Big business coming to the cannabis industry

[CarolKing]

It's 100mg of THC for the whole package for the above "Rocky Rope". Most packages are dosed at 10mg THC and there are 10 doses per package. I need slightly over 100mg dose.

 

[Nube Scrutator]

Big Time Operators

 

[SavedByTheVape]

the impending corporate cannabis surge = horrifying ayy! Time to circle the wagons yall.

 

[420engineer]

it'll be the hipsters that will be the worst. they'll start producing “craft cannabis“, which will be nothing more that hipster named regular strains, but this will reflect poorly on us growers...and that's just the start; we won't get coffee bars like the lucky 'Dam, instead, we will get hipster coffee establishments, with watered down hipster crap that favours style over substance...

 

[MinnBobber]

One really bad result of big business interest in cannabis is that they will resist/ lobby hard with BIG money resources against "home grows".

Our new MN med cannabis has only 2 big $$ manufacturers/retailers and no home grow is allowed

 

[1DMF]

@CarolKing I always thought one of the biggest problems with medicine where children are concerned was it sometimes looks too much like sweeties.

Now it appears to come in sweeties!

How do you safe guard children when out of the packet, they are indistinguishable from just sweets?

Looking at that packet, to me I see a serious accident waiting to happen.

Do you think putting THC in candy in this way is a good thing?

arrgghh I feel myself torn with how I feel about this

 

[mikeben]

I love the white chocolate bars I have been able to get imported for me, it just needs to be sold like booze. It's up to adults to keep it from kids, just like all the sweet frothy Friday's cola and Coffee drinks that look like soft drinks. Kids will drink that too if adults don't tell them not too. Mike's hard lemonade all that kid's would drink. You have to treat it like liquor that's all.

 

[420engineer]

how do you feel about vodka or whiskey in Coke, or, the plethora of multi coloured, small, sweetie like pharmaceuticals already on the market, 1DMF?

I'm thinking responsible adults can be responsible even if they get stoned...

 

[MrNaturalAZ]

One really bad result of big business interest in cannabis is that they will resist/ lobby hard with BIG money resources against "home grows".

Here in AZ we're still medical-only, and registered patients/caregivers are only allowed to legally grow if they live more than 25 miles from a licensed dispensary.

I wonder how that will change down the line if/when recreational becomes legal.

I always thought one of the biggest problems with medicine where children are concerned was it sometimes looks too much like sweeties.

Of course there's always been that problem with OTC and script pharmaceuticals - medications looking like chocolate bars, Skittles/MMs, and more recently even gummies. Not to mention household cleaners and other chemicals that look like tasty beverages. The solution has always been to take care to keep such things away from children.

With cannabis-infused edibles able to be almost anything it just means we must take even greater care to make sure they aren't eaten by the kiddos (or, for that matter, unsuspecting adults).

A good solution is to keep all edibles in their original packaging until consumed, and to keep that in a special place (a certain shelf of the cupboard, or a special box or other container) that is reserved exclusively for medicinal foods/treats and is plainly marked as such. If there are children in the house, make sure they can't get to it, or store it in a locked cabinet or container.

Same goes for the fridge - reserve a shelf or crisper drawer for medicated goodies or ingredients and plainly mark it. If there are children around, you might consider a second small, lockable refrigerator if you frequently keep such things on hand.

Also, it isn't just kids. Keep out of reach of pets, too. Dogs love sweet treats. Heck, who am I fooling - dogs will eat almost anything. And cats are attracted to the buds.

 

[CarolKing]

You need to make sure your cannabis infused products are out of the way of the children and as @MrNaturalAZ suggests.

I just had some infused candy that looked like malted milk balls. It said it was infused with THC on the package and keep away from children. There were 10 candies at - 10 grams of THC per candy a total of 100mg THC. They were called Nasty Jacks. It might just mildly medicate myself but someone not used to cannabis it would be way too much.

You are the one responsible to make sure they don't get in the wrong hands. Same thing if you make infused edibles yourself. It's a responsibility you need to take serious. I think eventually the packaging will need to look less attractive to kids. If I'm able I put my edibles in the freezer labeled in a brown paper bag. I don't have children in the house all the time, just occasionally.

I wouldn't want my husband to eat anything with cannabis. He has to take drug tests because of his job.

Washington state has been working on making edibles less attractive to children. Also limiting the amount of active THC per dose and package. Everything in the edible market will be evolving for a long time I think. That will mean big business in the legal states. There needs to be standards set and you get that with packaging and labeling.

 

[TeeJay1952]

In the 80's worst calls of my life were from the ER asking "What was in those cookies?" When it was from Children's Hospital I quit handing out cookies for a decade.

 

[zor]

I'm not too worried about Big Business barging into the cannabis industry. It will happen but if there are any parallels to the craft beer and homebrew scene then I think the fears will be allayed. Mass appeal and marketing will dominate the various advertising venues and, like with everything else, caveat emptor.

I'd like to see some kind of regulation for safety and consistency standards and that will probably drive costs up but I think that if it is necessary for pharmaceuticals and other types of medicine then it should apply here as well. There are many concerns and potentially frustrating outcomes associated with this and I certainly don't have complete trust in the government to do this properly (again, witness how wild the pharma industry has taken advantage of advertising/marketing opportunities with doctors and patients over the decades, there are still numerous problems inherent to that market) but I don't think it will be as dire as some of you make it out to be