Need a legal pot shop in California? Grab your smartphone

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Need a legal pot shop in California? Grab your smartphone

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
January 23, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Want to find a legal marijuana shop in California? Grab your smartphone.

In another step to curb the state’s flourishing illegal pot market, California regulators proposed rules Thursday that would require legal shops to post a unique black-and-white code in storefront windows to help consumers identify licensed businesses.

Shoppers could use their smartphones to scan the familiar, boxy label known as a QR code — similar to a bar code — to determine if a business is selling legal, tested cannabis products.

The codes also would be required when transporting or delivering cannabis.

“The proposed regulations will help consumers avoid purchasing cannabis goods from unlicensed businesses,” said Lori Ajax, who heads the state’s Bureau of Cannabis Control. “These requirements will also assist law enforcement in distinguishing between legal and illegal transportation of cannabis goods.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. I have learned that if you go to Weedmaps,

where they have info on different shops as well as reviews, that you can tell of the shop sells legit, no added ingredients in vape cartridges, ot costs twice as much. I saw a bunch of ads in a local newspaper and wondered why some prices were so much cheaper than at my dispensaries. After reading reviews of these specific shops on Weedmaps I discovered that people who bought the cheaper cartridges said they were awful and "fake". With all the info coming out about vaping products you must be careful

This sign in the shop window is a good idea. It is sort of like the Health Dept rating restaurants with an A, B or C Health code rating.