up and performed
within the next few years. Beyond the
the adequate tests
medical world, colleges will have to
without charge.
discuss recognizing scholarships and
When I asked
entrepreneurial internships in the
Oregon’s Finest
marijuana industry. Local governments
how the medicine
could encounter donations from
was distributed
dispensaries and retail facilities. Though
to patients, Troy
it would be a cutthroat decision to
responded,” We’ve
deny such gifts, one can imagine how
really left that to
more conservative cities may be less
the bud tenders’
enthusiastic about a pot-funded park.
discretion. They The Harlequin flower was processed by
know our patients
These benevolent efforts by Oregon’s
and can be the best
Finest and others contribute to a healthy
Justin at the House of Concentrates,
judges when it comes to gauging levels of
relationship between dispensaries and the
who extracted the CBD. He was able to
need.”
rest of the city of Portland, and amplify
render seventy grams of pure oil out of
the reputation of dispensaries in general.
the three pounds of dry flower, which is
The donation of oil couldn’t have
It’s one thing to give out free pre-rolled
a tremendous amount of oil to distribute
happened without all these different
joints to new patients; it’s another to
for free, and it demonstrates how many
companies spending their own time to do
coordinate a massive project like 70
resources it takes to create just one
some good for the medicinal marijuana
grams of CBD oil. With the current trend
gram of pure CBD oil. Like all product
community. Local acts of kindness
of sky-high THC percentages for the
available in dispensaries, the oil needed
like this open new conversation about
highest high, it is vital for dispensaries
to be verified for safe use before transfer
marijuana-funded philanthropy. The
to highlight their medical intentions and
to patients. Fortunately, Pat and Patrick
state of Washington made 14 million
maintain a positive community
from Sunrise Analytical overheard this
in sales in six months. There are bound
presence.
project being discussed and couldn’t
to be thousands of dollars in potential
get involved fast enough. They stepped
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