really would put the time and effort in, if I saw a dispensary type profit to be made.

If you have to cater your food, and all you can take in is a door fee and merch sales... The way that is successful, is in a popular place. That means expensive rent.

That goes back to what Avinash said, which is capital intensive.

Think this type of interior, downtown.
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Lost o money. CO will have to figure out how to tax the door fee or something, for them to care, if clubs are successful.
 
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