Episode 201 – we look at how we grew cannabis outdoors – the new regulations from Health Canada our out and we have a window to your weed. We stop on Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up In Smoke, we tastes the duo for the live rosin, Purfefire Grape Slurpee and Critical Condition. All of that more on episode 201 of the Cannabis Potcast
Episode 201 – we look at how we grew cannabis outdoors – the new regulations from Health Canada our out and we have a window to your weed. We stop on Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up In Smoke, we tastes the duo for the live rosin, Purfefire Grape Slurpee and Critical Condition. All of that more on episode 201 of the Cannabis Potcast.
Purefire Grape Slurpee and Critical Condition
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Ian
From a studio high above the clouds of the Okanagan Valley. This is the cannabis potcast.
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Ian
Exploring the world of Canadian cannabis culture. One toke at a time. Here is your host and Bud tender Gary Johnston,
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Gary Johnston
and that is.
Pretty well a perfect opportunity for me to welcome you to the Cannabis potcast. Maybe this is you coming back. Maybe this is your first time you know the case. Let me give you an especially warm welcome for the next 30 minutes or so. We are going to be spending it talking about cannabis, a plant I am absolutely passionate about.
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Gary Johnston
And I suspect you may have some affinity as well. Now, before we get too much further, let me remind you this podcast is intended for those of legal consumption, age, indigenous addiction, and is intended purely for entertainment and perhaps educational purposes. You should always consume your cannabis responsibly. In episode 201, we are going to look at how we grew cannabis outdoors this last year, and the new regulations from Health Canada are out, and we now have a window into our weed.
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Gary Johnston
First, we stop on Cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up and Smoke. We taste the duo from the live rosin purifiers, grape, Slurpee and Critical Condition. All of that and more on episode 201 of the Cannabis potcast. Never. Thank you for being a listener and I appreciate you every time. And I also appreciate my patrons at Patreon. Thanks to Tony, Rob, Gage, Lloyd, Roger, and Justin.
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Gary Johnston
I thank each and every one of you every single time. And now let's get to our first story. And now we look at the future of outdoor cannabis as we find on Strut Candle. Com written by Donovan Hilts. Despite its lower production costs and sustainability advantages, outdoor cannabis cultivation has had a challenging go of it in cannabis legal market.
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Gary Johnston
When large scale indoor and greenhouse operation dominate, outdoor growers face unique challenges, from market oversaturation to unpredictable weather. Yet those who have weathered the storm are beginning to see glimmers of opportunity. It is, we insiders are witnessing shifted could signal a turning point for outdoor cultivation. But one of the biggest hurdles facing this important part of a sector, and what can be done with about them.
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Gary Johnston
A big challenge has historically been the oversaturation of product, said Shea Long, director and founder of Rose Bed Cannabis Farms. A lot of large, broad acre producers saturated the market with a money, medium quality product. We're still facing some of that, although it is lessening at the time. LeBlanc added that from his perspective, things are getting better for outdoor producers, but he doesn't recommend that anyone get a fresh license at this time.
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Gary Johnston
However, he sees a trajectory to potential profits, mainly because many larger producers have closed or shifted to international sales. That's the big change I'm seeing right now in our industry. A lot of our product is moving internationally with more all the time. This means there is less products available here. Less of a set rooted market, he said. Also, prices are slowly returning as well in the domestic market.
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Gary Johnston
Long said that international sales as a current moneymaker until the domestic market strengthens, is an effective way to pull in some revenue, which is why Rosebud does take advantage with two SKUs in Australia under a co-branding opportunity. There are also a number of other opportunities in different international markets. They are currently considering. That being said, he added that Rosemont Heart is in their community, which is where they want to sell their product.
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Gary Johnston
They just need to ensure everything is profitable at the end of the day, international sales is a great opportunity, he said. If it's not panning out to line up that opportunity as an independent, then it would make some sense to work with another company. He added that there are now a number of companies acting as conduits to international sales.
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Gary Johnston
McIntyre Creek Cannabis is another strong player in the outdoor cultivation sector that is taking advantage of their country's needs for quality products, but CEO Colin Davidson points out that it may not be for everyone. Export is definitely not going to be for every level of outdoor grower because it doesn't present a level of quality complexity, he said. We definitely needs to touch the flower more in order to meet the medical requirements of shipping to Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia, which are the four primary places that we ship.
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Gary Johnston
Davidson added that the price they make for their products abroad justifies the added quality control. So beyond export. Where is this outdoor cannabis hall going and how does it fit into the big picture for the Canadian market? Davidson said the vast majority of outdoor producers are focused on supplying domestic B2B. There are still some LPs trying to integrate growing, processing and marketing brands.
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Gary Johnston
However, I would say that's the outlier. Most companies are not finding profitable success in that fashion to that point. Several outdoor cannabis operations attached to large companies have ceased in the last four years due to financial pressures and industry challenges. For example, Canopy Growth shut down its outdoor cultivation operations in 2020, citing oversupply and cost cutting measures. Phoenix Group, formerly CannTrust, wound down operations in 2023 and Oxley sold its outdoor facilities in Nova Scotia in 2022.
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Gary Johnston
Most recently, however, innovations in dynamics and cultivation are helping, and outdoor flower is seeing a renaissance of sorts in domestic big consumer excuse. You can get high potency THC, desolate or high potency THC diamond and you can inject that into flower, said Davidson. The knock on outdoor sometimes is it is not as potent as indoor, but we see the evolution of genetics.
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Gary Johnston
I can grow 24 to 28% thc flower outdoor now, whereas in the first few years of legalization we struggled to get 21% THC. So genetics have come a long way. Outdoor flower has also traditionally been a great input for solvents products, and as such, live resin and live rosin have been obvious to transactions. Davidson pointed out that there has now been a big switch to put outdoor flower in pre-rolls, particularly in infused pre-rolls.
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Gary Johnston
There isn't really the demand to grow indoor flower for infused pre-rolls anymore. The flower and the infusion now typically come from outdoor flower, whereas just two years ago, infused pre-rolls had indoor flower and the infusion came from outdoor. The bottom line is that both domestically and internationally, Davidson feels there is enough room for every outdoor operation to succeed.
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Gary Johnston
All outdoors are not trying to grow the same thing. There are outdoors that are growing specifically for the distillate market, which is much more of a high volume, low cost model. And there are more craft growers, and there is the in-between. While outdoor cannabis cultivation in Canada has faced its share of obstacles, there are clear signs that the sector is adapting and evolving.
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Gary Johnston
The shift toward international markets, the increasing role of outdoor flower and infused pre-rolls and solvents extracts an improvement in genetic potency, all point to a more sustainable future for outdoor growers. The market will likely continue to separate into distinct segments large scale producers growing for extraction. Craft cultivators focused on premium flower, and those navigating a middle ground. As consumer preferences evolve and regulatory framework shift.
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Gary Johnston
Outdoor cannabis could carve out a more significant role in Canada's legal industry, not just for its cost effectiveness, but also for its potential to meet the growing demand for high quality, sustainable cannabis products at home and abroad. Adaptability and strategic partnerships will be key for those still in the game, whether through export opportunities, B2B supply chains or premium niche markets.
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Gary Johnston
Outdoor growers are who can differentiate themselves and remain financially viable will be the ones to lead the change in the years ahead. And that's great news that outdoor cannabis has now found its place in the market.
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Ian
To see CBD tipping profiles, what's to me? Oh please explain to me. Go to the core.
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Unknown
Or go to local I love you. Yes, go to the corner.
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Ian
Please explain this stuff to me.
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Gary Johnston
Welcome to cultivar Corner, brought to you by Up in Smoke at 258 West Broadway in Vancouver, and on vine at It's Up and Slocombe. Now, if you are a resident of B.C. and you are living in B.C., you can have it sent to you from. It's up in smoke. Now, what are we doing today? This is going to be very interesting for a cultivar corner because on cultivar Corner we're tasting live rosin duo from pure fire grape Slurpee and critical condition.
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Gary Johnston
And we're doing both of them in one.
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Ian
It's two.
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Gary Johnston
Two for what I can't resist. Now, this is the first part that I find a.
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Ian
Little difficult.
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Gary Johnston
In because I am tasting this and I have two raisins and my turn beans for the Turpin on the grape Slurpee is it's 15.2% and the beans for the critical condition. Is it 11.1? When I tell you what I can smell, I can't tell you whether I can tell any of these, because the two raisins are side by side.
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Gary Johnston
They're half a gram. You can't tell. You can't tell what you're smelling and whether you're getting a combination of them. So I'm not going to worry about that. We're going to go with the content from it's up and smoke. We'll get the.
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Ian
The.
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Gary Johnston
Word from them. Limited time.
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Ian
Only.
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Gary Johnston
So pure Fire Cow's combo Deluxe live hash Rosin is a 100% solvent less concentrated, crafted from the finest sun grown living soil. Fresh Frozen Whole Flower features a unique split jar containing two in-house exclusive cultivars Grape, Slurpee and Critical Condition. Grape Slurpee brings note in a fruity and complex, grape like flavor that can only compare to the world famous grapes grown in the region.
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Gary Johnston
Meanwhile, Critical Condition offers a more robust and dank profile with earthy and savory notes using only water, ice, heat and pressure. This meticulously processed rosin preserves the full spectrum of cannabinoids and turbines for a clean, pure concentrate, hand-selected at peak potency and extracted from the finest 73 to 150 micron high acid, low temp grown under the Okanagan Valley sun Canada's renowned growing region.
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Gary Johnston
This live hash rosin provides connoisseurs with a truly authentic, high quality concentrate that delivers pure potency and unmatched flavor.
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Ian
So as I smell those.
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Gary Johnston
I'm getting a bit of both of those.
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Ian
Both of.
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Gary Johnston
Those drippings. What I'm getting out of this is going to be a bit of a grape and a little of the dank, the critical condition. So we're going to start with one and then we'll take it from there. So let me get my crafty and and my colors are because they have the two. So blue is going to be critical condition.
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Gary Johnston
Yes. So we go to critical condition. So let's hit the blue and we'll put our first.
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Ian
Taste.
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Gary Johnston
In the.
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Ian
Oh nice.
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Gary Johnston
Put the first taste into my crafty. And let's get that down there.
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Ian
There we go. Excellent.
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Gary Johnston
And now we get some heating.
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Ian
On the.
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Gary Johnston
Critical condition. So that will be the first one. We're going to move to the grape slurpy first.
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Ian
But also the.
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Gary Johnston
Contents of the grape Slurpee. In my critical condition, my aromas are earth, dank and savory, with critical and grape cake.
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Ian
Head.
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Gary Johnston
So I had some grape in both of these. And then we're going to see what happens when we get to the.
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Ian
The good.
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Gary Johnston
Of course, if you don't have a, a vaporizer, I don't have a joint. This is just going to be the solvent. Less live rosin. And this is going to be my treat. This is going to get up to temperature fairly quickly. And it does. There it is. So here's the critical condition is going to be our first taste.
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Ian
Oh yeah.
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Ian
Okay.
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Gary Johnston
So definitely some earthy some dank and some savory from the critical condition.
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Ian
Oh, my.
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Gary Johnston
Now, the extractor on this is Diamonds by Douglas.
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Ian
Oh, and I know I'm going to be feeling this one fairly quickly.
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Gary Johnston
So my.
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Ian
THC.
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Gary Johnston
On the, critical condition was at.
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Ian
Six six.
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Gary Johnston
Hundred and 14 and 691 for the grape Slurpee.
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Ian
Oh.
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Ian
Oh, wow.
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Gary Johnston
I'm feeling a lot of this. This is really hanging around the back of my throat. I'm going to go for one more of these, and then we're going to do well.
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Ian
Once I got this guy done.
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Gary Johnston
And now I'm going to have the first taste, or rather, I guess the second and third taste of the oh my goodness sakes. Now I'm getting some buzz.
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Ian
Oh yeah.
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Gary Johnston
Definitely earthy. And there are some darkness there.
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Ian
I'm not picking.
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Gary Johnston
Up any grape as of this.
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Ian
Point.
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Gary Johnston
Maybe some fruity, but definitely some dank.
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Ian
Oh, my my my, Oh. I just love how how quickly these get me buzzed.
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Ian
Okay.
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Gary Johnston
We're going to bring the conclusion of the grape Slurpee over to the critical condition.
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Ian
Oh, my goodness sakes.
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Gary Johnston
And that definitely is ready to roll. So I'm going to take it out of my gravity. And we're going to get ready.
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Ian
For the grape supply.
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Gary Johnston
Love the grape Slurpee.
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Ian
Okay. It has been refreshed.
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Gary Johnston
I'm adding the grape Slurpee.
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Ian
And this will be my.
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Gary Johnston
Second flavor, which will.
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Ian
Have.
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Gary Johnston
It's going to be a, aroma of sweet, fruity. And grape is what this guy is going to have for me. Soon as I drop that into my plate for either.
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Ian
My cold proxy.
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Gary Johnston
And then we're going to take this.
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Ian
Up.
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Gary Johnston
And we go on to the grape Slurpee. It's not usually that I do two cultivar corners in 1 or 2 cultivars. But we're doing it. And here goes the grape Slurpee.
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Ian
Oh, my.
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Gary Johnston
Now, when I come in on that one, that's really grape and really fruity.
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Ian
Nice. Nice sweetness.
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Ian
On both the taste that just delicious. Whoo!
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Gary Johnston
And I think this is now going to impact my endocannabinoid system pretty dramatically.
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Ian
So I didn't think.
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Gary Johnston
That I'd be able to taste those. As I look at the rosin in my jar that I'm going to be able to taste. But of course, all you're doing is getting the combination.
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Ian
Of those taste.
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Gary Johnston
There's nothing else that's there.
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Ian
Oh, my. So sweet.
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Gary Johnston
Fruity and grape. It's been a little bit harsh.
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Ian
My oh my my my my oh.
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Gary Johnston
Is this been too much, too much for me to get in in both.
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Ian
And and get both of them flying at me. I think it's good. Oh, mama.
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Gary Johnston
I'm okay. Last days of the Grape Slurpee.
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Ian
First. Okay.
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Gary Johnston
Until the grape Slurpee. You giving you a taste of the world famous grapes from the Okanagan. That's what's coming out here. The grape Slurpee. Definitely sweet and fruity.
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Ian
Oh, my.
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Ian
Okay.
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Gary Johnston
And here's where we find out whether this has done what it's supposed to do. And my goodness, it has done it to me. I started out with a critical condition, and as soon as I started to get the buzz off of the critical condition, then we loaded the grape Slurpee and decided to go for that one. And we threw that in.
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Gary Johnston
And then my endocannabinoid system with my.
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Ian
Well.
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Gary Johnston
Maybe I shouldn't have done both at the same time, but, it's more bang for your buck.
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Ian
Oh, wow.
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Gary Johnston
Again, I was hoping that I was going to be able to distinctly pick up the the fruity notes of these two raisins in the container. I don't know how I ever expected that happen, but I don't need to because when I am consuming them, they are both just lovely. So the critical condition, nice.
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Ian
And dank.
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Gary Johnston
Very earthy. The grape slurpy. Very sweet and fruity. Both of them really tasty. And I got to tell you, I am firing on all cylinders today. And this is from pure fire down in Penticton. Yeah. They did their dual pack, their live dual pack, and it's been diamond by Douglas was the extractor. Oh it's been a pretty good cooperation.
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Ian
I am buzzed and.
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Gary Johnston
And I really can't expect anything else but to get my.
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Ian
First. Oh. My my.
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Gary Johnston
Purifier. Your live Rosin Combo Deluxe, a limited edition cultivar corner brought to you by Up in Smoke at 258 West Broadway in Vancouver. And you can get Adam at It's Up and Smoke KGW.com. If you're a resident of BC and you live in the province, you can have some sent to you here. And it just might be this live Rosin combo purifier.
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Gary Johnston
Loving what you're doing. Ha! I am loving the day and I have. Continued to let this rolled around in my endocannabinoid system, and I have just waited.
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Gary Johnston
Wasted, wasted. I don't know whether it's on the grapes therapy or the critical condition.
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Ian
It's probably a little bit of both.
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Gary Johnston
They have combined at the same time and.
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Ian
All my my oh, this was fun sharing stories about good weed while trying good weed. This is the cannabis potcast.
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Gary Johnston
And now we pick up on updates to cannabis rules and regulations now being made public. Health Canada has published their schedule update to the Cannabis Regulations, Hemp Regulations and Cannabis Act, streamlining some aspects of the regulations to benefit the legal cannabis market. The regulations changes focus on five key areas licensing, production, packaging and labeling, security and recordkeeping. The government goal with these changes is to address some of the challenges expressed by the industry, while maintaining the key public health and safety concerns with the federal Cannabis Act.
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Gary Johnston
There have also been other changes to regulations since legislation came into force in October 2018. This is the most extensive package of regulatory changes so far. While the regulatory changes are expected to increase regulatory costs for Health Canada, the agency says the regulatory burden and costs for small businesses will be reduced. An estimated total reduction in administrative burden on business is expected to be $7.8 million annually in $2,012, and the changes.
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Gary Johnston
Research organizations and individual researchers now do not need a research license when conducting a non-human or non-animal research. Well, possessing no more than 30g of dried cannabis or its equivalent for research purposes at any given time, the individual or organization will be permitted to produce cannabis for research purposes, but not cultivate, propagate, or harvest it like grows in nurseries.
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Gary Johnston
The cultivation and processing limits for micro cultivators and microprocessors have increased by a factor of four. Micro cultivators were previously limited to growing cannabis, with a 200 square meter canopy that is now raised to 800m². There's still no limit on how much volume of cannabis a micro cultivator can grow. Within this cannabis space, micro processes were previously limited to processing up to 600kg of dried cannabis or equivalent.
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Gary Johnston
This is now raised to 20 400kg. Cannabis nurseries were previously limited to growing cannabis flower in a 50 square meter space, harvesting up to five kilograms of cannabis flower for the purpose of seed production that limited Melbourne increase to 200m². Nurseries are still required to destroy the flower after the cannabis seeds have been harvested. Quality assurance person. The changes to the cannabis regulations also increase the number of alternate sharp on staff.
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Gary Johnston
Previously this was limited to no more than two. Now there are no limits. Cannabis pollen. Cannabis pollen, previously not mentioned in the cannabis regulation, will now be allowed to be sold between license holders. Licensed processors will no longer be required to provide printed copies of the consumer information document, with every package of cannabis products sent. Covid 19 and changes.
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Gary Johnston
Several temporary changes made by Health Canada during the Covid 19 pandemic and subsequent shutdowns have now been made permanent. This includes removing the requirement to list the ports of entry and exit on import and export permits for cannabis and industrial hemp importers and exporters, licensed suspensions. The new changes will make it possible for Health Canada, suspend any licenses connected to a license holder for any unpaid fees, or, if it have failed to submit a required statement of cannabis revenue for a license, as required under the Cannabis Fees Order.
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Gary Johnston
Cannabis plants. Derivatives. Derivatives made from non-viable cannabis seeds, mature stalks and roots can be imported, exported, sold and processed without a license, with some restrictions based on potential cannabis content. Industry hemp amendments to Canada's industrial hemp regulations remove the maximum THC concentration of ten parts per million for industrial hemp grain and derivatives. In addition, the testing requirements labeling for wholesale sale and import and export requirements have also been removed.
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Gary Johnston
These changes will also allow derivatives of non-viable industrial hemp grains to be imported and exported, sold and processed without a license or permit. Cannabis exemption. Food and Drugs Act related regulations. The reference to a food or cosmetic containing cannabis that consist only of industrial hemp grain derivatives is now exempt under the air, personal and physical security. The amendments to the Cannabis Regulations remove the requirement for the onsite presence of security cleared individuals.
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Gary Johnston
Cannabis cultivators and processors can now send cannabis for remediation, irradiation, etc. without a security cleared person chaperoning the product. This also applies the holder of a research license or a cannabis drug license. In addition, the intrusion detection system requirement for a site perimeter has been removed. Any licensed operations areas where cannabis is not present and where no activities with cannabis are occurring will also not require any visual recording devices and intrusion detection systems to continually operate to be monitored.
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Gary Johnston
The previous requirement for storage areas to have a room within a room, and the requirement to record and retain a list of individuals entering or exiting the storage area has also been removed. Federal license holders will be required to keep just the visual records showing movement in the site. Perimeter. Operation areas. Indoor and outdoor and storage areas for at least one year after the day on which they are made.
00;28;02;28 - 00;28;27;17
Gary Johnston
Pre-Rolls and ethyl alcohol. The restriction on the weight limits of one gram for each discrete unit of dried cannabis that is intended to be consumed by inhalation, such as cannabis pre-rolls, is removed. The use of ethyl alcohol is an ingredient in certain cannabis products will now be permitted beyond just the previously allowed cannabis extract products intended for ingestion and edible cannabis products.
00;28;27;19 - 00;29;02;28
Gary Johnston
This now includes the use of ethyl alcohol as an ingredient in inhaled cannabis extracts, up to a maximum net weight of 7.5g, and cannabis packaging. Health Canada has made several changes to the cannabis packaging requirement, including now allowing cut out windows on dried cannabis and allowing different covering used on cannabis containers. The packaging of multiple immediate containers of edible cannabis products into an outermost container for dried or fresh cannabis, cannabis topicals and cannabis extract products is now allowed.
00;29;03;00 - 00;29;33;27
Gary Johnston
The 30 gram or equivalent limit size applies to the outermost container. The ten milligram THC limit for an outermost container of edible cannabis products is also removed, allowing for multiple discrete ten milligrams THC cannabis edibles to be packaged together. Cannabis labeling. The use of QR codes contained on cannabis packaging will now be allowed, and the allowance for accordion or peel pack labels has been extended to all sizes of packages.
00;29;33;29 - 00;30;00;29
Gary Johnston
This was previously only allowed on small cannabis containers. Cannabis license holders can also now use insert and leaflets. The font, size of cannabinoid and potency information can now be as large as the required health warning message. Cannabis products will now only be required to show the total THC and total CBD on the label, rather than total and actual THC and CBD levels.
00;30;01;01 - 00;30;29;08
Gary Johnston
A 12 month transition period will be in place, allowing producers to use existing in stock labels. The requirement for equivalency to dried cannabis statements on cannabis product labels, and the requirement to include a statement that no expiry date has been determined. If CBD studies have not been detected, are both removed. Packaging date information is also no longer required on the outermost packaging that contains multiple immediate containers.
00;30;29;11 - 00;31;03;14
Gary Johnston
While the immediate containers will still be required to have this information, a window of plus or minus seven days of the printed packaging date on the label will now be allowed. Something started as a Covid 19 error exception. Symbols on packaging like a recycled logo will now be allowed, but with some limitations. Recordkeeping and reporting. Cannabis license holders will no longer be required to record the quantity of any substance that is applied to cannabis, the method of application, or the rationale for the application.
00;31;03;17 - 00;31;30;27
Gary Johnston
License holders will also no longer need to submit a notice of new cannabis product and MCP, or dried cannabis products, or fresh cannabis products prior to making them available for retail sale. The requirement for license holders to retain a document that lists the readings for cannabis extracts, cannabis topicals, or edible cannabis when they have sold, distributed or exported those cannabis products is also being removed.
00;31;30;29 - 00;31;58;11
Gary Johnston
All recordkeeping requirements for cannabis cultivation waste cannabis leaves, shoots, and branches collected during propagation, cultivation, or harvesting of cannabis and the requirement to have qualified individuals witness and attest this material is on site and offsite destruction are removed. The address of the location at which the cannabis is destroyed, and the description of the destruction method is also no longer required.
00;31;58;13 - 00;32;30;16
Gary Johnston
An annual report to the ministry, outlining the amount of money they have spent on promotion is also removed, as is the need for license holders to keep information on promotion related expenditures and description of the types of promotion to which the expenditures relate. The need for cannabis license holders to submit to Health Canada information showing whether any ownership, interest or write held by a key investor was assigned or otherwise provided to any other person, and other related details is also removed.
00;32;30;18 - 00;33;13;26
Gary Johnston
License holders that are wholly owned by a publicly traded company are now exempt from key investor reporting, as this is still required by other aspects of financial reporting. Cannabis seeds sown by a license holder are now required to be measured and recorded by the number of seeds, not the weight of those seeds and cannabis tracking system. The monthly reported unit of measurement of unpackaged cannabis plant seeds is changed from kilograms to the number of seeds to align the information with that reported for the C.r.a., monthly reporting requirements relating to the weight of cannabis cultivation waste no longer will be needed to be included in the quantity of unpackaged cannabis.
00;33;14;01 - 00;33;51;09
Gary Johnston
If an either ceased to form part of, or was added to the inventory during the previous month. The coming into force dates of the cannabis Tracking System order. The cultivation waste will occur on the first day of the month, following the coming into force of the regulations amending certain regulations concerning cannabis. The delayed coming into force date for the order will eliminate the potential of having both the weight and the number of unpackaged seeds being reported in a single reporting period, as well as the potential for having cultivation waste, both captured and UN captured in the same reporting period.
00;33;51;11 - 00;34;16;15
Gary Johnston
Otherwise, these changes come into force on the day of March 12th, 2025. The total estimated compliance cost savings for license holders from these changes over the long term is nearly $18 million. The total administrative cost savings for license holders is estimated to be more than $24 billion. Well, there is some good information for us. We have been waiting for these.
00;34;16;15 - 00;34;18;20
Ian
So long.
00;34;18;22 - 00;34;26;07
Gary Johnston
And we'll kind of start to think about and digesting what this means.
00;34;26;10 - 00;34;49;00
Gary Johnston
And of course, thank you for being a listener. I truly appreciate the fact that you're listening to the Cannabis potcast. I appreciate you each and every time. If you would like to comment on anything you hear and the Cannabis potcast, just send a note to info at Cannabis potcast.com. And remember, you can go to buy me a coffee.com/cannabis potcast if you feel so inclined and you like what you hear.
00;34;49;02 - 00;35;20;12
Gary Johnston
You can buy me a doobie. Now let's look at the world's worst dad jokes and see where we go from there. Why do mushrooms get invited to all the parties after being smoking cannabis? Because they're such fun guys. What do you call a fake noodle? And in pasta. And we'll do one more just to be sure. Why did the banana go to the doctor after consuming cannabis?
00;35;20;15 - 00;35;41;13
Gary Johnston
Because it wasn't peeling. Well. And what do you call two bananas? Slippers. I'm sorry. I have to accept some of that responsibility, but that's it. From the guy in the clouds. Episode 201 of the Cannabis potcast.
00;35;41;16 - 00;35;57;21
Ian
From the cannabis infused studio. High above the Okanagan Valley. This was the cannabis potcast.