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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Officials: edible marijuana not yet a trend in St. Johns County 🌿Officials: edible marijuana not yet a trend in St. Johns County
You can now smoke your pot and eat it, too.
The legalization of medical marijuana in a number of U.S. states and for recreational usage in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska and Washington, D.C., has created a new market for marijuana-infused edibles.
And these treats go beyond the old fashioned pot brownies.
According to a recent NBC report, bakers whip up laced treats in industrial kitchens that are later sold in legal dispensaries. In Colorado, consumers bought 5.8 million infused edibles and concentrate products in 2014, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue Annual Update.
While edibles are popular elsewhere, local law enforcement officials say they are not yet a significant part of the underground drug market in St. Johns County.
“It’s something we’re aware of,” said Cmdr. Chuck Mulligan, a spokesman for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. “We’ve seen it a couple times here, so we continue to monitor...
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