Permanent Guidelines For Medical Cannabis in Orange County Released
Most of California’s cannabis industry had been busy on July 13th, 2018 with the deciphering of the 315 pages of the draft regulations. These proposed guidelines were issued by the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Public Health that oversees the state’s marijuana market. One of the prominent people of the California Cannabis Industry Association stated that “It will probably be a couple of days before we have our heads wrapped fully around the changes” The California cannabis industry was operating under the emergency regulations since they were first implemented, but state law had mandated that the permanent guidelines have to be finalized by the end of 2018, and are now in effect since January 2019. It will be effective for medical cannabis in Orange County as well. Hence, the proposed guidelines are laid on improving the earlier set of emergency rules that involved delivery, packaging, edibles and concentrates. This is considered a step forward as they provide clarity towards many queries that were posed by many organizations. Here is the summary of the guidelines laid down by the three state agencies: