Indopedia All Things Marijuana
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On Thursday, California officials released 276 pages of long-awaited regulations to govern the state’s cannabis industry. With less than two months before the launch of the state’s new adult-use cannabis program (along with new regulations for medical marijuana), the state of legal pot in California is, at best, a last-minute work in progress.
“I look at this as just a starting place,” says Chris Conrad, court-qualified expert witness on cannabis. “The people who care about cannabis and want to make it work will, so I’m happy with it moving forward from here.”
Here are just a few of the most basic regulations:
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Adult-use customers can buy up to an ounce of bud, eight grams of concentrate, and six immature plants; medical patients can have up to eight ounces of cannabis.
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Adult-use cannabis products or samples may not be given away for free.
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Cannabis may not be delivered by drone or bicycle, only by enclosed vehicles.
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Edibles will be capped at 10 milligrams of THC per serving; no product can have more than 100 milligrams in a single package.
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Adult-use tinctures, concentrates, and topicals are capped at 1,000…
