A dispensary is a location (whether business or non-profit) where patients or consumers can access cannabis in a legal and safe manner. Users get assistance from experts (bud tenders) who find an optimal dosage and recommend the delivery method to achieve optimal results when using medical cannabis.
Growers cultivate of the flowering plant Cannabis, primarily for the production and consumption of cannabis flowers (“buds”). Cultivation techniques for other purposes (such as hemp production) differ.
In late 2015 , the Council on Responsible Cannabis Regulation (CRCR) and the National
Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) joined forces on a project designed to address the
need for best practices and greater consistency in state regulation of cannabis
packaging and labeling .
In California under the Assembly Bill 266, a transporter “means a person issued a state license by the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation to transport medical cannabis or medical cannabis products in an amount above a threshold determined by the Bureau between facilities that have been issued a state license pursuant to this chapter.”
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The cannabis industry is composed of legal cultivators and producers, consumers, independent industrial standards bodies, ancillary products and services, regulators and researchers concerning cannabis and its industrial derivative, hemp. The cannabis industry has been inhibited by regulatory restrictions for most of recent history, but the legal market has emerged rapidly as more governments legalize medical and adult use.
