{"id":2679,"date":"2021-07-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMinAFodHRwczovL3d3dy53ZnNiLmNvbS9uZXdzL2Fuc3dlci1kZXNrLXdoZXJlLWNhbi1tZWRpY2FsLW1hcmlqdWFuYS1wYXRpZW50cy1idXktc2VlZHMtY2xvbmVzLXN0YXJ0aW5nLW9jdC0xL2FydGljbGVfMzliNGZlODYtZGFiMC0xMWViLTk3NGItNWZiZjYzNzczMjZkLmh0bWzSAQA"},"modified":"2021-07-01T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:00:00","slug":"answer-desk-where-can-medical-marijuana-patients-buy-seeds-clones-starting-oct-1-wfsb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"ANSWER DESK: Where can medical marijuana patients buy seeds, clones starting Oct. 1? – WFSB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MA\/CT (WFSB) — One of the biggest new laws on the books Thursday was recreational marijuana.<\/p>\n

With that new law comes a lot of questions, including what\u2019s allowed when growing marijuana.<\/p>\n

In just three months, medical marijuana patients can start growing plants at home.<\/p>\n

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The state\u2019s laws on this will be similar to the ones in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

Technically any dispensary can sell seeds, but how easy is it to actually find them?<\/p>\n

\u201cProducing seeds in a dispensary is kind of a nightmare,\u201d said Jon Napoli, owner of The Boston Gardener.<\/p>\n

When lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana, they also wanted to protect medicinal users. One of those steps will take effect Oct. 1, when anyone with a medical card can grow their own plants, up to three mature and three immature plants at one time.<\/p>\n

The Department of Consumer Protection said dispensaries will be allowed to sell seeds. A spokeswoman said, \u201cWe encourage consumers to comply with the law and reach out to their dispensary to request seeds produced in compliance with the medical marijuana program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will most likely be fairly disappointed, especially if you\u2019re looking for clones or seeds,\u201d said Jakob Black, of Holyoke Cannabis.<\/p>\n

Also, the law lets dispensaries sell seeds and clones, but Black said few actually do.<\/p>\n

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One concern is that growing seeds increases the risk that plants cross-pollinate.<\/p>\n

Napoli said this is especially problematic for medicinal dispensaries, where patients have specific needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to have male plants, and you can ruin the medicine that your growing by trying to grow seeds,\u201d Napoli said.<\/p>\n

Napoli\u2019s Rosbury gardening supply store does sell seeds, and you can also buy them online. However, that comes with risks.<\/p>\n

First, you can\u2019t guarantee the safety or quality of the seeds. And it\u2019s not clear if it\u2019s legal to ship seeds across state lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeds, since they\u2019re so low in THC, are probably legal to ship across state lines, but historically, yeah, they\u2019re have been issues,\u201d Napoli said.<\/p>\n

He added that it\u2019s good to do some research first. Cannabis is a hearty plant, but a lack of care could impact the quality of the leaves.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you haven\u2019t done it before, you either want to talk to someone who has or read a book about it,\u201d Napoli said.<\/p>\n

He added that some states out west have licenses for nurseries to sell seeds and plants.<\/p>\n

Massachusetts does not offer such a license, and neither does Connecticut.<\/p>\n

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MA\/CT (WFSB) — One of the biggest new laws on the books Thursday was recreational marijuana. With that new law comes a lot of questions, including what\u2019s allowed when growing marijuana. In just three months, medical marijuana patients can start growing plants at home. The state\u2019s laws on this will be similar to the ones in Massachusetts. Technically any dispensary can sell seeds, but how easy is it to actually find them? \u201cProducing seeds in a dispensary is kind of a nightmare,\u201d said Jon Napoli, owner of The Boston Gardener. When lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana, they also wanted to protect… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/answer-desk-where-can-medical-marijuana-patients-buy-seeds-clones-starting-oct-1-wfsb.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}