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Title: Marijuana: Now Officially As Normal As Steel, Cement, and Rubber (ASTM International, standardized joints)
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Reason
URL Source: http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/27/marijuana-steel-cement-rubber-astm
Published: Apr 28, 2017
Author: Jesse Walker
Post Date: 2017-04-28 23:21:17 by Hondo68
Keywords: Industry standards, cannabis committee, testing and material standards
Views: 619
Comments: 2
Mark another milestone in the mainstreaming of marijuana: One of the world's largest and oldest organizations for developing technical standards is now making space for the pot business. The group is ASTM International, a hub of consensus-based self-regulation. Originally founded in 1898 to work out testing and material standards for the steel used on railroad lines, the organization soon branched out beyond steel, debating and adopting guidelines for cement, petroleum, rubber, and more than 100 other areas. As of June, when its cannabis committee first meets, those areas will include marijuana. Different subcommittees will tackle such topics as pot horticulture, quality management, processing and handling, security and transportation, personnel training, and even terminology. In an industry where federal regulations consist mostly of penalties for possessing or selling the goods, setting these standards means working out an elaborate collection of best practices from the ground up. The most important effect will be to bring more stability to the industry and more predictability to its products. But don't discount the cultural change that this represents too. You know you're a long way from the just-say-no years when a video like this can exist: Poster Comment: They need to get Willie Nelson on the cannabis committee to make sure that they don't scrimp on the standards. Industry standards group ASTM adds pot to its portfolio.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
The cannabis committee. They need to sit at a round table because this will be one big circle jerk. Think those standards will include FDA approval? And I like how they show joints in a prescription bottle in a lame attempt to give the product some legitimacy. What a joke.
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#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
"As of June, when its cannabis committee first meets, those areas will include marijuana."
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