When marijuana is legalized, what will be the position on private growth?

[GoneOffShore]

Is it going to be similar to the exemption on making your own wine and beer at home?

Distilling spirits is illegal (along with being difficult and occasionally dangerous, if you don't really, really know what you're doing), and that's reasonable.

But growing plants?

Anyone have any thoughts?

I would hope that "growing your own" would be something that was allowed, along with being super difficult to police, especially with hobbyist growers.

I was going to make this a poll, but doing that would lead this out of discussion.

[hlthe2b]

1. You can grow your own in Colorado--with major restrictions... Not sure what WA is doing

No other state has legalized to date, as you surely know.

http://www.denverpost.com/homegarden/ci_24782729/growing-your-own-marijuana-colorado-legal-doesnt-mean

[NV Whino]

2. My best guess would be a variation on the home winemaker regs.

Keep it small and for your own use.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. I'd argue that if personal growing is not allowed, cannabis has not been legalized at all.

I favor the Colorado Plan over the Washington Plan.

[nationalize the fed]

10. Thread win

This is an example of how far language itself has been corrupted

If you can't grow your own it is Decriminalization not Legalization. All one has to do is look up the definitions.

Washington did not "legalize" cannabis, they decriminalized an ounce or less and that ounce better have a tax stamp and you better save your receipt.

Growing a single plant in WA is a felony. The New Lords of Cannabis in that state are the gun toting Liquor Control Board which wants to change its name to the Liquor and Cannabis control board. Well meaning Washingtonians who voted for "legalization" got screwed over by dis information.

[msongs]

4. if its not grow your own you are trading the cartels for the government dealer so MJ is NOT really

legal in that case

[klook]

5. Depends on the strength of the commercial growers' lobby

Some states allow mail order wine, for example -- in limited quantities -- while in others (e.g., Georgia, where I live) the spirits distributors have such a lock on the legislature that we'll probably never get home delivery.

And, of course, if enough people grow their own and save the seeds, the commercial suppliers' market is kaput.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Seeds? Try clones. And just like wine there is a great difference between that made by hobbyists

and that made by masters. A bottle of wine can be $2 or $2,000. They are both wine. Every house has a kitchen, and yet people pay dearly to eat the cooking of someone else's kitchen. It's perfectly easy and legal to grow all your own veg, and yet people buy billions of dollars of veg grown by others.
In Colorado, people can grow at home, they are selling 10 tons a month. Why is that?

[GoneOffShore]

7. Thanks for all the thoughtful responses.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. For now, I suspect it will depend on the individual peculiarities of each state's laws.

Philosophically, I think it ought to be the same as brewing one's own limited quantities of beer/wine at home.

If it goes over a certain level to become a commercial enterprise, then it gets regulated and taxed, etc.

[HeiressofBickworth]

9. Since MJ was only legalized so states could reap tax benefits

and since the state has no way of collecting money on home-grown MJ, I would suspect that states will not allow home grown.

Like I always say, it's always about the money.