An ordinance has been passed by a California City allowing residents to cultivate their own marijuana plant at home provided that they will undergo home inspection and pay a registration fee of $141 for the yearly permit from the City Hall.
Indian Wells residents must allow a home inspection to be conducted by the city employees in order to verify that no more than six plants will be cultivated under the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA). There should also be sufficient ventilation for the plants and crop growing must be done in a specified area as told by Assistant City Manager David Gassaway.
As reported by USA Today, none of the residents have shown approval or disapproval regarding the permit at the time of the public hearing conducted on Thursday. The City Council elected the ordinance in a 4-1 vote while Councilman Ty Peabody eschewed saying he does not believe in marijuana.
The ordinance may be the most compelling rule passed throughout the state, as mentioned by the deputy director for the NORML Foundation, Paul Armentano. The foundation is a non-profit organization promoting a reform in marijuana laws.
"If individuals are engaging in legal behavior in their privacy of their own home, it does not seem appropriate to have to register with the city," he said, adding that people who are home-brewing beer aren't required to register with their municipality. "This seems awfully onerous."
California might have legalized cannabis but it doesn't mean that everyone in the marijuana industry could join the bandwagon of the state's highly controlled open market. Many businesses are sure to engage in the legal marketplace which could reach an approximate of $4.3 billion by the year 2018 while those who stay on the black market could acquire a financial gain, according to LA Weekly.
Meanwhile, the shipments coming to the East Coast could not earn more than a net profit of $200 said a black-marketer who refused to be named. The extent of illegal cultivation of weed with the addition of the legalization in the three states - Maine, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C, and other places, national shipments might not be worth the compromise.
