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Marijuana Hacks For The Average User
Do you already know your way around a bong? Are you returning to marijuana after a lengthy break and seeking some pointers? Here are marijuana hacks for the average user, the cannabis enthusiast who enjoys getting high but is looking to take it up a notch:
1. Construction Paper Can Keep Your Buds Fresh
There is no such thing as an expiration date for marijuana. It is a dried herb and can last a long time if aged correctly and stored properly. One of the most popular storing method is glass. Mason jars are awesome and can be found just ab0ut anywhere. With glass, your marijuana stays consistent … nothing gets in or out of the jar until you open it and allow oxygen to enter.
But sunlight is an enemy of cannabis; it loses potency the longer it is exposed to light. The solution? Pick up some construction paper (found in craft stores) and cut enough to wrap around the inside of your glass jar.
Your bud will be protected from the light, stay fresher longer and maintain its potency.
Tip: Use different colors for different strains. For example, use black for indicas and navy blue for sativas.
2. Put A Penny (Or Dime) In Your Grinder
Most intermediate cannabis enthusiasts know what kief is. But there are some of you out there who are not entirely sure how to get it.
The word keif comes from the Arabic word kayf, meaning pleasure or intoxication. Basically, it is the resinous trichomes that collects after cannabis buds are sifted either through a grinder or sieve.
Kief is a powder loaded with THC. And it can be found at the bottom of your grinder. But there is a simple way to get more kief while grinding your bud: Put a coin in the grinder. Find a dime or penny and get it clean with rubbing alcohol. Place the coin in the grinder chamber that your cannabis falls into. Shake the grinder a few times. And there you have it: More kief.
3. Remember CDs? Keep A Few Around
Before iTunes, Pandora and other streaming music sites, you had to buy CDs in order to listen to your favorite music. I know, how barbaric.
If you still have a few CDs around your home, keep a few near your stash. Here’s why:
When loading a bowl, put the CD carefully on top of your pipe, with the CD’s center directly over your bowl. Drop your ground cannabis through the hole. No wasteful spillage!
4. Do You Have An Orphan Sock? Save It
Next time you do a load of laundry and your dryer eats one of your sock, keep the orphan sock. Or if you are about to toss out a pair of socks, keep one.
Socks are great to store and carry gear. It’s not elegant and there are great cases for sale at most cannabis retailers, but it will work in a pinch. You can use the sock to store and carry grinders, pipes, jars, etc.
5. Sea Salt And Rubbing Alcohol Work Wonders
Isopropyl alcohol, commonly known as rubbing alcohol, is a must for any cannabis enthusiast. It is the go-to cleaning solution for glass.
Place your pipe or bong in a ziplock bag with rubbing alcohol and sea salt. Carefully shake the bag for 5-10 minutes. Keep the piece in the solution for another 20-3o minutes. Rinse with warm water.
It is always a better user experience when your pipe is sparkly clean. And if you are sharing, your friend will appreciate the gesture. It’s the polite thing to do.
6. Keep Your Lips From Drying Out
Consuming cannabis can give you cotton mouth, red eyes and dry lips. So hydrate, keep Visine handy and buy lip balm.
Seriously, lip balm is underrated. Keep some in your pocket. In your purse. In your car.
Added bonus: There are some hemp-based lip balm lines out there. Find some and stock up.
7. Brushing Your Teeth Never Felt So Good
This may sound strange, but it is true. Dentists recommend brushing for at least two minutes, but do you really take that much time? If you are a little high, time flies and you may even exceed the two-minute rule and continue brushing.
If you have an electric toothbrush, even better! The sensation is enhanced and it just feels so much better.
Added bonus: Once you have cleaned your teeth and your mouth is all minty, it may dissuade you from the munchies. Who wants to eat Doritos after brushing your teeth?
Source: https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/marijuana-hacks-for-the-average-user/
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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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