Because of poor packaging and storing practices, the mold develops during this period of storage
I was really excited about finally having the chance to purchase cannabis legally when my state passed a constitutional amendment for medical marijuana. Having no prior experience in other states with existing marijuana industries, I didn’t know what to expect. I had no clue that my state would take steps to ensure that only corporate cannabis would survive, and learning that should have been my first clue that things weren’t going to be the way I expected. While one or two of the first cannabis companies in this state were interested in offering quality products, the rest had no interest in making their customers happy. They will grow cannabis as poorly as possible while still putting a product on the shelves that their customers will buy. I have learned which dispensaries like this and I avoid them like the plague now. People on social media post about mold in cannabis flower products from some of these terrible cannabis dispensaries, and I’m simply beside myself when I see the photos. How can a medical cannabis dispensary get away with selling moldy weed to patients? That answer is simple—the sample that passes lab testing is produced quickly after the flower buds cure. Because of poor packaging and storing practices, the mold develops during this period of storage. If the contaminated batches of marijuana flower products sit for weeks or months at a time, the mold can grow so much that it becomes physically visible to the naked eye. Otherwise your only way of knowing it is there is by smelling it, tasting it, or looking at the marijuana buds with a microscope.