• Is there money to be made in legal caregiving?
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Recently, I've been looking into being a caregiver for local patients. I may not be of age yet (as I've heard that you must be 21, and I am 18), but I've been looking at caregiving as a future career. The cannabis industry is on the rise, so I figure that getting into it would be a pretty solid career track, but I still don't know if it's fiscally beneficial to become a caregiver. I'd love to help people, and I believe that growing and distributing medical cannabis would really be an ethically sound and personally gratifying job. If I can begin caregiving now, and it is in-fact fiscally sound, then I'd start immediately; but if I must be 21, then I'll redirect my current college studies to focus on botany. If anyone can give me some information, that'd be awesome. I live in Michigan, by the way.
Im also in michigan and it seems alot of the caregivers around here are ONLY in it because its profitable. They often dont follow the ideals of being a "caregiver", using their license only as a legal defense for drug dealing. So yes, it is quite profitable, especially if you can get down yield and potency.
[QUOTE=jonashappy;30619784]Im also in michigan and it seems alot of the caregivers around here are ONLY in it because its profitable. They often dont follow the ideals of being a "caregiver", using their license only as a legal defense for drug dealing. So yes, it is quite profitable, especially if you can get down yield and potency.[/QUOTE] That vaguely answers my question, but a few things: 1. I don't plan on breaking the law, is it still profitable? 2. Does anyone know the regular reasonable fee for caregivers from their patients? 3. What factors can change the fee?
1. Yes, depending on how much you charge your patients, which leads to answer #2; 2. Theres not really an established rate, sometimes a caregiver will charge his patients normal rates for grams and ounces, but thats not right at all, they need to at least give some big discounts, but I think the best way to do it is for the caregiver to grow for you, take a portion of the harvest, and the rest the patient gets, because after all they are technically the patients plants. I think this applies to 2 and 3.
[QUOTE=jonashappy;30620120]1. Yes, depending on how much you charge your patients, which leads to answer #2; 2. Theres not really an established rate, sometimes a caregiver will charge his patients normal rates for grams and ounces, but thats not right at all, they need to at least give some big discounts, but I think the best way to do it is for the caregiver to grow for you, take a portion of the harvest, and the rest the patient gets, because after all they are technically the patients plants. I think this applies to 2 and 3.[/QUOTE] Do you happen to know how a patient pays the caregiver? Does the caregiver just bill his patients? If so, then I can more easily visualize the expenses and income. Also, I don't think charging the normal rate for grams and ounces isn't THAT out of the question, because caregiving is fairly expensive.
If I were you, I wouldn't just go to college to study botany. If anything, take a couple classes on Plant Biology, or similar. Most universities require students to take atleast a biology/science class to graduate. Study something else in college and have this to do as a side-job for extra $$$. It's just a suggestion. Do you have patients already? If not, try to build up (potential) clientele. It makes the whole process smoother.
[QUOTE=super_yurtle;30621197]If I were you, I wouldn't just go to college to study botany. If anything, take a couple classes on Plant Biology, or similar. Most universities require students to take atleast a biology/science class to graduate. Study something else in college and have this to do as a side-job for extra $$$. It's just a suggestion. [/QUOTE] I'd like to caregive as a full-time career if possible, if not then I can at least use my experience to put my foot in the door of the cannabis industry as it evolves in the next few years. [QUOTE=super_yurtle;30621197] Do you have patients already? If not, try to build up (potential) clientele. It makes the whole process smoother.[/QUOTE] If I became a caregiver now, then I'd have one patient, but it looks like I can't actually caregive until I'm 21.
Illegally be a caregiver until you're 21 then :v:
Colorado's probably your best bet, seeing as they have for-profit dispensaries you could easily become a commercial grower, but I don't know how saturated the market is.
[QUOTE=kaskade700;30630365]Illegally be a caregiver until you're 21 then :v:[/QUOTE] Actually I'm going to. I'm going to become a patient, and then grow for other patients. Both to gain experience and practice, and to build up consumer relationships and credibility. [QUOTE=lemongrapes;30630516]Colorado's probably your best bet, seeing as they have for-profit dispensaries you could easily become a commercial grower, but I don't know how saturated the market is.[/QUOTE] Well the benefit of entering the market right now is that the industry is relatively new, so when it expands in the future and becomes even more legal and readily available, I'll have a pretty secure job.
Once cannabis gets widely legalized, you could make some plans and get a good loan from bank, put up a store and start selling. you'd get rich in a matter of year. though sooner or later the competition will rise.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;30638254]Once cannabis gets widely legalized, you could make some plans and get a good loan from bank, put up a store and start selling. you'd get rich in a matter of year. though sooner or later the competition will rise.[/QUOTE] Exactly, there's a lot I could do with this.
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