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New Marijuana Regulations in California Are Causing Major Stress

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New Marijuana Regulations in California Are Causing Major Stress

Legalizing it has been a tough road for the cannabis industry.

California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) released its highly anticipated new proposed regulations late on Friday sending anyone with any stake whatsoever in Cali’s massive marijuana industry scrambling to grind up the 162 page document. To add to that they are only giving them a 15 day period to get it done.

New regulations have gotten lots of controversies, but one that has sparked a major internal debate within the California cannabis industry is § 5032 Commercial Cannabis Activity. 

The highlights of this section read as follows:

All commercial cannabis activity shall be conducted between licensees.

Licensed retailers and licensed microbusinesses authorized to engage in retail sales may conduct commercial cannabis activity with customers in accordance with Chapter 3 of this division.

Licensees shall not conduct commercial cannabis activities on behalf of, at the request of, or pursuant to a contract with any person that is not licensed under the Act. Such prohibited commercial cannabis activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Procuring or purchasing cannabis goods from a licensed cultivator or licensed manufacturer.
  • Manufacturing cannabis goods according to the specifications of a non-licensee
  • Packaging and labeling cannabis goods under a non-licensee’s brand or according to the specifications of a non-licensee.
  • Distributing cannabis goods for a non-licensee.

It is clear-cut, obtain a license according to what part you take in the cannabis industry. There are different types of shops on the supply chain – from cultivating, to processing and manufacturing, to transporting, distributing, and retailing. Everyone in that chain needs to hold a license.  You want to make money participating in the legal cannabis industry, you must follow the laws. What section 5032 does it seems to squash the practice of unlicensed white labeling in an attempt to clamp down on what the state sees as tax – and regulation – evasion. They’ve discovered that they cannot enforce their rules on companies that have no BCC license at stake. Don’t try to cut corners and obtain your license.

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http://www.canorml.org/CA_Cannabis_Regulations_Issued_for_Final_15_Day_Comment_Period?fbclid=IwAR27xz6Zxo_QRnqXFSFBP9Whm2YLZYYpAU3GIUS1EDjER8JC411_ieYG0Qs

Facebook Is No Longer Shadow Banning Marijuana

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Facebook Is No Longer Shadow Banning

How cool is that?!

Finally, marijuana is making a move in social media. For the longest time the word “Cannabis” and “Marijuana” were banned from spreading on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook had banned Cannabis content for the longest time. They we not allowing any marijuana-related posts or marijuana pages to reach out to anyone on Facebook. Cannabis Facebook pages were under a shadow ban.  A “shadow ban” is the term used for when a user’s web resource–a social-media page or a web-forum post–isn’t deleted or blocked, but is only visible to the individual user. How sucky is that?

Caregivers, Dispensaries, cultivators, were not eligible to be visible to the public. That meant that if they were to post up some kind of article on Facebook, it wouldn’t reach to anyone, except to the Facebook followers. The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) took action and started a petition on behalf of all of us, to stop Facebook from censoring these pages and over 20k people signed it! Not to get anything confused, they only approved it in on Facebook. If you were to publish on Instagram they will probably shut your account down. Just make sure you don’t get ahead of yourself and start posting content and images that will make your account look bad. The war is still not over, marijuana is still looked at as a Type 2 Drug,  but the battle of winning Facebook over was bittersweet. This is a huge movement that you will see throughout a lot of huge companies.

For more information on the new rules of Facebook Shadow, Banning Cannabis click here.

Walmart Might Start Selling Weed and Weed Products

Walmart Might Start Selling Weed and Weed Products

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Walmart Might Start Selling Weed and Weed Products

So there is lots of speculation that Walmart retailer is going to start selling cannabis products.

Trip out the huge chain is considering marijuana in stores. So far Canada are the first ones to practice this first. It is still not set as of yet. Walmart Canada representative Diane Medeiros admitted in an email to the Vancouver Sun that, though the company has no set plans for making any specific products commercially available, it is researching the potential of stocking cannabinoid-based products—specifically those containing CBD.

Can imagine Walmart selling marijuana products such as edibles, cannabis infused drinks, or even the flower. It is just a weird concept for me since retail stores only sell what you can normally find in Target or Walmart. Will they have the cannabis products in a separate section like a pharmacy? Will they be the first big retail to start the marijuana chain?

Selling marijuana in Walmart only can make you think “Are they selling me the good stuff?” Only time will tell how well the cannabis industry will do for retail stores. I am just happy to see that they are not seeing it as an illegal drug, but more of a money making product.

For full article. Please click here.

Walmart Joins List of Mega-Chains Considering New Marijuana Products

Marijuana Is Good For Your Bones

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Marijuana Is Good For Your Bones

Now that is it is the Halloween season, its time to keep it bones related. I wanted to show some legit research that proved how marijuana helps the bones heal. In a study published by The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, which was conducted by researchers from Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, researchers discovered that a chemical found in Marijuana known as Cannabidiol or CBD, for short, increases bone strength and speeds up the healing of fractures.

Marijuana contains CBD with is a non-psycho active ingredient of cannabinoid non-psycho-active component in weed, meaning that it does not get you ‘high’.Yankel Gabet (researcher) says that CBD causes healed bones to be more resistant to damage in the future.

The team of researchers produced mild femoral fractures on rats, then injected them with Cannabis compounds, with and without THC to see whether THC would make a difference. It didn’t. The stoned rats did perform way better than the control group, who were left to heal on their own.
 
Now, before you rush to cut off your calcium pills with a fat blunt, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work like that, but it’s worth to keep an eye on the news for more developments on this front.
 
You can read more about this here:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25801536
http://bettysbrownies.com/2018/01/17/what-are-the-great-health-benefits-of-consuming-marijuana/

Can I drive with marijuana in my car?

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Driving around with marijuana?

Know what are the rules and regulations when driving with bud on you.

January 1, 2018, possession of up to one (1) ounce of marijuana or eight (8) grams of concentrated cannabis (hashish) became legal for all adults age 21 and over in California. But the rules of driving around with marijuana is still in question here.

Possession of more than an ounce of marijuana

Yes, you are able to obtain possession of more than 28.5 grams of marijuana (slightly over one ounce) or more than eight (8) grams of concentrated cannabis (hashish) is prohibited under California’s marijuana legalization law. The Health and Safety Code 11357 HS, California’s marijuana possession law, does still make it a crime to:

Possess more than 28.5 grams (approximately one ounce) of marijuana or more than eight grams of concentrated cannabis;

Possess marijuana or concentrated cannabis if you are under 21, except in accordance with California’s medical marijuana laws; or

Possess marijuana on the grounds of a K-12 school while the school is in session.

Simple possession of excessive amounts of marijuana is a California misdemeanor for adult defendants. The potential penalties are:

Six (6) months in county jail, and/or

A fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500).

 

Driving with weed in your car, how can I carry my marijuana?

You are allowed to carry up to 28 grams. That is an ounce. But the issue here is not how much, because we all know it is for personal use.

The cannabis or cannabis product needs to be contained in a container or receptacle that is either sealed, resealed, or closed. According to California Vehicle Code 23222(b) VC is California’s “open container” law for marijuana. VC 23222(b) makes it unlawful to drive with any marijuana that is:

If it is not in a container or is in a container that has been opened or has a seal broken.

Is there a fraction or fine if there are any receptacle containing any cannabis or cannabis products, as defined by Section 11018.1 of the Health and Safety Code, which has been opened or has a seal broken, or loose cannabis flower not in a container, is guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).

California Marijuana Laws

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