Regulation of medical marijuana distribution can have some interesting side effects. The following email, sent to a dispensary operator by an employee of the San Francisco Department of Health, shows that the city is requiring clubs to be more careful in their measurements:
This is the kind of regulation the marijuana industry actually needs. Hopefully someday, when the DEA shows up at your dispensary, it wonât be to confiscate your proceeds and product, it will be to warn you: "It's come to our attention that you're selling skimpy sacksâ¦"
Dear MCD Applicant;In other words, San Francisco is ordering dispensaries to give patients more bud for their buck. The extra 3rd of a gram per ounce isnât going to put any providers out of business, but it's amusing to see the city intervene on behalf of medical marijuana consumers.
It has come to my attention that some MCD's [medical cannabis dispensaries] are using the incorrect equivalent conversion between grams and ounces. You must use 28.35 grams/ounce, not 28 grams/ounce for all cannabis sold by weight. The law behind this is in the State Business and Professions Code, which is typically enforced by Weights and Measures (State Dept of Agriculture). As they currently are not addressing weights and measures issues regarding cannabis clubs, the City's MCD Inspection Program will enforce this requirement.
Please feel free to share this with any club operator (I do not have email
for most operators).
Thank you for your cooperation.
This is the kind of regulation the marijuana industry actually needs. Hopefully someday, when the DEA shows up at your dispensary, it wonât be to confiscate your proceeds and product, it will be to warn you: "It's come to our attention that you're selling skimpy sacksâ¦"
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