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Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by morganw »

chimeracoder wrote: post #7
dave_sullivan wrote: post #4

How are you getting the data? As far as I know, the dispensaries don't have APIs, so are you just going in and scanning their menus every day? This is actually pretty useful in that you can then comparison shop different dispensaries. Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see what the federal legal response will be to the various medical cannabis related startups i've seen popping up. In general, it looks like the roa…

>Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see what the federal legal response will be to the various medical cannabis related startups i've seen popping up. In general, it looks like the road to legalization is pretty open (well, if stoners voted and orange county didn't...), but production and distribution still need to be addressed if you're really going to remove the criminal element (which you should). >Anyone know a…

There was another hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee just 2 months ago because of these raids and the "recreational use" measures in Washington & Colorado. Canna-businesses' ability to get bank accounts to avoid the diversion and robbery issues around cash was discussed.

http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=094c... [there's a video of the hearing at the "Webcast" link. It's just a title card until 30:11, but you can seek ahead]

The DOJ Cole memo from Aug 2013 is at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2013/August/13-opa-974.html

Witness list:

The Honorable James Cole, Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC

The Honorable John Urquhart, Sheriff King County Sheriff’s Office, Seattle, WA

Jack Finlaw, Chief Legal Counsel Office of Governor John W. Hickenlooper, Denver, CO

Kevin A. Sabet, Ph.D., Co-founder and Director, Project SAM Director, Drug Policy Institute, University of Florida, Cambridge, MA

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by chimeracoder »

code_duck wrote: post #10
markz wrote: post #3

How do I find "normal" weed? Is it only medical?

What do you mean? There's no actual difference in the product.

While I understand the facetiousness of your comment, I should take the opportunity to point out that there are medical strains that are bred (optimized) to treat certain specific conditions.

So, the fact that we have medical marijuana does let people create higher-quality (and higher-precision!) products, vis-a-vis available offerings on the black market.

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by jtreminio »

jlgreco wrote: post #6
markz wrote: post #3

How do I find "normal" weed? Is it only medical?

Nowhere in Washington or Colorado is selling recreational weed legally yet (although many businesses are partially through the licensing/application process). fwiw, Leafly seems a bit easier to use than this site.

I believe there is now one business in CO that has their permits :)

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by alexu »

ajays wrote: post #5

How is this better than Leaf.ly, Stickyguide or Weedmaps ? http://www.leafly.com/ http://www.stickyguide.com/ http://www.weedmaps.com/

It's designed for quick cross-store comparison shopping and finding suitable replacements. All sites above are designed for browsing stores.

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by alexu »

sixQuarks wrote: post #14

Absolutely HORRIBLE usability dude! What the hell were you thinking including a search box with no guide on what to search for? Here's a simple tip: Get rid of the search, just ask for the zip code. Then afterwards, allow some sort of filters.

I an going to try that, that's a second comment today that it's not clear what to do on homepage...

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by jlgreco »

jtreminio wrote: post #16
jlgreco wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nowhere in Washington or Colorado is selling recreational weed legally yet (although many businesses are partially through the licensing/application process). fwiw, Leafly seems a bit easier to use than this site.

I believe there is now one business in CO that has their permits :)

Hmm, it looks like you are right, but I think they can't start actually selling until January 1st. I'm not quite sure there.

In Washington it will still be a few more months, since anything sold recreationaly needs to be grown explicitly for recreational use, and that process cannot start until the permits are issued (I believe they have until the end of this year before they are required by law to start issuing permits to grow (or sell)).

Re: Show HN: Medical marijuana product search

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Post by [deleted] »

alexu wrote: post #17
ajays wrote: post #5

How is this better than Leaf.ly, Stickyguide or Weedmaps ? http://www.leafly.com/ http://www.stickyguide.com/ http://www.weedmaps.com/

It's designed for quick cross-store comparison shopping and finding suitable replacements. All sites above are designed for browsing stores.

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