Pura Hepworth Farm, located on the banks of the Hudson River in Milton, New York, has already harvested its first crop hemp for recreational use. Its owners are just waiting for its distribution until the authorities give the go-ahead for its sale, with the opening – before the end of the year – of legal dispensaries drug.
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The skillful hands of a dozen day laborers, mostly from Latin America, pick the sprouts one by one. drug larger ones that pass before your eyes on a conveyor belt that ends in a small waterfall of cannabis that rushes into the box along with the rest of the flowers of the plant.
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Michael Hunt lead this dance hempexplains different types of buds with suggestive names like “UK Cheese”, “Bubblegum” and “Purple Punch”, but to the uninitiated it seems they differ only in size.
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Before reaching this point in the process, and then stored along with dozens of other cases in a nearby warehouse until legally sold drug in New York, plants were harvested by hand in October and placed in drying racks.
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Gail Hepworth, who runs a farm with her sister Amy that also grows all kinds of vegetables, explains that they have received permission to grow 8,000 square meters of land. drugbut in total they cover 40,000 square meters (4 ha) because four more people with licenses have joined the project.
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New York State Legalized Consumption in March 2021 drug and began the regulatory process from cultivation to sale of this drug, which is already legal in other states of the country.
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Hepworth explains that they currently have permits to grow and process, but hope to get seed production and development from drugas well as distribution.
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The authorities, he adds, are prioritizing those who, like them, were already producing cannabidol (CBD), a product derived from hemp that it is not psychoactive, since the levels of THC, which is a psychoactive substance, do not exceed 0.2%; and it is consumed for the intended therapeutic effect.
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In a warehouse where chemist Adosh Mehta analyzes THC levels in buds, Gale presents samples of products they plan to release when Prohibition ends, from 7-gram packets of buds to lip protectors. by passing oil, moisturizer and, of course, cigarettes drug “recreational”, ready to eat.
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In a small towed chemistry lab whose director Bob Hellman jokes that it has nothing to do with Breaking Bad, Hepworth also steals oil from hemp to produce concentrated THC that looks like liquid honey inside the bottle.
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It is possible to produce one kilogram of olive oil from 30 factories. drugthe price of which, like other goods, is still unknown, since the sale has not yet begun.
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Source: RPP
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