C<\/span>alifornia\u2019s massive marijuana industry is a multibillion-dollar game, and as of last Thursday, it is at last a game with some rules.<\/p>\n With less than six weeks to go before the advent of the recreational marijuana era, the\u00a0multiple state agencies responsible for regulating legal cannabis sales at last released a set of emergency regulations.<\/a><\/p>\n These rules aren\u2019t final, but this is what will take effect on Jan. 1, the first day of legal recreational sales. An important (and slightly confusing!) note: There is a six-month transition period from Jan. 1 to July 1, when some<\/em>\u00a0of the rules are relaxed, but\u00a0only<\/em>\u00a0in certain circumstances.<\/p>\n This is a good thing for the products on some dispensary shelves and delivery-service menus \u2014 which will become forbidden goods after that time. Other popular items do not enjoy any such grace period, and become contraband after Dec. 31.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a brief rundown of soon-to-be-verboten illegal brands and services.<\/p>\n The biggest changes are to edibles, and one of the most significant limits is on serving sizes. Will we have to say goodbye to Slactavis\u2019s 1500 mg bottles of syrup,\u00a01000 mg bags of Bomb Chips<\/a>, Kiva\u2019s <\/a>180 mg chocolate bars, and\u00a0Korova\u2019s<\/a> 300 mg popcorn bags? Quite possibly, yes.<\/p>\n According to the Bureau of Cannabis Control:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cBeginning January 1, 2018, licensees shall not transport or sell any edible cannabis product that exceeds 10 milligrams per serving. Adult-use products may not exceed 100 milligrams per package; however, medicinal cannabis products may exceed 100 milligrams per package.\u201d<\/p>\n Seems pretty clear-cut. At the same time, in the same breath, the bureau says it will allow retailers to \u201csell cannabis products that do not meet the THC limits per package established by the state Department of Public Health\u201d during the six-month transition period.<\/p>\n Whether the edible dose limits drop on Jan. 1 or July 1, THC limits are a significant disruption to most dispensaries\u2019 edibles menus, which are full of products much, much stronger than 100 mg. It appears that as long as products above 100 mg are sold on the medical cannabis market, and as long as they\u2019re somehow clearly identified as products with many multiple serving sizes, they may be allowed. Don\u2019t throw away your medical marijuana recommendation anytime soon \u2014 but it gets worse.<\/p>\n No more edibles \u201cin the shape of a human being, either realistic or caricature, animal, insect, or fruit.\u201d Sounds like you can have corn-syrup based \u201cgummies,\u201d but they have to be in some kind of generic shape. Still, abandon your sweet tooth, because there\u2019s no cannabis \u201ccandy\u201d at all. You can\u2019t even use the word.\u00a0As per Section 40410,<\/a> an edible label\u00a0\u201cshall not contain any of the following: (1) Cartoons; (2) Any likeness to images, characters, or phrases that are popularly used to advertise to children; (3) Any imitation of candy packaging or labeling; or (4) The terms \u2018candy\u2019 or \u2018candies.’\u201d<\/p>\n Also banned under the new regulations are: \u201cAny cannabis product that the Department determines is easily confused with commercially available foods without cannabis.\u201d That would seem to include cookies, brownies, chips, popcorn, macaroons \u2014 you name it. Is your favorite brand for sure banned? This would be up to the state\u2019s Department of Public Health to determine on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n Naturally occurring caffeine in coffee beans and tea leaves can be mixed with marijuana to make a potent and pleasant brew like Somatik\u2019s medicated cold-brew coffees. These and similar products, like Satori\u2019s chocolate-covered coffee beans, will remain legal. Anything with added caffeine, however, is not allowed. Somewhere, someone just ripped up their business plan for the \u201cFour Loko of marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcohol and cannabis may be trusted party partners for millions of Americans, but in California\u2019s new legal industry, they shall not mix \u2014 at least not in the same glass. \u201cThese regulations prohibit alcoholic beverages from being sold as cannabis products,\u201d the California Department of Public Health clarified to Cannabis Now. \u201cThis does not prohibit tinctures, but does prohibit THC- or CBD-infused alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n Whether or not bars or cafes can press on with cocktails enhanced with a dash of CBD or a blast of cannabis-derived terpenes would be a matter for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to address and enforce.<\/p>\n One section of the new regulations outlaws \u201cany cannabis product that must be held at or below 41 degrees Fahrenheit to keep it safe for human consumption, including, but not limited to, cream or custard-filled pies; pies or pastries<\/a> which consist in whole or in part of milk or milk products, eggs, or synthetic fillings; or meat-filled pies or pastries.\u201d This would seem to include milk, ice cream and a host of perishable goods. You can, however, manufacture and sell cannabis juice.<\/p>\n If you were planning on selling a family-sized portion of shatter<\/a>, sorry. Section 40306 of the new regulations puts THC limits on a \u201ccannabis product that is not an edible product\u201d to no more than 1,000 milligrams of THC for an adult-use product, and no more than 2,000 milligrams of THC for a medical cannabis product. Since most concentrates are sold in servings of no more than a gram, this isn\u2019t a problem for dabbers, but this would seem to limit serving sizes of cannabis oil.<\/p>\n Unless alt-weeklies and websites can prove their audiences are mostly adults, they won\u2019t be able to carry cannabis ads. As per\u00a0the new Section 5040(a) of the California Code of Regulations:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cAny advertising or marketing placed in broadcast, cable, radio, print, and digital communications shall only be displayed where at least 71.6 percent of the audience is reasonably expected to be 21 years of age or older, as determined by reliable up-to-date audience composition data.\u201d<\/p>\n All deliveries need to be in an \u201cenclosed motor vehicle,\u201d and all transportation from producer or manufacturer to retailer must be done in a vehicle or trailer. As reasonable as it may sound to fly, say, concentrates from Humboldt County<\/a> to Los Angeles<\/a>, it has to be done via the roads.<\/p>\n Save those big cones full of trim you got for free \u2014 they\u2019re now collector\u2019s items. According to 5411(a), \u201cA retailer shall not provide free cannabis goods to any person. A retailer shall not allow individuals that are not employed by the retailer to provide free cannabis goods to any person on the licensed premises.\u201d<\/p>\n But there is an exception! And it\u2019s for medical marijuana<\/a> patients only, who can receive \u201cfree cannabis goods\u201d from a licensed retailer, delivery service, or microbusiness only.<\/p>\n Not unless the farmer had his or her product tested and packaged for sale, apparently, which would seem to defeat the purpose of the low-key cannabis-friendly farmers markets seen on the North Coast. Section 5602(f): \u201cAll cannabis goods at a cannabis event shall comply with all requirements for laboratory testing and labeling within this division.\u201d<\/p>\n You can have cannabis events, but you can\u2019t enjoy a glass of Lagunitas while you attend one. According to Section 5602(d): \u201cConsumption of alcohol or tobacco shall not be allowed on the cannabis event premises.\u201d<\/p>\n TELL US,<\/strong> do you support these new rules?<\/p>\n The post New Cannabis Contraband: The Brands and Products Now Outlawed Under California\u2019s New Rules<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
When California\u2019s recreational market comes online on Jan. 1, the industry will have to adjust to follow these rules \u2014 or face the state\u2019s new Bureau of Cannabis Control. California\u2019s massive marijuana industry is a multibillion-dollar game, and as of last Thursday, it is at last a game with someContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[148,50,2456,80,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21354,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions\/21354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}No edibles stronger than 100 milligrams, no edible serving sizes bigger than 10 milligrams.<\/h4>\n
No cartoons, no gummy worms or bears, no medicated lollipops.<\/h4>\n
Maybe no cannabis cookies or chocolate bars at all?<\/h4>\n
No added caffeine<\/h4>\n
No THC-infused wine, no CBD-infused \u201ccanna-cocktails\u201d<\/h4>\n
No cannabis-infused ice cream or juice bars, no cannabis milk and nothing that needs to be refrigerated.<\/h4>\n
No massive jars of topicals, and no big containers of Rick Simpson oil.<\/h4>\n
No mainstream advertising.<\/h4>\n
No delivery by bicycle, and no shipping products by air or rail.<\/h4>\n
No free dab bar, free pre-roll, or brand promotion.<\/h4>\n
No farm-to-pipe direct pipeline. No \u201ccannabis farmers\u2019 markets.\u201d<\/h4>\n
No bar at the Emerald Cup, or any other cup.<\/h4>\n
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