Another poster mentioned that buying weed with cash is just a good idea as having credit card transactions at Bill's weed shop forever on your permanent record isn't a good idea.
ID was checked for age when you entered stores.
After that, you can pay cash. It’s anonymous.
Who has these kinds of requirements you are talking about?
Who knows!
The state also requires high def video surveillance of basically every angle in the dispensary and forces them to retain the data for 6 months for "investigative purposes".
So not only do they have record of the exact item I bought, when, and where, they have me on camera doing it AND can trace that item all the way back to seed.
I would hope a recreational program if the state were ever to adopt one would not be so invasive...but you never know.
So, presumably, that could be tracked?
Every licensed dispensary in CA tracks what customers are purchasing. That's the whole point of seed to sale tracking and METRC.
Whether it's sent to the government and which part of it is another question.