Hello my new internet besties!
I live in Michigan where medical marijuana has been legal since 2008. Recently Michigan has decided to go commercial and will begin licencing for commercial growing, processing, retailing, transporting, and testing of medical marijuana.
This is huge for our economy and even better for our patients. This will bring availability to patients who are unable to grow the 12 plants allowed by law, and have no one to grow for them. It also brings safety and compliance which will ensure that our safe alternative to pharmaceuticals doesn't become unsafe by growers taking shortcuts with pesticides or letting loose contaminated product.
I have made connections along my way as a chemist and user of marijuana. A proposal has come along for a small group of us to secure licenses in each area of the new regulations. I have years of analytical experience and have been asked to obtain the safety and compliance license.
So far, it has been slow going with policy still being hashed out in Lansing. I am currently working on researching current methods of testing and equipment needed. Spent a week or so gathering as much imformation as possible and most of yesterday compiling what I have into business plan. I still have some work to do looking at current labs in the state.
I plan to document this journey and hope to gain any help from this wonderful community along the way. Maybe someone will find my posts helpful as well.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(r3fuz0wd4w3bxpf4cpnohoad))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Initiated-Law-1-of-2008
www.michigan.gov/lara/0,4601,7-154-78089---,00.html
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the majority of plants which were used for pesticide studies. Cannabis is a hyper/dynamic accumulator and is being shown to hold pesticides for months, as well as pull toxic levels of pesticides from older (treated) soils.
Crazy stuff.
Please Read Over My Posts on Neem/Azadirachtin and the Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Connection.
My sensitivity to it, combined with the H.Pylori infection are what I believe to be the only reason I was able to uncover it. Even with my sensitivity, the symptoms would have been difficult to attribute to the azadirachtin. ;)
I Wish You and Michigan All the Best! :D
Stay away from clones with twisted leaves/new-growth, curling down and under. Russet/Hemp mites. shudder
Thank you so much for the response! I will definately be looking into this more in depth. This is one of the reasons I decided to start this post. There is so many unknowns in the industry, and it is really awesome for you to share your experiences.
Glad to hear about things like this in the preliminary stages of this adventure instead of after the fact. The last thing anyone wants is to find out people are getting sick from their product.
Good looking out. ;)
The majority of the dispensaries I've seen have serious infrastructure issues. Zero possibility of flowering all year without having to use some sort of chemical spray to "fix" something. High quality cannabis is grown in 4-8 light rooms, on-site laundry facilities and showers, foot baths at doorways, HEPA filtered air and so on.
When all this is present the quality is amazing, even when the grower is only 'close.' :) Any grow forking out the funding for this type of infrastructure will be light years ahead of the game in another 5 years. The educated demand product this clean. ;)
Go Be Awesome! :D