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Behind the Buds: Examining Job Conditions in the Cannabis Cultivation Industry

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cannabis cultivation industry. It demonstrates the urgent need for increased awareness and safety measures to protect workers in this evolving field. Here’s what happened and what it could mean for the future of cannabis cultivation safety. It highlights the urgent need for improved safety standards and regulations.

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Pennsylvania: Patients Respond to Recall of Medical Cannabis Products, Say Such Incidents Strengthen Arguments to Permit Home Cultivation 

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If we were able to produce our own cannabis, our own cannabis oils, and yes even our own vape products, we could guarantee our own safety.” . The post Pennsylvania: Patients Respond to Recall of Medical Cannabis Products, Say Such Incidents Strengthen Arguments to Permit Home Cultivation appeared first on NORML.

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Cultivating Knowledge: The Science and Art of Growing Medical Marijuana at Home in Florida

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One significant aspect of this evolution is the ability of individuals to cultivate their own medical marijuana at home. In states like Florida, where medical marijuana is legal, home cultivation has become a topic of interest, blending the science of horticulture with the art of cultivating a medicinal plant.

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Court: DEA Must Explain Its Failure to Act Upon Pending Marijuana Cultivation Applications

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A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators.

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Mother considering filing wrongful death lawsuit after worker dies at Truelieve Holyoke cannabis cultivation facility

Cannabis Law Report

LORNA MCMURREY, a 27-year-old West Springfield woman, died in January after a shift working at a Holyoke cannabis cultivation facility. Reports Commonwealth Magazine The company, Trulieve, was fined $35,200 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which found that McMurrey could not breathe after inhaling ground cannabis dust.

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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.

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Nevada: CCB Issues Summary Suspension of Cultivation License To Green Cross of America, Inc.

Cannabis Law Report

CCB Issues Summary Suspension of Cultivation License. LAS VEGAS, NV – Pursuant to Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board Regulation (NCCR) 4.105, the Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) called an emergency board meeting via Zoom yesterday to consider the summary suspension of the cultivation licenses held by Green Cross of America, Inc.