Medical marijuana users in New York may soon find it easier to figure out exactly what strains they are smoking when they buy flower or vaping products from dispensaries. Reports Times Union
The state’s Cannabis Control Board loosened restrictions Thursday that had forbidden the use of strain names on packaging.
New York’s original medical marijuana regulations largely prohibited the use of common names of marijuana strains that have been coined over the decades by various growers who often cross-breed other strains to come up with new variations.
The names are often fanciful — such as Deadhead OG or Ghost Train Haze — and sometimes sound more like treats such as Cherry Punch or Animal Mints.
Detractors worried that the names, though good for marketing and name recognition, do not always correspond with the exact chemical makeup of the strain or its medical effects. The names also could sound appealing to children.
That’s why the state originally prohibited producers from using so-called “street” or “coined or fanciful” names for marijuana strains on their labeling. Instead, the state required that packaging labels only use “letters and/or numbers.”
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