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Tweed WILL be Irradiating their meds

med-man

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Dandelion farmer here,
Congrats on the position with AMMCAN.
What does it mean pre-approved?
This is the news on AMMCans site?
Does that mean AMMCan is operational with plants and all?
Thanks and see you at the show.

AMMCan Pre-Approved By Health Canada - 23 Jan 2014

We at AMMCan are pleased to announce that we have joined the exclusive ranks of pre-approved Licensed Producers

hey dandelion grower lol

thanks man

its a bit of a process getting a commercial license. there are phases to the approval process

you making extracts from the danelions? or are you tsking the piss on here? just wondering

med-man
 
Dandelion root tea is a substituite for coffee. The old italians harvest the neighbourhood dandelion plants and cook em up. It is a cleanse.
Yes a bit of a process getting to become an LP.
Everyone I speak with wants to know what does it mean when AMMCAN says

AMMCan Pre-Approved By Health Canada - 23 Jan 2014
We at AMMCan are pleased to announce that we have joined the exclusive ranks of pre-approved Licensed Producers
Does that mean you have the garden up and running with plants?
Sorry to put you on the spot I just am really confused. Are you at a phase that involves having live plants? That is the only thing I really want to know and many others are wondering.
How many soon to be LPs have plants authorized plants growing? Do you have authroized plants growing under the MMPR? or still MMAR plants or no plants? Simple question. Confused by the exclusive ranks statement.
 
Dandelion root tea is a substituite for coffee. The old italians harvest the neighbourhood dandelion plants and cook em up. It is a cleanse.
Yes a bit of a process getting to become an LP.
Everyone I speak with wants to know what does it mean when AMMCAN says

AMMCan Pre-Approved By Health Canada - 23 Jan 2014
We at AMMCan are pleased to announce that we have joined the exclusive ranks of pre-approved Licensed Producers
Does that mean you have the garden up and running with plants?
Sorry to put you on the spot I just am really confused. Are you at a phase that involves having live plants? That is the only thing I really want to know and many others are wondering.
How many soon to be LPs have plants authorized plants growing? Do you have authroized plants growing under the MMPR? or still MMAR plants or no plants? Simple question. Confused by the exclusive ranks statement.

Isn't pre approved when you get the Letter Of Intent from the gov saying you paper work has been approved and now its time to set the system up for the final inspection/approval to get the license.
 

Jhhnn

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NASA says otherwise. Perfectly viable spores are still recoverable after six months unprotected in open space. Much higher levels of radiation than anything we use to irradiate plant material.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11539977

You need to read your own link.

If shielded against solar ultraviolet (UV)-radiation, up to 80 % of spores in multilayers survive in space. Solar UV-radiation, being the most deleterious parameter of space, reduces survival by 4 orders of magnitude or more.

Not one in 10,000 spores survived their experiment when exposed to the Sun's UV.

Both gamma & x-ray radiation used in irradiation are much more damaging than UV, They do not exist in near Earth space at the levels used for irradiation purposes. If they did, life would cease to exist on this planet.
 

Buddha1

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Powder Mildew is not the problem, the problem is "Licensed Producers" being lazy and using "Irradiation" to supposedly remove it from there produces, making them safe for the consummer. When all that is really needed is a strict regiment of growing practices to control any and all situations...Good or Bad. Seems to work for farmers that use open field production for growing.

I'm sure all these statements are true...

"Irradiation creates chemical compounds that are not found in Nature".

"Irradiation damages their DNA, like cooking, preventing effective emergence from their dormant state".

"Irradiation is a controversial decontamination technique that has never been studied for safety in smoked or inhaled products anywhere in the world".

Irradiation as far as I have read does kill PM, but it dosen't remove it from the product itself. So what are we gaining with Irradiation? An array of unwanted byproducts that haven't been studied for harm or effect. The medicine is still covered with Powder Mildew remnants, it has not been removed or washed away from the product in any way, only sterilized or killed and now we have all the byproducts of Irradiation to deal with as well. So all that is gained with Irradiation is, the producer can have sloppy grow room practices. Because all that is needed to make Health Canada and the public happy is a ZAPPING before it is sold or shipped...I find this extremely disturbing.

I am, by no means an expert on this subject, in fact the only information I have on "Irradiation" has been the links and information posted here, but I do have common sense.

What I can't understand is why the eagerness to use it. When all that is needed is good grow room practices. If a farmer can control Powdery Mildew along with a multitude of other undesirable conditions in an open field operation with out "Gamma Radiation". Why can't a "Commercial Licensed Producer" control the same undesirables in the same way, in a completely controlled and "Closed" indoor operation??

Another thing that concerns me about the Irradiation process is the fact that no one has any idea how it effect the properties of the Cannabis itself.

What is happening to the cannabinoids???

Is Irradiation damaging there ability to heal?


Are there any other medicines that are Irradiated?

If so, what are the effects on them?

Or is it viewed as a bad practice to Irradiate medication and avoided.


I believe these are the "Questions" that need to be asked.

The uncertainty of Irradiation and the questions about its safety could be avoided entirely with some micro filtering systems, strict regulations within the facility, topped off with enforced good grow room practices. But, instead most LP's will use a uncertain procedure accepted by the government, to insure there will be no chance of blame, accountability or lawsuits.

I prey that we will be allowed to continued to grow our own Medical MJ once the Constitutional Challenge is heard next year. I use good grow practices, enforced by myself and I know the medicine I grow is clean and safe for my consumption. I can't have the same certainty with Cannabis grown or purchased from any other source.

Sorry for running on...just had to speak my mind and voice my concerns...Thank you all.


Peace...B
 
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Agracan

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"Irradiation creates chemical compounds that are not found in Nature".

"Irradiation damages their DNA, like cooking, preventing effective emergence from their dormant state".

"Irradiation is a controversial decontamination technique that has never been studied for safety in smoked or inhaled products anywhere in the world".

Another thing that concerns me about the Irradiation process is the fact that no one has any idea how it effect the properties of the Cannabis itself.

What is happening to the cannabinoids???

Is Irradiation damaging there ability to heal?


I believe these are the "Questions" that need to be asked.

Are there any other medicines that are Irradiated?

If so, what are the effects on them?

Or is it viewed as a bad practice to Irradiate medication and avoided.


Peace...B


Well put
 

med-man

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totally

i will have to concur with buddha and agracan

med-man
 

med-man

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Dandelion root tea is a substituite for coffee. The old italians harvest the neighbourhood dandelion plants and cook em up. It is a cleanse.
Yes a bit of a process getting to become an LP.
Everyone I speak with wants to know what does it mean when AMMCAN says

AMMCan Pre-Approved By Health Canada - 23 Jan 2014
We at AMMCan are pleased to announce that we have joined the exclusive ranks of pre-approved Licensed Producers
Does that mean you have the garden up and running with plants?
Sorry to put you on the spot I just am really confused. Are you at a phase that involves having live plants? That is the only thing I really want to know and many others are wondering.
How many soon to be LPs have plants authorized plants growing? Do you have authroized plants growing under the MMPR? or still MMAR plants or no plants? Simple question. Confused by the exclusive ranks statement.

hey green med

no worries

ya i figured some time of extract or tes etc from the dandi's

sorry for not answering that before. no at this point there are no plants being processed in any stages

med-man
 
hey green med

no worries

ya i figured some time of extract or tes etc from the dandi's

sorry for not answering that before. no at this point there are no plants being processed in any stages

med-man
Thanks brother. I thought so. I have some very good news that I will share with you at the expo. I will come see you at your stand. Bless and keep up the great work breeding. We need more breeders like you!
 

med-man

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thanks green medical

there arent that many willing to swim against the stream. :)

med-man
 

Pangea

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Just viewed a review of 4 tweed varieties, seems like the worst lp review ive read, bud pics would seem to confirm, check riu.
 

TheBlackman

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yo
be lookin' like hi end swag from the early 80's,


tho I can't be hatin', cause my kind is just homegrown,
an I ain't got no fancy equipment to be irradiatin'

might as I try, all the microwave does is fry,
my kind to another place, tried that once,
what a waste.


yo
I be kiddin'
no Micheal waves in my crib,
 
Fresh and Clean and Very Green

Fresh and Clean and Very Green


Love how the Chlorophyll gives me that old school headache. A Real Headrush.
 

med-man

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hey gm

is that gear from tweed?

med-man
 

Buddha1

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Stuff is fluffy and airy, no substance to it at all. Not at all the tight bud you would expect from a debut of there products...I don't think they let it grow long enough to become mature.

I usally don't like to criticize any growers bud. I like to think of it as all good, "Just some better than others". But, I can't help but judge...I hope this isn't the future of Cannabis.

Really "BAD" premiere...lol.

Peace...B
 
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