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up to his usual standards,’he and a buddy decided to grind it up and cook it up into another cake. “It was really powerful despite being crappy
weed,”said Hammond.“Cooking it was a totally dif- ferent story. It’s a different thing eating it.” In the circles Hammond has traveled in,he knows of people who would not dream of smoking mari- juana with the negative connotations it takes as seeming seedier.But, for an edible, they are all game. “People would would never, ever, ever dream of
smoking weed, will eat weed. It is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever
observed.They will turn up their nose if you try and pass them a joint, but will grab a brownie and chow it down like it’s their job. It’s a per- sonal choice,”said Hammond.“Maybe it’s a subcon- scious thing with people thinking smoking is bad. With how much they are fine-tuning it, you can get a candy that doesn’t taste any different than one you would get at the candy
store.You cannot taste the weed in them, they are nice and sweet and sugary.” That has been the main concern with edibles, with its possible exposure to children who may mistake it as any other candy they see on the store shelves. Part of the regulations is they be in plain packaging as not to appeal to
children.Products mixing alcohol and weed will not be allowed, but products with caf- feine will
be.Those edibles will also have to meet general food safety standards,and cannot be pro- duced in the same place as regular food products. Hammond noted the same precautions should be
taken with edibles as with anything that can be seen as dangerous in a household,be it weed, alcohol, cigarettes, firearms, sharp objects etc. “Any substance or item can be dangerous with
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kids.Be a responsible adult. It shouldn’t be around your children or your
pets.Buy a lock box, lock up your freezer, put it in places kids are never going to dig,”said Hammond.“Be sensible about it and be responsible in your consumption. If a kid got a hold of them and ate a few, it would mess them up. Especially with how powerful some of the doses are.”
With what are seen as three big vices in alcohol,
cigarettes and marijuana, Hammond sees marijuana as the lesser of the three evils for people who have their concerns. “In my experience,in my life, the least harmful by far was the
pot.The worst thing most potheads do is eat the handle off the refrigerator door. It’s not like the pothead goes out and robs a store or gets ultra violent,”said Hammond.“The drunk guy may go out and wreak havoc and smash
cars.The pot- head is making sure they got a bag of chips, a chocolate bar and they are going to sit there and watch Star Wars reruns or
whatever.They are low key, mellow and manageable. I’ve had that conver- sation with a few police officers in the past when it wasn’t legal, and to the man,with every police offi- cer I’ve talked to, they haven’t had much trouble with potheads, not like they do with guys jacked up on alcohol or hard drugs, and there’s a lot of hard drugs out there right now in our community.” There may be a new federal government come
fall,but Hammond can’t see a Conservative govern- ment putting the kibosh on the legalization of edi- bles if it still hasn’t officially passed by that time. “There’s no stopping it now, it’s a runaway train and picking up steam. Even if you try and stop it
now, there’s already a lot of people trying to get ahead of the curve in getting their product out there where they’ve already invested in speculative stuff,”said Hammond.“The health benefits of CBD are amazing.Weed stores in Canada right now are running out of
CBD.The stigma of it is ‘it’s a drug (THC -tetrahydrocannabinol)’.But for some health issues, it’s far better than some pharmaceuticals. It’s natural, it’s from Mother Nature, and it’s been proven to work.”
Hammond added he is not the biggest fan of seeing cannabis consumption legalized,preferring it was decriminalized so governments could con- nect fine revenue through tickets. “It (legalization) hasn’t taken away the black mar-
ket.You still have your price gaps.But I only buy medicinal because I know what I’m getting. I know it’s something I like, because there are certain strains I don’t like,”said Hammond.“It’s all meas- ured, the percentages of CBD, the percentage of THC,and they have it dialed in. I’m willing to pay more because of that.”
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