Cannabis Current Events (Part 1)

Sad, but likely true.

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Pliable rules enable greedy manipulators.
Not for profit? Funny.


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Huh…


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Dumpster Divers Digging for Dispensary Weed Are Wasting Their Time

https://merryjane.com/news/dumpster-divers-digging-for-dispensary-weed-are-wasting-their-time

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Further entrenching the dread black market.

pulled from piece below;

"It’s extortion, straight up,” Mensing said. “If it is charity, it should not be present in a legally binding contract. When someone is requiring that you give a specified dollar amount to a specified entity, that is no longer charity.”

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FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., said that the agency is working towards regulating hemp-derived CBD (Hemp CBD) products and admitted that the agency’s approach to Hemp CBD is not sustainable…

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For all you Missouri growers
www.house.mo.gov/BillsMobile.aspx?year=2020&code=R&bill=HB2674
Not sure why this page is not loading when folks click on it. It works when I do.
100th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session

HB 2674

Prohibits employment discrimination against medical marijuana patients

Sponsor: Price, Wiley (084)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2020
LR Number: 5706H.01I
Last Action: 02/28/2020 - Read Second Time (H)
Bill String: HB 2674

|Next House Hearing:|Hearing not scheduled|
|Calendar:|Bill currently not on a House calendar|

Co-Sponsors Actions Hearings Media

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“All of this is designed to draw consumers from the illicit market and into legal channels,” said Adam Greenblatt, Canopy’s business development lead. “It’s there to provide more variety and more of a value offering to ideally mature the market. Low-cost cannabis attracts bulk purchasers, people on the illicit side who would buy their cannabis by the ounce. People who buy cannabis by the ounce have been toughest to convert.”

Full article-

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Frustrated with shortages, medical marijuana patients begin growing their own at home


Robert McCoppin

By ROBERT MCCOPPIN

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

https://www.mcall.com/marijuana/ct-illinois-marijuana-home-grow-20200228-2uzeysxfwnanpormf67dvmpvw4-story.html

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Time to send Tito in Malawi some cash. It’s always hard to trust these guys to send the seeds after you send the cash. And they always ask how many kilos you want… :hushed: I try to explain I dont need that many, but this always puzzles them. Then they say “we have methods of shipping” - which always give me a nice warm gooey feeling :nauseated_face:

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Transparency? Nothin’ to see here… move along.

Who’s profiting off the millions that Illinois’ marijuana business is bringing in? State officials are keeping that secret.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-met-illinois-marijuana-pot-ownership-secrecy-law-20200303-gedgub6w7ndvrdugqcdxc2xy54-story.html

Hmmm?
CUD?
Hmmm?


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“We’re seeing less of our loyal customers coming in,” Hasan said. “We’re assuming that they’re going to places closer to them or the illicit black market.”
from below

New marijuana rules could translate into higher prices, short supplies of legal weed

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-marijuana-rules-could-translate-into-higher-prices-short-supplies-of-legal-weed/ar-BB10Gbzu

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Restricting number of plants by medical growers

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Good news. Previously the plastic liner actually absorbed THC limiting shelf life.

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