Category:  Edible News

There aren’t many rules regarding marijuana consumption, except for those laws that make it illegal. In the past week, though, marijuana keeps appearing in food news. And it’s not just pot brownies giving people the munchies.

Well, in one case it was pot brownies. Last weekend in Huntington Beach, California, three elderly people were sickened after unknowingly eating marijuana-laced brownies at a funeral. The pot came from the deceased’s leftover medicinal marijuana, which the man’s daughter announced, but apparently two 71-year-old women and an 82-year-old man missed the message. They went to the hospital with nausea, dizziness and difficulty standing. (For the record, the venue that hosted the memorial claims the incident didn’t happen there.)

Pot food’s not just for old people, though. The kiddies love it, too! Just in time for Halloween, parents are not pleased about the appearance of candies shaped like pot leaves, even though the candies do not contain marijuana.

The candy, which includes pot leaf-shaped lollipops, ring pops and gummies, is being sold to promote the legalization of marijuana. It’s produced by Kalan LP of Philadelphia, and it’s been on the market since last spring.

While some parents are appalled at the idea of their kids being offered marijuana candies, a few are taking it as an opportunity to discuss marijuana use with their children.

For more sophisticated tastes, marijuana-infused wine is making headlines. It only makes sense, considering California’s wine country is near pot country. Gourmet exposed the marriage of the two inebriating industries last week, while noting that eating marijuana is “a bit of psychoactive Russian roulette with a strange aftertaste.”

Nevertheless, the story focuses on “medibles” — marijuana-laced foods sold at medicinal marijuana dispensaries — and “green wine” or “tree wine.” That’s pot-infused wine, and apparently California’s rife with it. But only if you know the right people.

Twirling Hippy Confections owner Jessica LeRoux says a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspector with the state has been telling shops that her packaging doesn’t meet state regulations, writing up at least one for a violation. But LeRoux says he’s misinformed and mistakes like his could cost business owners like her money by scaring off future purchasers.

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D.F. Dickerson wrote a great — though perhaps a bit colloquial – write up on how to make cannaflour. The directions are super easy and gives you a great cannapreparation that doesn’t involve butter or oil.

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Steve Elliot reviews Puffless Soda’s new awesome line of cannacolas for the Incredible Medibles blog at Seattle Weekly.

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Steve Elliott (from Toke of the Town fame) posted his Top 5 Marijuana Medibles list in his Seattle Weekly blog. It’s a little generic but still worth a look for a few fresh ideas. He writes: “There’s been an incredible flowering of creativity on the cannabis medibles scene. Almost every time I visit a dispensary or a farmers market, I find at least one medicated edible I’ve never seen before. From sweets like brownies, cookies, and cake pops to salty snacks like Chex mix to healthy options like granola bars to cannabis drinkables and sodas, it’s an exciting scene to witness. Here are five of the tastiest, most unique, and lest we forget, the most potent edibles available in the THC-attle area.”

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“I have had severe migraines for three decades along with daily headaches that would be a migraine to most people,” writes Shauna Osborn of Chico. ”When I was young I had melanoma in my eye, optic nerve and brain tissue, which they removed all three. Since that time I have been on a doctor rollercoaster. I have been to headache clinics, therapy, trials, you name it. I’ve tried recommended diets, natural alternatives and every medication they could think of including migraine [medication], antidepressants, high blood pressure, anti nausea, etc.”

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Edible marijuana survived a challenge in Colorado on Tuesday when a state lawmaker withdrew her proposal to ban pot-infused products in favor of optional child-proof packaging standards.

The House Judiciary approved the bill 7-3 after it was changed to allow, but not require, state regulators to call for tamper-proof packaging. No edible products were banned.

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Someone should teach these guys how to cook!

For those who missed the memo last week, July 29 was apparently Eat Marijuana While Getting Arrested Day.

Two men - one in North Carolina and one in Arizona - were arrested on Thursday for pot possession and both tried to eat the evidence.

The only difference? The guy in Arizona happened to be former NBA player Samaki Walker, who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the No. 9 pick in the 1996 NBA Draft (before Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash).

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The Green Cross, a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary, has announced new labels for each of their Incredible Edibles products, which contain medicinal cannabis. The changes were made to comply with the City and County of San Francisco Department of Health’s new guidelines designed to ensure patients are fully informed about these types of medical products.

“That we changed our labels overnight underscores The Green Cross’ commitment to abide by the laws and regulations of the San Francisco Department of Health,” said Kevin Reed, President of The Green Cross. “As with most of the guidelines issued by the San Francisco Department of Health, these new guidelines are reasonable and should be easy to comply with.”

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Courtenay Edelhart reports on Bakersfield.com that a group is suing to have the Kern County Board of Supervisors re-raise the limit on the number of plants a person is allowed to grow — on the grounds that the new limit just isn’t enough for people who medicate with marijuana edibles.

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William Breathes’ top 10 list of edibles in Denver. He writes: ”​I’m not a big edibles guy — something that stems from my early experiences making brownies using ground-up schwag. The memory of the slightly burned, and entirely gritty, undercooked chocolate mass that put me to sleep still haunts me to this day. And medically, it doesn’t make much sense for me to eat pot food to stop my vomiting and cramps. Eating is the last thing I’m thinking about when I’m doubled over with nausea. But a lot of readers have been asking me to review food, so over the past few months, I’ve made a point to pick up edibles while I’m out. Some have been worthless, but most have opened my eyes to the wide range of ways people are eating their ganja. Below are my top ten medicated foods around Colorado.”

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