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4 Reasons Why Total Count Microbial Tests Are Poor Safety Indicators

Medicinal Genomics

The truth is that total count tests are not a good indicator of cannabis and hemp product safety for the following reasons: Pathogenic microbes may still be present Testing methods often do not agree Growers are discouraged from using beneficial microbes Growers are encouraged to use remediation. fumigatus, A. Methods do not agree.

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Health and Safety Advisory: Innovative Fusion LLC (doing business as DRIP)

Cannabis Law Report

December 03, 2021 — The Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR), in conjunction with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), is issuing a health and safety advisory due to the identification of potentially unsafe Medical and Retail Marijuana Product and Concentrate produced by Innovative Fusion LLC (doing business as DRIP).

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Illinois Hemp regulation battle continues

Illinois News Joint

Though all these proposals deal with hemp regulations and consumer safety, SB3926 does not align with Ford and Collins’ bills. The bill would create the Intoxicating Hemp-Derived THC Consumer Products Safety Committee, which would include 19 committee members, who would issue a consumer-safety standards report on or before Jan.

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Why New York Retailers Should Not “Gift” Cannabis

Canna Law Blog

Earlier this week, New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) issued cease and desist letters to more than two dozen retailers suspected of violating the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act ( MRTA ) by gifting cannabis. The post Why New York Retailers Should Not “Gift” Cannabis appeared first on Harris Bricken.

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Maine’s Cannabis Retailers Break Record, Sell $5.36 Million in May

Cannabis Law Report

AUGUSTA – Maine’s marijuana retailers sold approximately $5.36 Coming in $1 million above the previous record-breaking month of April, retailers conducted 71,843 transactions in May, with smokable marijuana making up 59 percent of sales, while infused products and concentrates accounted for 23 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

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New York’s Cannabis Retail Dispensary Regulations, Part 1: Dispensary Operations

Canna Law Blog

The Regulations provide guidance for Conditional Adult-Use Retails Dispensary (CAURD) licensees and applicants. As part of our series explaining and detailing the Regulations, this post is to provide licensees with guidance on the operations of their retail dispensaries. the device used to complete the transaction.

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Evidence-Based Research Suggests Allowing Cannabis Storefront Retail Benefits Neighboring Property Values, Public Health and Safety

Canna Law Blog

Unsurprisingly, most cannabis stores in California are concentrated around the San Francisco Bay Area and the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, leaving most places in the rest of the state without access to storefront medicinal or adult-use cannabis (delivery to such areas is also a challenge, and is the subject of ongoing litigation ).

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