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How to look after your dry herb vaporizers
The legalization of cannabis has seen technological advances in new devices and methods for its use. Dry herb vaporizers are a common choice for weed connoisseurs as they preserve flavor.
The ability to vape the dry marijuana plant with a portable and discreet device makes it easy to use in public without being noticed.
They have become so popular that almost every online retailer, such as lookah.com, and many brick-and-mortar stores, sell them.
The other main reason dry herb vapes have become so popular is that they are healthier than smoking, which is associated with all those nasty carcinogens related to lung disease and cancer.
There are many options when it comes to finding the best vaporizers for you. Every brand will claim they are the best on the market, so you must seek advice from comparison sites and impartial reviews. You can then decide which vaporizer is right for your needs and budget.
This may be the first time you’ve tried a dry herb vaporizer, and you’re worried it might not last very long. If you are not familiar with using it, you may not know how to maintain it properly, so there are steps you can take to ensure that your dry herb vaporizer lasts as long as possible!
Make sure you clean it
One big mistake is not cleaning your dry herb vaporizer sufficiently.
This could be due to laziness or simply being unaware of the importance of cleaning the vaporizer.
Dry herb vaporizers need to be cleaned well, as any residue can affect the taste and quality of the herbs. If not cleaned over time, it can even cause damage to the dried herb vaporizer. Usually, you’ll find a small brush or pick in the box that you can use after each session to clean out spent herbs. In addition, you should set time aside each week to thoroughly clean the vape.
Use the right herbs and grind them properly
A dried herb vaporizer is only used for dried herbs. The word “dried herbs” is in the name for a reason. You cannot use oil wax or freshly harvested cannabis. Doing so will likely damage the heating mechanism and the entire vaporizer.
Some vaporizers are multipurpose but will have a separate heating chamber for different substances.
Read through the instructions before buying, and if you prefer oils over herbs, they might be better for you.
One of the main mistakes people make is not grinding the marijuana correctly before inserting it into the vaporizer.
The herb should be ground finely and evenly to ensure it is heated well. If not, it will affect the vaping experience.
Do not overfill the chamber
Avoid overfilling the herb chamber, as this will affect the way the conduction heating method works. If the chamber is packed too tight, it will not heat evenly.
When placing the gerb in the chamber, make sure the packing is not too tight or too loose. If you pack it too loosely, it can compromise airflow because some areas of the chamber will be empty. However, tightly packed chambers give you the problem of how heat enters the vaporizer.
Use the right temperature and charge properly
When you use a dry herb vaporizer, you must use the correct settings. These settings are important because they affect the quality of the herb. If you use the wrong temperature, you may have a bad experience and not get the full effect of the herb, which will waste your time and money. To know which temperature to use, all you have to do is check the quality of the herb. How moist is the herb? Herbs with low moisture content need temperatures between 325 and 350 degrees Fahrenheit, while herbs with high moisture levels should be between 375 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
The main priority when purchasing a dry herb vaporizer is to ensure it will last as long as possible. It can be intimidating if you’ve never used one before, but it’s actually very easy to maintain the quality of the device. Just make sure you clean it regularly, use the right herbs, don’t overfill the chamber, use the right temperature, and then you should be good to go as far as enjoying and maintaining the device.
Source: https://www.lookah.com/blog/how-to-look-after-your-dry-herb-vaporizers/
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New Mexico cannabis operator fined, loses license for alleged BioTrack fraud
New Mexico regulators fined a cannabis operator nearly $300,000 and revoked its license after the company allegedly created fake reports in the state’s traceability software.
The New Mexico Cannabis Control Division (CCD) accused marijuana manufacturer and retailer Golden Roots of 11 violations, according to Albuquerque Business First.
Golden Roots operates the The Cannabis Revolution Dispensary.
The majority of the violations are related to the Albuquerque company’s improper use of BioTrack, which has been New Mexico’s track-and-trace vendor since 2015.
The CCD alleges Golden Roots reported marijuana production only two months after it had received its vertically integrated license, according to Albuquerque Business First.
Because cannabis takes longer than two months to be cultivated, the CCD was suspicious of the report.
After inspecting the company’s premises, the CCD alleged Golden Roots reported cultivation, transportation and sales in BioTrack but wasn’t able to provide officers who inspected the site evidence that the operator was cultivating cannabis.
In April, the CCD revoked Golden Roots’ license and issued a $10,000 fine, according to the news outlet.
The company requested a hearing, which the regulator scheduled for Sept. 1.
At the hearing, the CCD testified that the company’s dried-cannabis weights in BioTrack were suspicious because they didn’t seem to accurately reflect how much weight marijuana loses as it dries.
Company employees also poorly accounted for why they were making adjustments in the system of up to 24 pounds of cannabis, making comments such as “bad” or “mistake” in the software, Albuquerque Business First reported.
Golden Roots was fined $298,972.05 – the amount regulators allege the company made selling products that weren’t properly accounted for in BioTrack.
The CCD has been cracking down on cannabis operators accused of selling products procured from out-of-state or not grown legally:
- Regulators alleged in August that Albuquerque dispensary Sawmill Sweet Leaf sold out-of-state products and didn’t have a license for extraction.
- Paradise Exotics Distro lost its license in July after regulators alleged the company sold products made in California.
Golden Roots was the first alleged rulebreaker in New Mexico to be asked to pay a large fine.
Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/new-mexico-cannabis-operator-fined-loses-license-for-alleged-biotrack-fraud/
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Marijuana companies suing US attorney general in federal prohibition challenge
Four marijuana companies, including a multistate operator, have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in which they allege the federal MJ prohibition under the Controlled Substances Act is no longer constitutional.
According to the complaint, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, retailer Canna Provisions, Treevit delivery service CEO Gyasi Sellers, cultivator Wiseacre Farm and MSO Verano Holdings Corp. are all harmed by “the federal government’s unconstitutional ban on cultivating, manufacturing, distributing, or possessing intrastate marijuana.”
Verano is headquartered in Chicago but has operations in Massachusetts; the other three operators are based in Massachusetts.
The lawsuit seeks a ruling that the “Controlled Substances Act is unconstitutional as applied to the intrastate cultivation, manufacture, possession, and distribution of marijuana pursuant to state law.”
The companies want the case to go before the U.S. Supreme Court.
They hired prominent law firm Boies Schiller Flexner to represent them.
The New York-based firm’s principal is David Boies, whose former clients include Microsoft, former presidential candidate Al Gore and Elizabeth Holmes’ disgraced startup Theranos.
Similar challenges to the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) have failed.
One such challenge led to a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2005.
In Gonzalez vs. Raich, the highest court in the United States ruled in a 6-3 decision that the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution gave Congress the power to outlaw marijuana federally, even though state laws allow the cultivation and sale of cannabis.
In the 18 years since that ruling, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized adult-use marijuana and the federal government has allowed a multibillion-dollar cannabis industry to thrive.
Since both Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice, currently headed by Garland, have declined to intervene in state-licensed marijuana markets, the key facts that led to the Supreme Court’s 2005 ruling “no longer apply,” Boies said in a statement Thursday.
“The Supreme Court has since made clear that the federal government lacks the authority to regulate purely intrastate commerce,” Boies said.
“Moreover, the facts on which those precedents are based are no longer true.”
Verano President Darren Weiss said in a statement the company is “prepared to bring this case all the way to the Supreme Court in order to align federal law with how Congress has acted for years.”
While the Biden administration’s push to reschedule marijuana would help solve marijuana operators’ federal tax woes, neither rescheduling nor modest Congressional reforms such as the SAFER Banking Act “solve the fundamental issue,” Weiss added.
“The application of the CSA to lawful state-run cannabis business is an unconstitutional overreach on state sovereignty that has led to decades of harm, failed businesses, lost jobs, and unsafe working conditions.”
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Alabama to make another attempt Dec. 1 to award medical cannabis licenses
Alabama regulators are targeting Dec. 1 to award the first batch of medical cannabis business licenses after the agency’s first two attempts were scrapped because of scoring errors and litigation.
The first licenses will be awarded to individual cultivators, delivery providers, processors, dispensaries and state testing labs, according to the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC).
Then, on Dec. 12, the AMCC will award licenses for vertically integrated operations, a designation set primarily for multistate operators.
Licenses are expected to be handed out 28 days after they have been awarded, so MMJ production could begin in early January, according to the Alabama Daily News.
That means MMJ products could be available for patients around early March, an AMCC spokesperson told the media outlet.
Regulators initially awarded 21 business licenses in June, only to void them after applicants alleged inconsistencies with how the applications were scored.
Then, in August, the state awarded 24 different licenses – 19 went to June recipients – only to reverse themselves again and scratch those licenses after spurned applicants filed lawsuits.
A state judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Chicago-based MSO Verano Holdings Corp., but another lawsuit is pending.
Source: https://mjbizdaily.com/alabama-plans-to-award-medical-cannabis-licenses-dec-1/
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