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Nebraska Senator Files Formal Challenge To Restrictive Medical Marijuana Rules Signed By Governor

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“The Commission is not free to take own definition of cannons than the more restrictive definition in the statute.”

Zach Wendling, by the Nebraska examiner

A state legislature has a formally challenging regulations of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Committee.

Omaha, Omaha, Omaha, directs a director of Omaha Sainter’s Sainter. Emergency rules spent by the Commission This summer. Commissioners expect to become a final regulations and from 3:00 p.m. They have programmed public hearing in the Nebraska State Office building in Lincoln, October 15 to receive feedback.

The regulations between Cavanaugh’s complaints:

  • Limit the availability of medical cannabis products to be sold to the close list of licensed while the law has no limits.
  • Allow state health practitioners to recommend medical cannabis, while voters allowed doctors to do so.
  • Banning the burning or combination of medical cannabis while it allows any device to evaporate or inhaled by laws specifically.

“Without the benefit of a public audition or government, the Commission and the governor do not have Nebanaugh in Blair (R) Blair (written by the United States of the Executive Committee of Legi.

From December, Nebraskans could legally have 5 ounces of Medical Cannabis while the health practitioner recommends. But without a licensed establishment, it is still unable to buy it in State.

The voter gave the commission until July 1 to issue regulations and October 1 to issue licenses, a The period that will be lost at least for a week following two curators following resignation.

Complaint is the first step

A State Senator can form a formally challenging state agency regulations and the process of written response will begin to find out the rules of legislation and why they are required. In November, 71 percent of Nebraska voters voted for legalizing medical cannabis and voted by 67% of the voters to create a new regulation committee.

Hansen will refer to Cavanuagh complaint to Bellevue (r) Sen. Rick Holdcroft (r) President of the Committee of Relatives, which will be thought of the Cannabis Committee on Medicine Committee. The Commission would have 60 days to respond to respond.

Holdcroft said he still didn’t see Cavanaugh on Thursday yet. He is the Vice-President of the General Committee for Cavanaugh.

Hansen, only a “mediator” in the complaint process, says Cavanaugh believes that the complaint is “legit”.

“It’s not just the people voted, exactly the dates, but I think opening a situation is delaying a lawsuit,” Hansen said. “I think the complaint to look legitimate and maybe if we should look at things as a legislature.”

Cavanaugh proposed to leave himself grievance Listen to October 31 Legislative resolution 226Therefore, Cavanaugh Holdcroft and Hansen’s support submitted with the help of the provisional studies to see how the cannabis laws are carried out by the voters.

Holdcroft said that the 2024 votes measure has to invite the commissioners and nebraska.

Nebraska’s judges have legal discretion if they violate the regulatory constitutions, exceeding the Statute Authority of the Agency or without accepting statutory procedures. “

The legislators reaffirmed this judiciary in the spring and, starting in May, in order to be presented in any court’s court, no more in the courts of Lancaster County district.

Commission regulations

Included in the proposed regulations, national doctors could be a condition that could be “recommended health care practitioners”. These Nebraska practitioners could only be made to Nebraska licensed. The participating doctors should also do an annual education related to the Medical Canavy.

Cavanaugh said Education can make sense, that is the legislature policy option. He highlighted the legislature that this spring had the opportunity to create a more restrictive medical cannabis program but ultimately, no.

The legislature exceeded legal protections for the doctors recommended by the doctor who recommends doctors.

“The Commission is not free to take the own definition of cannabis that is more restrictive than the definition in the statute,” Cavanaugh wrote.

The regulation would also do Limit nebraska into certain types of cannabisIncluding raw flowers, lands and delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the “high” part of the plant is “high”. Patients would be limited to 5 grams of 5 grams per day. Five ounces is equivalent to 141 grams.

Cavanaugh would take seven years for a patient to get a delta-9 thc 5 ounce, but voters have not established thc restrictions.

According to the regulations, each of the four crops can have 1,250 flower plants at the same time, with a maximum of four product manufacturers and 12 states of dispensers.

In addition to mentioning the comments written on October 15, they can be sent on October 15: October 15 Nebraska Medical Committee, PO Box 95046, Lincoln, NE 68509-5046; by fax via 402-471-2814 or email (Protected by email).

Medicinal Vs. Leisure

The government approved Emergency rules with Jim Pillen (R), along with the stipulation of a plant cap, will eventually decide to end a set of regulations in the end. He said his name will ensure that the Nebraska cannabis program is maintained by medicinal plants.

Hansen legal bill 677 LEG This spring, with the help of a doctor’s cannabis advocate. He wanted to help the Commission in law already putting many regulations. In many public forums directed by Hansen, Cavanaugh and Holdcroft, voters said they would help the recreationary marijuana in the State leaders on the way to the medical cannabis.

“The Commission is a marijuana against the fear of the governor and Senators, I can say that the safest way of ensuring voters to ensure that the next step is that the medical cannabis has clearly expressed itself,” said Tuesday.

This Monday has searched and received two resignations, columns, and then federal public corruption charges will be punished last week against the Executive Director of the Nebraska Likor Control Committee. Guilty is not guilty.

The three-liquor commissioner also serves to the Cannabis Medical Committee. No commissioners involve federal.

Holdcroft said he was “completely surprised” for the alleged behavior of the former director. However, he said the Likor Control Committee worked on Míah Chaffee’s Mid September, Holdcroft and a Research Assistant, with Chaffee issues related to liquor and cannons.

“It’s a family man. It has high moral rules. I have a great deal of moral rules,” Holdcroft said Chaffee said HoldCress. “To replace both of his leadership and governor’s appointment for some quality curators, I think we should be fine.”

‘Legislature must be played’

The Cannabis Doctors Committee will return next Tuesday when the first laboratory licenses are expected to vote. Still, getting the seed from sale is not going to happen until the center of 2026.

Some legislators voted against Hansen’s LB 677 in May, they wanted to wait for legal challenges to address the challenges that follow that date and threatening. Among the threatening legal action is the Office of the Nebraska Lawyers. Cavanaugh said that regulatory process has also increased legal risks.

Other senators wanted to give the Commission to action, Cavanaugh said that the “Moot argument”.

He said Cavanaugh: “Legislators to ensure the will of voters will be seen.”

This story first published the Nebraska examiner.

Photo courtesy Carlos Gracia.

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Technical advances in cannabis curing focus on water activity and terpene stability

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Curing is one of those phases of cannabis production that almost everyone agrees is important, but that importance hardly translates into cannabis facilities. It’s understandable that growers want to maximize their canopy space first and foremost. After all, more flowers, more income. However, the irony is that by the time a plant reaches the curing room, most of the money has already been spent. The genetics are locked in, the lights have done their job, the rooms have been marked, the harvest has been carefully handled. And yet, quality is often validated or left behind.

Simon Knobel of Calyx Containers has spent an amazing amount of time thinking about this disintegration. The company started about 9 years ago, when Simon and his co-founder Alex were still in school and adult cannabis was becoming legal in Massachusetts. “Back then, cannabis packaging meant pill bottles, borrowed wholesale from the pharmaceutical world and reused without much thought,” explains Simon. “Our initial instinct wasn’t to do something revolutionary. It was just to build something that made sense for cannabis.”

As the company developed a range of packaging formats, the focus was on quality at the point of sale. “Scent retention, ease of use, shelf life, that was the pace of our design process. What took longer to fully register was that the degradation didn’t just happen after packaging. In many cases, it was already baked in during curing.”

Simon and Calyx did extensive market research to understand what was happening with quality degradation. “It’s good to talk not only with operators, but with consumers.” A story stuck. Simon recalls interviewing a client who was on a ski trip with his family and trying to hide the fact that he had cannabis with him. This awkwardness of smell, discretion and manipulation became a design problem. The sliding cover, integrated gasket, meant the elimination of the twisting motion that gave some users a literal pain in the wrist. But it also opened up a deeper line of research.

As Calyx began to talk more seriously with growers, a recurring question came up. Where exactly does quality start to slip? To answer this, the company partnered with the Cannabis Research Coalition and worked with Dr. Allison Justice on research based on the cure. “What we found was that it wasn’t particularly comfortable for anyone relying on legacy methods,” says Simon. “One of the biggest drivers of terpene preservation was the stability of water activity. When water activity drops below 0.55 aW, the stomata begin to collapse, then shrink, then break. At that point, the mono-terpenes escape.”

These mono-terpenes are responsible for most of the aromas associated with quality cannabis. “They are also volatile in nature. Once they’re gone, they’re gone,” highlighted Simon.

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Basic methods and alternatives
Traditional healing methods are based on burping. Opening containers, exchanging air, manually regulating humidity. “This methodology works, but it also introduces oxygen. In addition, the plant material is also subject to mechanical stress. Both oxygen and mechanical stress accelerate degradation, thus hampering quality.”

Calyx Cure was designed as an alternative to that ritual. “Instead of active intervention, Calyx Cure uses a passive atmospheric film with selective permeation properties. The layers are designed to allow specific gases to move through the material while others are restricted. Biological curing processes continue, but without opening the container, without introducing excess oxygen and without handling the flower.”

In controlled studies, Calyx saw a 33% improvement in monoterpene profile preservation compared to traditional approaches such as turkey pouches. “Practically speaking, that first hit of aroma you get when you open a jar, driven largely by monoterpenes, is intact.”

Complicating the picture is that curing is not reversible. There is a persistent belief that if cannabis dries out too much, there are no moisture packs or other interventions that can bring it back. “Excessive drying slows down the enzymatic reactions, alters the aging process and permanently changes the composition of the terpenes. Once the quality is lost at that stage, the bottle cannot revive it,” he said.

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Curing and speed to market
Therefore, post-harvest processes cannot be the last element of cannabis facility design. “Sometimes speed or short-term cost savings drive the decision. Cure less, move product faster and assume the container will handle the rest.” Market dynamics don’t help either. When a new market opens and the shelves are empty, speed is rewarded and cutting corners can be the difference between hitting dispensaries later.

Calyx approaches it as a manufacturing and engineering problem rather than a branding exercise. Unlike much of the packaging industry, which operates largely as a middleman, Calyx operates its own factory in Utah. “That vertical integration allows us to iterate quickly. New designs can be prototyped in 1 or 2 weeks.”

This can be a huge plus, as quality control is a hot topic in the wider world of agriculture, not just cannabis. The industry often talks about wanting nutraceutical or food standards. These industries have already solved the complexity of the supply chain. They know how to produce in one region and deliver consistently to another. Cannabis, especially if it wants to move globally, will need similar discipline.”

And as with food packaging, sustainability is part of that equation in cannabis. Calyx has extensively studied compostable and hemp-based structures. “Compostable materials struggle with terpene conservation and water activity control. If the package breathes too much, the plant pays the price.”

Instead, Calyx’s approach to sustainability is based on reducing the use of materials at the manufacturing level. “The cover molded joint is a good example,” explains Simon. “Traditional seals require cutting circular inserts from large sheets, creating huge waste. We’ve designed molds where a small amount of polymer forms the cover and joint in one plane, creating almost zero waste and a fully recyclable component.”

Healing, it seems, is not passive waiting. “It’s an active and fragile process,” says Simon. “And like most fragile things in cannabis, it benefits from being engineered rather than inherited.”

For more information:
Calyx vessels
1991 W Parkway Blvd. West Valley City, UT, 84119-2026
724-303-7481
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Michigan Lawmakers Weigh Bill To Create Statewide Cannabis Reference Lab To Standardize Testing

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The facility “will allow us to inspect test results from private laboratories.”

By Katherine Dailey, Michigan Advance

Seeking to ensure stricter safety controls in Michigan’s cannabis industry, Representative Mike Mueller (R-Linden) introduced a bill to the Michigan House Rules Committee on Thursday that would establish a statewide cannabis reference laboratory to standardize testing facilities across the state.

The legislation, House Bill 4501, would establish a lab that was first funded in fiscal year 2024 appropriations and has been in the process of opening ever since.

Derek Sova, policy and legislative assistant for the Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency, explained to the committee that this bill was essential to ensure that laboratories had explicit authority to possess marijuana, given that it is still a federally illegal substance.

Currently, there are 17 privately owned and state-licensed cannabis testing facilities or laboratories in Michigan, Sova explained.

But some manufacturers will engage in what they call “lab shopping,” where multiple labs test their products until they get the results they want.

This laboratory, he said, “will allow us to inspect the results of private laboratory tests.”

“We are not looking to take responsibility for the test,” Sova continued. “Our goal is to make sure that the labs that do the testing themselves, that the labs get the correct test results that have to do with the testing.”

He added that the laboratory will also provide the opportunity to carry out research in-house, as opposed to asking a private laboratory to conduct state examinations.

“What this would do is to have a central state-regulated lab that would be able to take samples from every lab that tests marijuana to make sure they’re not getting bad samples or that the bigger producers are manipulating some of the findings to make sure they’re not pushing things that could go wrong with marijuana,” Mueller said.

Representatives from the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association and the state Office of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs also expressed support. invoice.

This story was first published by the Michigan Advance.

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Vivent Biosignals & Green Laniel join forces to bring plant-driven agriculture to the US

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Vivent Biosignals and Green Laniel Consulting have announced a partnership to accelerate plant-driven irrigation and irrigation in key U.S. agricultural markets. Green Laniel Consulting is a US-focused provider of agronomic solutions led by Mauricio Manotas.

By combining Vivent’s ability to decode plant biosignals in real-time using plant biosensors, machine learning and AI with Green Laniel’s deep experience in agronomy, grower operations and US market access, the partnership allows growers to make decisions based on what really matters: how the plant itself is responding.

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The partnership will cover a variety of crops and production systems, initially plant-driven irrigation and greenhouses for perennial crops, including potatoes, directly guided by plant feedback.

“By combining Vivint’s plant-level intelligence with Green Laniel’s strong presence and agronomic leadership in the US, we are enabling a new generation of plant-driven farming systems. This partnership helps growers improve yields and quality while significantly increasing resource efficiency and sustainability.” says Mauricio Manotas, Green Laniel Consulting.

For more information:
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