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Is Vacuum-Sealing Your Cannabis Worth It?
Correctly storing your cannabis is critical for ensuring its freshness and quality. Proper storage is also crucial for helping your weed last much longer, whether you are looking to store it for a few days or for the long-term. How you store your weed has a tremendous impact in its potency and flavor. But is vacuum-sealing your cannabis worth it? Or it is an urban legend? Some season cannabis users swear by it, but is it just hype?
The general thought is vacuum-sealing vegetable is considered generally a safe and effective way to preserve food, reduce waste, save money, and help you make healthier food choices. This goes all the way back to simple canning. And many people resort to the good old-fashioned and reliable method of storing their weed in an air-tight jar.
The rules surrounding cannabis storage aren’t complicated. One, you simply have to keep it in a cool place because hot and high temperatures will degrade the terpenes and dry out the cannabis. Keep the pot away from a water system, heater, or under the sun. Similarly, you want to avoid keeping your cannabis in freezing temperatures too since they can cause the trichomes to burst and significantly reduce the potency of cannabis. This is why many opt to keep it in a drawer or dark closet.
Two, keep the cannabis in a dark place. Ultraviolet light exposure can break down the valuable terpenes and cannabinoids in your pot. Containers should always be placed in a dark but clean place.
Last but not least, keep moisture away. Moisture is the quickest way to make your buds moldy because trapped moisture makes it the perfect breeding grounds for mold. The ideal humidity ranges from just 59 to 63%; if it’s less humid than this, it can cause the weed to become too dry.
When it comes to other products such as oils, tinctures, and edibles, they may have their own guidelines provided by the manufacturer. For example, edibles may need to be refrigerated. Be sure to check before storing them your own way.
What About Vacuum-Sealing Your Weed?
Many seasoned cannabis enthusiasts have turned to vacuum sealing in order to keep their bud fresh for a long time.
Vacuum sealing is already widely used for keeping goods fresh including meat and other types of food. It can be a beneficial way to store weed especially if you purchase it in bulk, which can save you money. The process of vacuum sealing any product is effective for ensuring freshness and crispness, since it keeps the item airtight. It will prevent mold from growing while also preventing it from drying out, all while improving its longevity.
Vacuum sealers range in price from $50 up depending on the brand and size. Before you make a purchase, be sure to choose a vacuum sealing model that is made specifically for food since other makes are intended for non-perishable or non-edible items. Despite its high price tag, avid cannabis consumers can greatly benefit from regularly vacuum sealing your cannabis flower as well as certain types of concentrates.
There are also vacuum sealers that are designed to seal jars. This is another great way to keep buds in optimum shape and condition for up to a year. One reason why cannabis users prefer not to use plastic or other pouches when vacuum sealing them is because the process may end up crushing and compressing some of the bud, but in reality, that’s not such a big problem when you are going to end up smoking or burning them anyway.
Typically, people use plastics when vacuum sealing goods but when it comes to cannabis, it’s recommended to avoid using plastic because it can damage the trichomes. There are other packaging options such as compostable and recyclable pouches that are food-grade too.
Long-Term Storage
Vacuum-sealing your cannabis can help guarantee that flower can be kept for as long as a year without losing its potency.
However, if you intend to be getting from your sealed stash occasionally, you are better off sealing several smaller jars or pouches instead of just one large one. Keep in mind that every time you open the vacuum-sealed container, continual air exposure can lead to lost freshness, flavor, and potency.
Vacuum sealing is also a wonderful way to keep a big batch of edibles fresh and tasty for long periods of time. This also applies to cannabis butter, so if you’ve just made a huge batch, just wrap the butter in parchment paper and seal it in a pouch which you can then place in the freezer until your next use.
Prevents Loud Odor
Aside from that, another benefit to vacuum sealing your weed is that it prevents the odor from getting out. It’s essentially odor-proof once it’s in the bag or jar because the molecules have no way of escaping and letting people know that there is weed around.
Once you do open the container, the fragrance and aroma remains intact, so there’s no need to worry about losing its terpenes. It’s hard to keep the smell down if you buy weed by the ounce or in bulk, and sometimes you just want to stay discreet, right? Vacuum-sealing is the way to go.
Conclusion
So, is vacuum sealing your weed worth it?
If you frequently buy by the ounce or in bulk, or simply want to always ensure your personal stash stays fresh for a long period of time, then the answer is yes. The initial investment for a vacuum sealer is small compared to the benefits you will get knowing that you can smoke weed whose terpenes and cannabinoids are intact even as much as a year later — all without having to worry about the smell leaking.
Source: https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/is-vacuum-sealing-your-weed-worth-it-or-is-it-an-urban-legend/
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/
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.”
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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