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Cannabis Europa is the foremost arena to share knowledge and shape the future of medical cannabis in Europe.
"On the 8th of February 2019, the brightest and best
from the medical cannabis industry will convene at the historic Maison
de la Chimie in Paris for a one day event. With attitudes towards
cannabis changing in France and movement towards regulation stirring,
now is the time to visit the UK City of Light."
The Impact of Cannabis Europa in the UK
In May 2018, Cannabis Europa brought together, for the first time, industry-leading players and the most influential political and scientific actors in the UK. Just months later, the British government announced the establishment of a regulatory model for a market that is predicted to be worth €8.8 billion by 2028. Cannabis-based medicinal products will be available to patients for the first time on a large scale in the UK as of November 1, 2018. Projections for a similar French medical cannabis market in the same time frame amount to €8.9 billion.
"A Redding man is on the hook for almost
$50,000 after city code enforcement officials said they found numerous
violations at his home — including over 400 marijuana plants — on April
20, a de facto holiday in cannabis culture.
Redding California Code Enforcement Supervisor Steve Willkomm said the pot at 30-year-old
Benjamin Segan's Spaniel Court home was in the dining room, bedroom
closet, an "entire bedroom" and the entire two-car garage. Residents who
are allowed to grow can only have up to six plants.The house is some
333 feet from Boulder Creek Elementary School, Willkomm said.
Some
of the pot was still growing, while some of it was drying or already
harvested in plastic and glass containers, Willkomm said.
Meanwhile,
Willkomm said there were also illegal alterations at the house,
including an inoperable garage door with hardware removed, a sealed side
door, plastic sheeting on interior walls, air conditioning equipment
that was "larger than the main house system," an extra electrical panel
and wiring in the garage, and a Co2 burner with propane tanks.
Willkomm
said he fined Segan $47,500 for the zoning, building and pot violations
at the home. He might also face criminal charges from law enforcement,
Willkomm said.
Segan couldn't be reached for comment.
Willkomm
said it's important to remember that all marijuana grows in the city —
even medicinal ones — have to be indoors, and the grower has to have a
license to grow and possibly also building permits."
Fresh clean organically grown pesticide free cannabis is in demand
and certainly should be obtained from certified California marijuana
businesses, but what about that mom and pop grow? Or the under the radar
non organic cultivation where pesticides are used unsafe for food use
that never wash off or fertilizers that never flush out ? Especially in Medicinal cannabis?
Determination of Pesticide Residues in Cannabis Smoke
Three different pesticides,
bifenthrin, diazinon, and permethrin, along with the plant growth
regulator paclobutrazol, which are readily available to cultivators in
commercial products, were investigated in the experiment. Smoke
generated from the smoking devices was condensed in tandem chilled gas
traps and analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Recoveries of residues were as high as 69.5% depending on the device
used and the component investigated, suggesting that the potential of
pesticide and chemical residue exposures to cannabis users is
substantial and may pose a significant toxicological threat in the
absence of adequate regulatory frameworks."
The article in the Journal of Toxicology continues...
"To
date, there are no approved pesticides or application limits
established for use on cannabis crops by the US EPA; therefore, all
pesticide use on this crop is currently illegal [3]. The use of
pesticides and plant growth regulators in medicinal cannabis cultivation
has been found to be quite prevalent by both testing laboratories and
authority laboratories alike.
Many commercially
available pesticide containing products or nutrient systems, some only
approved for use on ornamental crops, are widely available from a
variety of sources including hardware stores, specialty indoor
hydroponic shops, and various, sometimes unscrupulous, online vendors."
Two commonly used compounds include myclobutanil,
a fungicide sold under the trade name
“Eagle 20.” It’s been found to have negative reproductive effects on
test animals. Imidacloprid, a neurotoxin that is especially harmful to bees
and other pollinators, has been blamed for eye irritation, dizziness,
and vomiting among farm workers applying it to food crops.
And what happens to pesticide residues when they are smoked? What
chemical changes take place and what health effects will the resulting
toxins and off gases have?
It’s known that myclobutanil, when heated, releases hydrogen cyanide,
a gas so toxic it’s been used in chemical warfare; not something
smokers want to be inhaling.
Mostly, toxicologists are still hazy with what happens to the active ingredients in pesticides when
they’re set ablaze. No one’s testing for that !
How to Control Bugs and Pests on Cannabis Organically
