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Marijuana: New industry wrestles with pesticides, safety
Posted by on July 21, 2015
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New industry wrestles with pesticides, safety
First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Massachusetts
Posted by on June 29, 2015
WTR-RI Research & Analysis Team Note:
Following are links to two Associated Press Stories that appeared in the Providence Journal recently. They describe some of the regulations with respect to product safety and on site practices dispensaries in Massachusetts must follow.
The Providence Journal: June 20, 2015; Section: Rhode Island; Page A5
Baker approves waiver for state’s first pot dispensary
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/ProJo/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href=VFBKLzIwMTUvMDYvMjA.&pageno=NQ..&entity=QXIwMDUwNg..&view=ZW50aXR5
The Providence Journal: June 25, 2015; Section: Rhode Island; Page A2
First dispensary in Massachusetts opens
Legalizing marijuana and the new science of weed
Posted by on March 25, 2015
Legalizing marijuana and the new science of weed
Source:
American Chemical Society (ACS). (2015, March 23). Legalizing marijuana and the new science of weed. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 25, 2015 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150323075237.htm
Science Daily Summary:
More than a year into Colorado’s experiment legalizing marijuana, labs testing the plants are able for the first time to take stock of the drug’s potency and contaminants – and openly paint a picture of what’s in today’s weed. Now, one such lab will present trends — and some surprises — that its preliminary testing has revealed about the marijuana now on the market. Scientists are studying potency, amounts of a substance called CBD and contaminants in the products.
